Vice President, Finance & Controller

*This position requires 2-3 days in our Campbell, CA office WEKA is transforming how organizations build, run, and scale AI and accelerated compute workflows with NeuralMesh™, our intelligent, adaptive mesh storage system. Unlike traditional data infrastructures, which become more fragile as compute environments grow and performance demands increase, NeuralMesh becomes faster, stronger, and more efficient as it scales, providing a flexible, adaptable foundation for enterprise and agentic AI innovation that maximizes GPU utilization, accelerates time to first token, and lowers the cost of innovation. WEKA is a growth-stage company backed by world-class venture capital investors and AI infrastructure industry leaders. Our technology, purpose-built for AI, has garnered over 140 patents and is trusted by more than 30% of Fortune 50 enterprises, as well as the world’s leading hyperscalers, neoclouds, and AI innovators. Our team is customer-obsessed and works accountably, boldly, and collaboratively to ensure their success. If we sound like your kind of people, join us! About the Role Reporting to the CFO, the Vice President, Finance & Controller owns the accounting, control, and operational core of WEKA's finance function — accounting and controllership, technical accounting, tax, treasury, finance operations and systems, and the internal control environment. You are accountable for the integrity of WEKA's financial results and for the reporting, controls, and processes that must keep pace as the company scales. This is a role for a controllership-heavy leader who is equally comfortable operating — someone who can set technical accounting positions with authority and build the systems, processes, and team that deliver reliable numbers at scale. Key Responsibilities Accounting & controllership. Own the general ledger, monthly and quarterly close, multi-currency consolidations and intercompany accounting, AR/AP, and payroll accounting across all legal entities. Deliver US GAAP group reporting alongside statutory and local compliance in each jurisdiction, and drive the close toward public-company cadence and reliability. Technical accounting. Serve as WEKA's top technical accounting authority — revenue recognition under ASC 606 for a subscription and consumption business, stock-based compensation and equity accounting (with stock administration and cap-table support), capitalization, and other non-routine or judgmental transactions. Own the accounting positions that withstand external audit scrutiny. Tax. Oversee direct and indirect tax, transfer pricing across a multi-entity, multi-country structure, the tax provision, and multi-jurisdiction compliance — determining what is delivered in-house versus co-sourced. Treasury. Manage cash and liquidity, banking relationships, and debt and covenant compliance as applicable. Run the FX risk-management program, applying cash-flow hedge accounting. Manage the corporate investment portfolio under the board's investment policy, including its liquidity tiers and counterparty limits. Finance operations & systems. Own the finance side of quote-to-cash — billing, collections, AR operations, and cash application — along with procurement/AP, vendor management, and the finance systems and ERP roadmap. Lead the modernization of these processes and systems, partnering with other functions to streamline the order-to-revenue flow and reduce cycle time and leakage. Internal control & audit. Design and operate WEKA's internal control environment and segregation-of-duties framework, manage the external audit relationship, and build the controls foundation the company needs as its reporting requirements grow. Leadership. Build, develop, and lead a globally distributed accounting and finance operations team, structured so that responsibility for building and operating processes is appropriately separated from responsibility for assuring them. What You Bring Extensive progressive experience in accounting and finance leadership, having owned a full accounting and control function as a Controller, Chief Accounting Officer, or equivalent — with complete technical, operational, and people responsibility. Deep technical accounting expertise, including ASC 606 revenue recognition for subscription and/or consumption models. CPA (or international equivalent) strongly preferred; MBA a plus. Public-company experience required — including SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and the rigor of a public-company close and control environment (IPO-readiness or pre-IPO scaling experience strongly preferred). A track record of building or materially improving a quote-to-cash cycle and/or leading an ERP or billing systems implementation — not only overseeing its accounting outputs. Experience in a multi-entity, multi-currency, international operating environment with distributed teams across time zones. Experience in enterprise software, cloud, or AI/data infrastructure — including businesses with a hardware or capital-expenditure component — is a strong plus. A governance and segregation-of-duties mindset, ideally shaped by having operated inside a properly segregated finance organization. An operator's instinct alongside technical depth — comfortable moving from setting policy to improving the underlying processes and systems. Excellent communication and cross-functional partnership skills, sound judgment, and the highest standards of integrity. WeWork: The WEKA Way We are Accountable: We take full ownership, always–even when things don’t go as planned. We lead with integrity, show up with responsibility & ownership, and hold ourselves and each other to the highest standards. We are Brave: We question the status quo, push boundaries, and take smart risks when needed. We welcome challenges and embrace debates as opportunities for growth, turning courage into fuel for innovation. We are Collaborative: True collaboration isn’t only about working together. It’s about lifting one another up to succeed collectively. We are team-oriented and we communicate with empathy and respect. We challenge each other and conduct positive conflict resolution. We are being transparent about our goals and the results we achieve. Together, we’re unstoppable. We are Customer Centric: Our customers are at the heart of everything we do. We actively listen and prioritize the success of our customers, and every decision we make is driven by how we can better serve, support, and empower them to succeed. When our customers win, we win. #J-18808-Ljbffr Socket.dev