Position: Startup Asst. Controller / Finance Manager
Company: Datagrok
Category: Other
Experience required: 3y
English level: fluent
Published: 2023-01-01T00:00:00+02:00

At Datagrok, we are a team of talented and ambitious people, passionate about democratizing science and technology. We focus on innovative solutions for biopharma and believe our data analytics platform can change the course of drug design.

We are looking for a **Startup Asst. Controller / Finance Manager **with a passion for technology, 3+ years of revenue accounting for a U.S.-based software company, and a desire for innovation and continuous improvement.

**Role:** This is a newly created position that reports to CFO. The role is 40% accounting/bookkeeping, 20% financial planning and analysis, 10% compliance reporting, and 30% process improvement and automation. 

This role is ideal for a senior accountant who wants to gain hands-on experience in all areas of FinOps in a growing software startup.

**Responsibilities:**
 -- Book journal entries (US GAAP, accruals method)
 -- Recognize revenue
 -- Reconcile journal ledgers
 -- Perform month- and year-end close
 -- Invoice customers and manage accounts receivable
 -- Pay vendors and contractors, manage accounts payable
 -- Prepare and file sales tax returns
 -- Create management reports and forecasts
 -- Create accounting memos and process documentation
 -- Continuously improve FinOps through automation, including support in the implementation of new technology and software, and onboarding of any new service providers
 -- Optional. Assist with income tax-related matters, including annual income tax returns and tax provisions

**Requirements:**
 -- Minimum educational requirements: BS in Accounting or Finance 
 -- 3+ years of ASC 606 accounting for a U.S. software company
 -- Fluent in English (C1+)

**About you:**
 -- Self-starter, passionate about learning new things
 -- Comfortable with frequent changes in the business operating environment
 -- Eager to wear multiple hats and contribute outside your direct areas of responsibility
 -- Technology-savvy and automation-biased. You quickly learn new technology or software and have used technology in the past to automate your work. 
 -- Excel power user (can build a financial model from scratch, can work with power queries)
 -- Able to research, interpret, and document a variety of technical issues 
 -- Able to work with a distributed team in the GMT+3 (Kyiv) and GMT-4 (New York) time zones.

**We offer:**
 -- Fully remote work
 -- Flexible working hours
 -- Unlimited vacations / PTO
 -- Excellent growth opportunities in a highly dynamic, unique product company
 -- Zero bureaucracy
 -- Paid training and certifications
 -- Competitive compensation