Controller

GC AI is the fastest-growing and most trusted legal AI platform for in‑house legal teams. We’re building the future of legal work, and we’re doing it fast. You’ll join at a pivotal moment—when decisions matter, impact is immediate, and the runway to shape your career is wide open. We’re a high‑performing team where you’ll have real ownership and influence from day one. More than 1,500 companies use GC AI to drive their business forward, including 150+ public companies, 25+ unicorns, and brands such as News Corp, Miro, Bass Pro Shops, Snyk, Skims, Liquid Death, Vercel, Zscaler, and TIME. We’ve 10x’d revenue in 12 months and raised a $60 million Series B ($555 million valuation), and are growing faster than ever. We are backed by incredible investors, including Scale Venture Partners, Northzone, Sound Ventures, and Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel. If you thrive when the stakes are high and the path isn’t paved, you’ll love it here. Our six guiding principles are: 1% better every day, customer obsession, ship today, find a way, care deeply, and own it completely. Come shape the future of legal work with us. Location We are hiring for this role to be based in the United States or Canada. This is a remote role unless you fall within the following parameters. If you live within approximately 50 miles of our San Mateo, CA or Provo, UT office, the position follows a hybrid schedule with in‑office days on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. About The Role We are hiring our first Controller to build and scale the accounting function at GC AI, own the close and the audit, and architect the systems and controls that scale with the business. This is not a maintenance job. The person we hire will design how accounting works at a modern AI company — what is automated, what is reviewed, what is governed — and will build the team that runs it. You will partner closely with the Senior Director of Finance, our fractional CFO, and the CEO. You will own the relationships with our independent auditors, our technical accounting advisors, and our outsourced bookkeeper through the in‑house transition. You will inherit a complex first‑year audit already in flight, an ERP selection and implementation, and a billing/rev rec transformation tied to usage‑based pricing. Most Controller roles ask you to keep the books and survive the audit. This one asks you to build the function, conduct a first‑year audit, design systems that scale with the business, and do it as an AI‑first operator—not someone who tolerates AI. You will have direct access to the CEO and the executive team, real ownership over systems and headcount decisions, and the chance to be the founding accounting leader at a company that is on a path to be one of the defining AI companies in legal. What You’ll Do Architect the accounting org from the current outsourced model to a fully in‑house, AI‑leveraged team. Define the operating model, hiring plan (Senior Accountant, AR/AP, Staff Accountant), and role/responsibility split between Accounting and FP&A. Own the implementation and ongoing administration of an ERP. Lead the cutover from our current bookkeeping stack, including the chart of accounts redesign, opening balances, integrations, and parallel‑run validation. Design the close to be AI‑augmented end‑to‑end: reconciliations, flux analysis, accrual roll‑forwards, journal entry preparation, and first‑draft variance commentary generated by systems, with humans as reviewers and approvers. Stand up the systems architecture and build the data layer that lets Finance, Accounting, and RevOps work from a single source of truth. Use modern AI tooling (Claude, MCP connectors, agentic workflows) to compress the close cycle, automate prep work, and free the team for judgment and analysis. Set the bar for what “AI‑first accounting” looks like in practice — and ship it. Establish controls, segregation of duties, and audit trails appropriate for a company on an IPO path without slowing the business. We want strong governance, not bureaucracy. Take full ownership of our first‑year financial statement audit. Land it. Own the technical accounting work; revenue recognition, ASC 606 memos, equity, stock comp, lease accounting, and any acquisition‑related accounting. Build the audit‑ready close: monthly close on a predictable cadence, clean rollforwards, supportable accruals, documented controls, and a tight, organized PBC process for subsequent audits. Own customer‑facing financial diligence — auditor letters, going‑con­cern letters, financial statement requests from enterprise customers — so the sales team can close deals without bottlenecks. Stand up the discipline and documentation that makes year two and year three audits fast. What We’re Looking For Audit experience. Started your career in public accounting (Big 4 or strong national firm) with a meaningful run as an auditor. Active CPA. IPO experience. You have been through an IPO from the issuer side — ideally as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Senior Accounting Manager — and you know what the SEC, underwriters, and auditors expect. You have written or owned material sections of an S‑1. Built and scaled an accounting function. You have taken an accounting org from early/scrappy to repeatable and audit‑ready at a high‑growth company. You have hired, leveled, and managed accountants. You have replaced an ERP at least once. AI‑native operator. You actively use modern AI tooling in your own work. You can describe specific workflows you have automated or compressed using LLMs, MCP, or agentic tools. You believe systems should shape processes, not the other way around — and you can architect both. Technical accounting depth. Strong ASC 606 chops, especially for SaaS and usage‑based/consumption pricing. Comfortable owning the memo, not just reviewing it. Operator mindset. You move with urgency, write clearly, are comfortable in the details and the strategy, and can hold a tight close while also rebuilding the systems underneath it. Nice‑to‑Haves Experience at a venture‑backed SaaS company between Series B and IPO. Direct experience with Rillet, Campfire, NetSuite, Metronome, Stripe, Ramp, and Justworks. Familiarity with AI/ML cost accounting (inference costs, COGS classification, gross margin in AI businesses). Experience supporting an M&A or acqui‑hire transaction. A Note On Pace We’re building something new in a once‑in‑a‑generation shift in technology and the legal industry, so we move at a relentless pace. We expect urgency, ownership, and good judgment even when things aren’t perfectly clear. If you need structure and consensus to do your best work, this isn’t the right place for you. If you thrive in ambiguity and growth, work with intensity, and want real responsibility, keep reading. We’re excited to meet you. Compensation GC AI’s compensation package includes a competitive base salary benchmarked against real‑time market data, as well as equity for all full‑time roles. We also offer exceptional benefits, as well as commission plans for applicable roles. Our US‑based compensation range for this role is $180,000 – $243,000. Actual pay is determined by skills, qualifications, experience, location, market demand, and other factors. These compensation bands are just the starting point. After someone joins and proves they’re an exceptional performer, we adjust quickly to ensure their compensation aligns with their impact. Equal Opportunity Employment GC AI is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class. GC AI is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. Fraud Notice to GC AI Applicants To protect yourself against phishing and recruitment fraud, please note that GC AI only accepts job applications through our official careers page at and through sponsored jobs on LinkedIn. All legitimate communication from our team regarding job opportunities will come from a GC AI team member with a @gc.ai or @getgc.ai email address. GC AI will never: Refer you to external websites to apply Conduct interviews over email, chat platforms, or messaging apps Ask you to provide payment or purchase equipment Request personal or financial information such as your mailing address, social security number, credit card numbers, or banking information during the application process Examples of fraudulent email addresses: View email address on click.appcast.io View email address on click.appcast.io Any email address ending in @gmail.com, @yahoo.com, or other free email services If you are contacted by someone claiming to be from GC AI via an unofficial channel or from a suspicious email address, please do not share any information. Mark the communication as “phishing” or “spam” and do not respond. Compensation $180K – $243K #J-18808-Ljbffr