Cynch AI · 9 hours ago
Controller
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$105K/yr - $192K/yr
7+ years expCynch AI is seeking a Controller to help build their financial foundation from the ground up. The role involves managing financial operations, including GAAP accounting, financial audits, budgeting, payroll management, and cash forecasting, while working closely with the CEO.
Financial ServicesFinTechGenerative AI
Responsibilities
Own the month-end close and produce accurate, timely GAAP financials for both entities
Maintain accounting policies, internal controls, and GAAP documentation
Handle technical accounting including revenue recognition, accruals, consolidations, and debt accounting
Lead the annual audit
Prepare schedules and supporting documentation
Maintain audit readiness year-round
Oversee the budgeting process and reconciliation
Monitor budget-to-actuals and forecast updates
Surface risks, variances, and potential issues
Oversee AP and AR workflows
Ensure accurate coding, approvals, and timely processing
Manage vendor onboarding, purchasing policies, and spend controls
Manage multi-state payroll with external providers
Coordinate compliance for registrations, payroll tax, and sales and use tax
Own short-term cash forecasting and liquidity reporting
Analyze working capital trends
Maintain venture debt and seller note schedules
Track interest, covenants, and payment schedules
Evaluate, select, and implement financial systems including GL or ERP, billing, AP, and payroll
Ensure data integrity and clean system integrations
Improve and streamline financial workflows
Maintain state and local filing requirements
Support evaluation and optimization of corporate legal structure
Qualification
Required
7+ years of accounting experience
CPA required (active or inactive)
Deep knowledge of GAAP, technical accounting, audits, and multi-entity consolidation
Experience with payroll, AP and AR, and multi-state compliance
Strong grasp of cash flow, debt structures, and working capital mechanics
Systems-oriented builder who enjoys improving processes
Hands-on, detail-oriented operator comfortable in a fast-moving environment
Preferred
Public accounting and startup experience strongly preferred
Benefits
Competitive compensation, benefits, and equity
Company
Cynch AI
Cynch AI is a fintech company that offers reasoning, machine learning, and generative AI to help people make financial decisions.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$33.98MKey Investors
True Global Ventures (TGV)
2025-12-10Series Unknown· $9M
2024-11-01Series Unknown· $18.75M
2023-03-13Series Unknown· $6.23M
Recent News
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