Assistant Controller

17 Hours ago • 7 Years + • $160,000 PA - $210,000 PA

Job Summary

Job Description

Inkitt is seeking an Assistant Controller to lead global accounting operations, including GL, payroll accounting, fixed assets, and intercompany consolidation. The role involves developing and overseeing monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes in accordance with IFRS, aiming for increased precision and timeliness. Responsibilities include building and leading a team, identifying opportunities for process automation using AI and system enhancements, managing relationships with auditors and outsourced teams, overseeing financial audits, tax compliance, and internal controls, and developing accounting policies. The position also plays a key role in strategic projects such as fundraising and IPO readiness.
Must have:
  • 7+ years progressive accounting experience
  • 3+ years leadership experience
  • End-to-end experience managing core accounting operations
  • Exceptional project management skills
  • Innovative problem-solving
  • Experience designing/implementing financial systems
  • CPA certification
  • Big 4 experience
Good to have:
  • ERP implementation experience
  • Consumer or film/game production industry experience
Perks:
  • 401k plan
  • Health benefits (medical, dental, vision)
  • Professional coaching
  • Team-building events
  • Unlimited Galatea and CandyJar TV access
  • Unlimited budget for self-development books
  • Charity donation
  • Free lunch
  • Class Pass membership
  • Gym access
  • Dog-friendly offices

Job Details

Inkitt is building the Disney of the 21st Century, standing at the forefront of technology and entertainment. Leveraging AI and predictive algorithms, Inkitt discovers unknown stories and turns them into blockbuster hits, producing a new $1M ebook every 4 weeks and selling directly to consumers through its Galatea app. Inkitt has become the 11th most bestseller-generating publisher in the world, boasting a 40x higher hit-rate than traditional publishers. Recently raising a Series C and backed by some of the top VC’s such as: Khosla, Kleiner Perkins, and NEA Ventures, our recent expansion into CandyJarTV is only the beginning of our journey to becoming the next-gen entertainment powerhouse.


What You'll Do:

  • Lead global accounting operations across GL, payroll accounting, fixed assets, and intercompany consolidation
  • Develop and oversee monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes in accordance with IFRS while increasing precision and timeliness
  • Build and lead a growing team, including hiring, mentoring, and performance management
  • Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, including 
  • Leveraging AI and system enhancements to streamline accounting and reporting
  • Manage key relationships with auditors, outsourced teams, and strategic partners.
  • Oversee financial audits, tax compliance, and internal controls
  • Develop and maintain accounting policies and procedures that align with operational growth
  • Play a key role in strategic projects, including preparing for future fundraising, potential IPO readiness, and M&A activity


What You'll Bring:

  • 7+ years of progressive accounting experience with 3+ years of leadership experience at a combination of early and late stage startups and/or public accounting firms
  • End-to-end experience managing core accounting operations
  • Exceptional project management skills to prioritize and deliver on multiple high-impact initiatives on concurrent timelines
  • Innovative problem solving with a track record of improving processes, establishing an efficient control environment, and curating a scalable financial data infrastructures
  • Proven experience in designing and implementing financial systems (experience with an ERP implementation is a plus)
  • CPA certification and Big 4 experience
  • Consumer or film/game production industry is a plus


Who We Are Looking For:

  • Autonomous
  • Bring solutions instead of problems
  • Data driven
  • Quick to action
  • A high functioning workaholic
  • Looking for exponential career growth
  • Have lots of fun building a generational AI x Entertainment company


What We'll Offer:

  • 401k plan, designed to help you save for the future
  • Health benefits tailored to your needs, including medical, dental, and vision coverage
  • Professional coaching for everyone
  • Team-building events, including our annual Tulum trip
  • Unlimited access to our Galatea app and CandyJar TV app
  • Unlimited budget for self-development books
  • Charity donation of your choice at your one year anniversary
  • Free lunch in office everyday
  • Class Pass membership for US based employee and gym access for Berlin employees
  • Dog friendly offices in San Francisco & Berlin


$160,000 - $210,000 a year
Salary offers are determined based on the candidate’s experience, skills, and alignment with the requirements of the role, as well as internal equity and market benchmarks

At Inkitt, we strive to build a company culture and provide employment opportunities based on diversity and inclusion. We believe every author should have an equal opportunity to succeed, as should our team members. As a growing team from 20+ countries, we welcome everyone to apply. 


We look forward to hearing from you!


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About The Company

We believe every author should have an equal opportunity to succeed. Therefore, our mission is to discover hidden talents and turn them into globally successful authors.


Inkitt is a pioneer at the forefront of Data Driven Publishing. Using an analytic and objective approach, we’ve discovered hundreds of talented authors around the world with over 50% of our published authors achieving $100,000+ in sales. We have forever changed the traditional publishing model by inventing an algorithm which analyzes users' reading behavior to identify hits, in turn removing subjectivity from the equation. This gives Inkitt the unique ability to discover hidden talents that might otherwise have gone unnoticed.


Hits that are identified by our algorithm, are then licensed to and distributed on our Galatea app where we systematically generate blockbusters by A/B testing the content of our stories. This process is our own unique creation, and something which has never before been done in the entertainment industry. 


At present, we are an international team of 85 passionate and dedicated inventors and entrepreneurs and we are growing quickly. We are proud that our mission has persuaded early investors in Google and Spotify to back us, as well as attracted talents from Netflix, Activision Blizzard, DeliveryHero, Babbel, and N26 to join us.


We invent new solutions to problems we encounter, as opposed to simply iterating upon existing solutions. 


Join us to build the Disney of the 21st Century!


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