Assistant Controller

At Breeze, we're building the AI-powered infrastructure layer for global commerce, making it radically simpler for businesses to sell, get paid, and operate across markets.

We go far beyond traditional payment processing. Breeze combines global payments, AI, stablecoins, and a Merchant of Record-like model to take on the complexity businesses typically manage themselves, including compliance, risk, fraud, chargebacks, reconciliation, and customer support.

Our goal is simple: let businesses focus on building and selling great products while Breeze handles the complexity behind getting paid.

Backed by Sequoia Capital , Multicoin Capital , and The Chainsmokers , Breeze is a successful, rapidly growing, and exceptionally well-capitalized company. We have the runway to think long term while remaining early enough that every person joining today can have a meaningful impact on what we build.

Overview

As our Assistant Controller, reporting to our Head of Finance, you'll own two things that matter a great deal right now: supporting external financial statement audits, and running the multi-entity close and consolidation as we add entities, currencies, and licenses.

This is a hands-on role on a small team. You'll be in the detail, preparing schedules, writing technical memos, and reconciling settlement activity, while also building the process and documentation that lets us scale past the current setup. If you like the part of the job where you turn a messy, fast-moving environment into something auditable, this is that job.

We're looking for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, wants meaningful ownership, and is excited to build rather than simply maintain.

What You'll Do

Audit management

• Serve as the primary day-to-day contact for our external auditors, managing the PBC list, fieldwork logistics, and issue resolution through to signed opinion.
• Build audit-ready support: reconciliations, roll-forwards, and workpapers with clear tie-out to the general ledger.
• Draft technical accounting memos on judgment areas, such as principal vs. agent revenue presentation under ASC 606, reserve and loss estimates, capitalized software, and equity and stock compensation.
• Identify control gaps surfaced during the audit and drive remediation.

Multi-entity accounting and consolidation

• Own the monthly close across our legal entities, including intercompany transactions, eliminations, and the consolidated reporting package.
• Manage foreign currency remeasurement and translation under ASC 830.
• Maintain the intercompany framework, including transfer pricing entries, cost allocations, and settlement between entities.
• Produce consolidated financial statements with variance analysis and commentary.

Payments-specific accounting

• Account for settlement activity: merchant payables, in-transit funds, sponsor bank and FBO account reconciliations, and restricted cash presentation.
• Manage interchange, network, and processing cost accounting.
• Own chargeback, refund, and merchant credit loss reserve methodology.

Process and systems

• Tighten the close calendar and reduce cycle time without sacrificing accuracy.
• Improve reconciliation automation between processor data, banking partners, and the GL.
• Contribute to an ongoing assessment of the accounting and tax tech stack.

What We're Looking For

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including public accounting at a mid-tier or Big 4 firm.
• Direct accounting experience at a payments company, fintech, bank, lender, or other regulated financial services business. This is the core requirement, not a nice-to-have. You should already understand settlement flows, customer funds, and how money actually moves.
• Demonstrated ownership of multi-entity consolidation, including intercompany eliminations and multi-currency reporting.
• Experience running or playing a lead role in an external financial statement audit.
• Advanced Excel, with real comfort working with large transaction-level datasets from processors or core banking systems.
• Some experience applying AI to accounting workflows.
• Comfortable operating in fast-moving environments without an established playbook.
• A builder mentality with a strong bias toward action.
• Excited to use AI and automation to work smarter and rethink existing processes.
• Comfortable getting into the details and doing the work, regardless of seniority.

Nice to Have

• Experience at an early-stage or high-growth startup.
• CPA or equivalent.
• Familiarity with money transmitter licensing, FBO account structures, or crypto and stablecoin settlement accounting.
• Experience with multi-book, multi-currency ERPs, plus tools like Modern Treasury or Ramp.
• BigQuery or comparable ability to pull your own data.

Our Compensation Philosophy!

The annual base salary range for this role is $140,000-$165,000 in New York. This range represents the minimum and maximum annual base salary that Breeze, in good faith, expects to pay for this position at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including a candidate's experience, skills, and qualifications.

For candidates outside of New York, compensation will be based on the applicable market and location-based pay range.

The base salary range listed excludes commission (if applicable), equity, and benefits.

Benefits & Perks

• Health coverage: Breeze covers 100% of employee premiums on our competitive base plan and 75% of dependent premiums.
• PTO: 21 days, plus applicable company holidays.
• 401(k): Breeze covers all plan administration fees.
• Equity: Meaningful ownership in the company you're helping build.
• Equipment: A new MacBook Air and whatever else you need to do your best work.
• Office & education allowance: An annual budget for your workspace, tools, and professional development.
• Wellness: A monthly reimbursement to support your well-being.
• Annual global offsite: We bring the global Breeze team together every year. Previous destinations include Bali and Singapore, with Japan coming next.

Breeze is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion or creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, marital or partnership status, caregiver status, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, height or weight, sexual and reproductive health decisions, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Breeze considers qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the New York City Fair Chance Act, where applicable.

Why Join Breeze

• Make an outsized impact: We're successful and still early, with meaningful traction and strong financial foundations. Lean teams, few layers, and direct access to decision-makers mean you'll have real ownership and the autonomy to make things happen.
• Solve hard, meaningful problems: Work at the intersection of AI, payments, stablecoins, risk, compliance, financial infrastructure, and global commerce as we build an intelligent infrastructure layer that goes far beyond payments.
• Build AI-first: AI isn't an add-on. It's central to how we're building our products and how our teams operate. You'll experiment with new tools, automate the repetitive, and continuously rethink how to work smarter.
• Work with an exceptional team: Join ambitious, curious, low-ego people who move quickly, hold a high bar, and care deeply about what they build.
• Grow with Breeze: As Breeze grows, strong performers can quickly expand their scope and take on bigger problems.
• Build for the long term: Backed by Sequoia Capital, Multicoin Capital, and The Chainsmokers, we're exceptionally well-capitalized with the runway to think big.

In-Office Expectations

Employees based in our New York City, NY office follow a hybrid work model and are expected to work from the office three days per week . Employees based in our Singapore office are expected to work on-site five days per week .

In-office expectations may vary slightly depending on role, team, and business needs. Certain roles that require closer cross-functional collaboration or operational support may have additional requirements, which will be discussed during the interview process.

Our approach is designed to support meaningful in-person collaboration, team building, and real-time decision-making while providing flexibility where applicable. We believe this structure enables strong execution, close collaboration, and effective teamwork across our global offices.

Come Build With Us!

We offer a rare combination: the ownership and speed of an early-stage company with the traction, backing, and financial foundations of a successful business.

We're building at the convergence of AI, payments, stablecoins, financial infrastructure, and global commerce. The opportunity is much bigger than building another payment processor.

We're building the intelligent infrastructure layer for global commerce, and there's still an enormous amount left to build.

If you want meaningful ownership, hard problems, exceptional teammates, and the opportunity to help define what comes next, we'd love to hear from you!