Remote Saas Controller Jobs in Reston, VA (NOW HIRING)

Position Title

Controller

Department

Finance and Accounting

Reports To

Chief Executive Officer

FLSA Status

Exempt (Salaried)

Work Model

Fully Remote

Base Salary Range

$120,000 to $160,000, plus annual bonus, equity, and benefits

Date Posted

9/02/2026

About the Role

We are hiring a hands on Controller to own the accounting function for a growing B2B SaaS company. This is a builder’s seat, not a maintainer’s seat.

You will own the monthly close, the revenue recognition framework behind our subscription and services contracts, the ARR reporting leadership makes decisions on, the budget and the forecast, and the finance systems that produce all of it. You will report to the CEO, lead a team of two, and be the company’s authority on the numbers.

The right person is comfortable at both altitudes: reconciling a bank account in the morning and walking the leadership team through the ARR waterfall in the afternoon. You would rather automate recurring work than absorb it into headcount, and you want a seat where the systems you choose today are the ones the company runs on at ten times the size. The finance function is going to grow. We are looking for the person who builds it.

What You Will Own:

Close and Accounting Operations

• The full cycle monthly, quarterly, and annual close, delivering accurate financial statements within 5 to 10 business days of month end.
• The general ledger, chart of accounts, and supporting schedules under U.S. GAAP, with documented close checklists, cutoff procedures, and reconciliation standards.
• All balance sheet reconciliations, including bank, credit card, prepaid, accrual, and revenue related accounts.
• AP, AR, collections, expense reimbursement, and corporate card administration, run through automated coding, receipt matching, policy enforcement, and exception based review rather than manual approval queues.
• The allowance for credit losses under ASC 326 and the fixed asset subledger, including capitalization policy, depreciation, and disposals.

Revenue Recognition and Billing

• The ASC 606 framework: written policy and application of the full five step model to every current and proposed revenue stream, documented so a reviewer can follow it without you in the room.
• Transaction price allocation on relative standalone selling price where arrangements bundle subscription with implementation or other distinct performance obligations, including the SSP analysis, method, and supporting evidence.
• Recognition for subscription, multiyear, and professional services contracts, including modifications, renewals, and mid term upgrades, with contract asset and liability schedules auditable from contract to GL.
• The billing and subscription system end to end: quote to cash configuration, plan and price book architecture, proration logic, dunning, and the integration into the GL.
• The ASC 340-40 practical expedient for incremental costs of obtaining a contract, supported by a documented commensurate renewal commission analysis that gets revisited whenever commission plan design changes.
• The guardrails that keep the revenue system clean, working with Sales and Customer Experience on non standard structures before they are signed rather than after.

ARR Reporting, Budget, and Forecasting

• The monthly ARR waterfall as the single source of truth, reconciled to both the billing system and the general ledger: beginning ARR, new, expansion, downgrade, churn, net new, and ending ARR.
• The rate metrics that follow from it, including gross and net revenue retention, churn, downgrade, expansion, and growth rate, plus CAC, LTV, magic number, and gross margin by revenue stream.
• Written definitions for every metric, so figures are consistent across Finance, Sales, leadership, and the board.
• Month over month movement explained down to the customer level, with the specific drivers behind expansion, downgrades, and churn identified rather than described.
• The annual budget and a rolling 12 to 18 month forecast built with department leaders, plus departmental cost visibility so budget owners can manage their own numbers.
• Cash management, including 13 week cash flow forecasting, working capital monitoring, and treasury and banking relationships.
• The monthly leadership and board package: balance sheet, income statement, cash flow, ARR waterfall, KPI dashboard, budget to actual variance, and written commentary that says what the numbers mean.

Technical Accounting and Tax

• Lease accounting under ASC 842 and stock based compensation under ASC 718, including grant date fair value, expense attribution, forfeitures, and modifications.
• The ASC 740 income tax provision, including current and deferred computation, the deferred rollforward, effective rate reconciliation, uncertain tax positions, and the valuation allowance assessment on net operating loss carryforwards.
• The positions behind Section 174 specified research and experimental expenditures and federal and state R&D credit capture, coordinating external advisors on execution and owning the documentation that supports the position.
• Multistate income tax nexus, apportionment, and SaaS revenue sourcing, entity good standing in every operating state, and sales and use tax determination and filing through automated tooling.
• Technical research written up as defensible position memos, plus the accounting policy manual and advance planning for new standards rather than adoption at the deadline.

Systems, Controls, and Team

• The entire finance stack and the integrations between it: ERP, billing, payments, spend management, close management, tax compliance, payroll, fixed assets and leases, and cap table, so data moves without manual rekeying.
• The build, buy, and replace calls on finance tooling, including migrations off systems the company has outgrown.
• Internal controls appropriate to our scale: segregation of duties, approval thresholds, and expenditure authority, designed to scale without proportional headcount.
• The people, process, and tooling required to produce GAAP financial statements that can be audited under U.S. GAAS.
• The relationship with external accountants, tax preparers, auditors, and lenders, and support for customer, partner, and investor diligence requests.
• Hiring and developing the accounting team as the function scales, and ownership of Finance scorecard metrics in the company operating cadence.

Payroll, Commissions, and Equity

• Semimonthly payroll and the accounting treatment of wages, taxes, and benefits. This is a trust function and errors are treated as such.
• Sales commission and bonus administration and reconciliation, so plans are applied accurately, recorded in the correct period, and paid on schedule.
• Benefits invoicing, 401(k) contributions and reconciliation, and the annual 401(k) audit and Form 5500 filing, in partnership with Operations and HR.
• The cap table and equity records, including grants, exercises, vesting schedules, 409A coordination, and the records supporting ASC 718 expense.

What We Require

• 5 or more years of progressive accounting experience, including 2 to 3 years at the Controller, Assistant Controller, or Accounting Manager level.
• SaaS or subscription business experience, including deferred revenue management and SaaS metric reporting. This is not negotiable.
• Demonstrated ownership of a full close cycle from start to issued financials.
• Hands on ASC 606 experience where you built the framework, documentation, and controls, including standalone selling price allocation for bundled arrangements. Applying a policy someone else wrote is not the same thing.
• You have built and defended an ARR waterfall. You have produced the new, expansion, downgrade, and churn build up and tied it back to both billing data and the general ledger.
• Working command of the standards this role actually touches: ASC 340-40, ASC 326, ASC 842, ASC 718, and ASC 350-40 where applicable.
• Experience owning or materially preparing an ASC 740 provision, including the deferred rollforward and valuation allowance assessment.
• Systems implementation experience. You have selected, configured, migrated, or replaced core finance systems, not only operated inside ones someone else built.
• Ability to research a technical accounting question and write a defensible position memo without outside help as the first step.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets: complex modeling, pivot tables, lookup and array functions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

What Moves You to the Top of the List

• Time at a company between $5M and $50M in ARR, ideally through a period of meaningful growth.
• B2B SaaS with a mix of subscription and professional services revenue.
• Section 174 capitalization and federal or state R&D credit capture in a software company.
• Preparing a company for its first audited financial statements, or supporting diligence for a financing or transaction event.
• A finance stack modernization you led: tools consolidated, legacy systems retired, or a company moved from a manual close to an automated one.
• Multistate payroll and nexus exposure.
• Operating inside a structured business operating system such as EOS or OKRs, including scorecard and accountability chart discipline.
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI native finance tooling, with opinions about where automation belongs and where human judgment is not negotiable.

This Role Is Probably Not a Fit If

• You are looking for a team to hand the work to. You will do the work first, then build the team that does it.
• You need the policy manual to already exist. You are the one writing it.
• You want a settled systems environment. Several decisions are still open, and making them is part of the job.
• You are uncomfortable telling the CEO that a number he likes is wrong.

Compensation and Benefits

• Base salary of $120,000 to $160,000, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• Annual performance bonus and participation in the Equity Incentive Plan.
• Medical, dental, vision, FSA, dependent care program, life and voluntary life, and short and long term disability.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Unlimited PTO and professional development support.
• Fully remote.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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