Controller

1 month ago

San Francisco, California, United States Afresh Full time

Afresh is on a mission to eliminate food waste and make fresh food accessible to all. Our first A.I.-powered solution optimizes ordering, forecasting, and store operations for fresh food departments in brick-and-mortar grocers. With our Fresh Operating System, regional and national grocery retailers have placed $1.6 billion in produce orders across the US and we've helped our partners prevent 34 million pounds of food from going to waste. Working at Afresh represents a one-of-a-kind opportunity to have massive social impact at scale by leveraging uncommonly impactful software – we hope you'll join us



We are seeking to hire a full-time Corporate Controller who will be responsible for overseeing accounting operations, financial reporting, audit readiness, and compliance for Afresh. This role requires strong technical accounting knowledge, partnering with key stakeholders, and a hands-on approach on day to day operations to ensure the company's financial health and provide financial insight to support strategic decision-making.

Skills and Experience

Accounting Operations:

  • Develop, implement, and execute accounting policies and procedures that will improve operations, and reduce risk to the business
  • Be the subject matter expert of technical accounting knowledge within the organization
  • Own and execute all activities regarding revenue recognition (ASC 606), vendor management, and expense management
  • Partner with HR to execute timely and accurate payrolls
  • Evaluate if current technology is adequate to build scalable/sustainable processes, is efficient, streamlines accounting operations and improves employee experience

Month-end Close:

  • Ensure monthly financials are compliant to US GAAP and audit ready
  • Drive scalable, reliable, and accurate monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes ensuring deadlines are met according to close schedules
  • Lead the preparation and analysis of financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, and monthly financial reporting packages

Budgets:

  • Ensure that new contracts, and transactions are in-line with functional budgets
  • Review business cases for new budget requests
  • Ensure accuracy and timely delivery of internal and external financial reports, providing insights to guide decision-making based on a comprehensive interpretation of financial data

Tax & Compliance:

  • Ensure compliance with tax laws and regulations, partner with third party providers on the preparation and filing of various tax returns (federal, state, payroll, sales)
  • Own and manage the company's insurance programs and renewals

Treasury and Cash Management:

  • Oversee treasury functions, managing cash flow, monitoring cash balances, forecasting cash needs, and optimizing cash utilization
  • Partnering with legal and function leaders to provide guidance on material contracts that could affect cash flow

Audit:

  • Develop solid, trust-based relationships with key audit partners
  • Establish and prepare along with external consultant all technical memos, accounting policies, and internal controls necessary to execute a successful first audit

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of progressive Accounting experience, preferably in a SaaS company or similar
  • Bachelor's Degree (B.S.) in Accounting, CPA or MBA is a plus
  • Strong knowledge of US GAAP and its application in a corporate environment, financial reporting, audit, and compliance
  • Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills
  • Proficiency in accounting softwares and intermediate Excel skills
  • Must be self-driven, highly motivated and able to perform job duties with little supervision
  • Must be a hands-on professional who can multitask in a fast-paced environment while paying close attention to details


About Afresh
Founded in 2017, Afresh is working on the #1 solution to curb climate change: reducing food waste. By combining human insight and transformative technology, we're helping grocers provide fresher food to customers at more affordable prices.
Afresh sits at an incredible intersection of positive social impact, rocket ship financial growth, and cutting-edge technology. Our best-in-class AI research has been published in top journals including ICML, and we've raised over $148 million in funding from investors including former co-CEO of Whole Foods Market Walter Robb and Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors.

Fresh is the past, present, and future of our food system – the waste we create today will impact our planet for years to come. Join us as we continue to build a vibrant, diverse, and inclusive team that embodies our company's values of proactivity, kindness, candor, and humility.
Afresh provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.

Here at Afresh, many of our employees work remotely provided that they reside in one of the following states: AR, CA, CO, FL, GA, IL, KY, MA, MI, MT, MO, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OR, PA, TX, WA, WI. However, there may be key roles that will require a candidate/employee to be local to our San Francisco, CA office. In which case this requirement will be included in the job posting details under "Skills and experience" for reference.

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