Controller
Nirvana
Accounting & Finance
Remote
Posted on Friday, June 24, 2022
<h3> <strong>Who We Are</strong> </h3> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">Nirvana is on a mission to modernize commercial insurance and enable a safer world. Our technology platform delivers modern insurance & risk management to not only help our customers protect their businesses, but actually improve safety for everyone.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">To start, we’re transforming the legacy, $750B+ commercial insurance industry through cutting-edge predictive models using real-time IoT data (~50B connected devices by 2030), automation to deliver instantaneous quotes & faster underwriting, & proactive, and data-driven insights to help customers prevent accidents.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">Backed by top-tier VCs including General Catalyst & Lightspeed Ventures, Nirvana became the fastest insurtech EVER to launch in Jan 2022 and crossed >$10M run rate in under 6 months, more than 2x faster than best-in-class insurtechs. Our leadership team has helped scale multi-billion dollar companies from scratch including Samsara, Rubrik, Acko & Flexport, and includes industry veterans from Hiscox, AIG, The Hartford & RLI.</span> </p> <h3> <strong>About the Role</strong> </h3> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">We’re looking for a </span> <strong>Controller</strong> <span style="font-weight:400;"> who will direct the Company’s day-to-day accounting operations, including execution of operational accounting policy, general ledger, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and other accounting activities.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">You will partner across the organization to ensure we are building for scale, enabling monetization and empowering better decision making through timely and accurate financials.</span> </p> <p> <span style="font-weight:400;">We’re a distributed team spread across the US India, and offices in San Francisco, CA, Columbus, OH and Bangalore, India. We’re open to candidates in any US location.</span> </p> <h3> <strong>What you’ll do</strong> </h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Oversee all areas of Accounting. As our Controller you’ll be responsible for leading all aspects of Accounting -- from Payroll and AP to revenue recognition to tax and compliance. You’ll bring the accounting in house, tighten our month-end close and improve visibility into our financials.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Implement scalable systems and processes. You’ll build the financial foundation across banking, bookkeeping and expense management to ensure our finances are accurate and the business can effectively scale.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close and reporting processes including detailed analysis and reconciliation of all general ledger accounts and preparation of financial statements in compliance with U.S. GAAP.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Scale our Accounting and Finance teams. As one of our first hires in this function, you’ll be able to build a world class team that will set Nirvana up for success as we grow.</span></li> </ul> <h3> <strong>About you</strong> </h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">7+ years’ experience in Accounting</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience at a high growth startup building Accounting functions from the ground up</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Familiarity with technical accounting</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Ability to own the close process end to end</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Excellent communication skills, written verbal. Must be comfortable presenting to senior audiences.</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Experience with global accounting strategy (e.g. entity consolidation, etc.)</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Bias-to-action - you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty do what needs to be done</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Proven people manager who can hire and mentor high-performing teams is a plus</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Insurtech experience a plus</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Big 4 public accounting OR CPA is a plus</span></li> </ul> <h3> <strong>Benefits</strong> </h3> <ul> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Competitive salary meaningful equity</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Medical, dental vision insurance</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">401k with company match</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Unlimited PTO</span></li> <li style="font-weight:400;"><span style="font-weight:400;">Work from home friendly</span></li> </ul>
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