Controller
Pave
Why join Pave?
At Pave, our vision is simple--unlock a labor market built on trust.
How are we going to get there? By building a compensation platform powered by the largest real-time compensation dataset on earth, giving you confidence in every compensation decision.
We partner with our customers to help them build and retain world-class teams through planning, communicating and benchmarking their team’s compensation in real time. And you don’t have to just hear it from us — you can hear it from our customers: Allbirds, Hover, Credit Karma, Grammarly, and more.
We’re growing fast, building an incredible team and product, and having plenty of fun as we do it in our San Francisco and New York City offices.
If playing to win, building with intellectual honesty and focusing on in the Pave platinum standard sounds like fun - we highly encourage you to reach out. We’d love to partner on our journey to change the world of compensation!
Finance Team @ Pave
Are you ready to lead financial operations and ensure our accounting practices meet the highest standards as Pave’s first Accounting hire? As Controller, your mission will be to establish and optimize accounting infrastructure to ensure compliance, accuracy, and timeliness of financial reporting. You will be a key player in driving financial strategy and managing risk as we scale. We are looking for an experienced, detail-oriented leader to make a significant impact on Pave’s growth and success.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Lead Financial Reporting: Ensure the accuracy and timeliness of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports in compliance with GAAP, while streamlining the closing process to be as efficient as possible.
- Audit Preparation: Prepare for and manage successful financial audits, ensuring full compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Policy Implementation: Develop and enforce robust accounting policies, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), expense management, and internal controls.
- Operational Efficiency: Identify opportunities for process improvements and cost savings, implementing solutions that enhance financial operations.
- Financial Technology: Evaluate existing systems and develop best-in-class infrastructure that meets business needs.
What You'll Bring:
- Experience: 8+ years of accounting experience, with at least 2 years in a leadership role.
- Technical Expertise: Licensed CPA with a strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, and compliance.
- Audit Experience: Proven track record of leading successful financial audits in either public or private companies. Prefer experience leading a company’s inaugural audit.
- Analytical Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a focus on data-driven decision-making.
- Leadership: Demonstrated ability to lead and develop an accounting team in a fast-paced environment.
- Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization.
This salary range may include multiple levels. Your level is based on our assessment of your interview performance and experience, which you can always ask the hiring manager about to understand in more detail. Salary is just one component of Pave's total compensation package for employees. Your total rewards package at Pave will include equity, top-notch medical, dental and vision coverage, commuter benefits, catered lunch, an unlimited PTO policy, and many other region-specific benefits.
Our Compensation Philosophy
Pave’s compensation philosophy is to target the 75th percentile of the market for both cash and equity at your job level. This means that the “mid point” of every band at Pave is the 75th percentile of the broader market.
Pave also has a merit-based philosophy when it comes to compensation increases. We run a performance cycle twice per year to evaluate employees’ performance. Higher than average performance ratings result in compensation increases to the upper end of the individual’s compensation range for their role. The result is that high performers at Pave are paid above the 75th percentile of the market at large.
Pave is committed to pay equity. If you get an offer from Pave, it will be based on your level as determined by your interview performance. And nothing else. We explicitly do not negotiate salary and equity to ensure that we aren’t introducing bias that could lead to pay inequities within the team between candidates who have different negotiation tactics.
FAQ’s:
How big is Pave today?
We were founded in late 2019, and have grown to 150 employees across San Francisco, New York and the UK.
Where are the Pave offices?
Our company HQ is in San Francisco's FiDi with a high energy in-person culture. We also have an office in NYC and a hub in England. 🌁 🗽 🇬🇧
What do employee benefits at Pave look like?
As an employee at Pave, you will have your choice of medical, dental and vision insurance, as well as access to mental health services and other perks to promote your wellbeing. To enhance your personal and professional growth, you will have a monthly L&D stipend. We take our snacking seriously - employees receive a lunch and dinner stipend as well as many fun snacks throughout the day.
Who are some of Pave’s customers?
Pave is working with 7,500+ companies today, including some of the best technology logos out there like Credit Karma, RO, Faire, Dropbox, Airtable, Sweetgreen, Checkr, Hubspot, Snackpass, Attentive and more!
What can I expect in interviewing at Pave?
At Pave, we value intellectual honesty and transparency, and we bring this to our interview process. Throughout your time interviewing with us, we will be evaluating where you can best make an impact through multiple conversations with your recruiter, hiring manager, peers and cross-functional partners. We also use our interviews to determine leveling, which is finalized at the end of your interview process by your hiring manager. The majority of our roles have 3-5 interview rounds. You can expect to hear back from our team within 7 days of application, as well as within 2 days after each interview round. Once we extend an offer, we hope to hear back from you within 1 week. It is extremely important to us that we find a great mutual fit - we’re excited to get to know you!
More Questions? Check out our candidate resources page!
Pave is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or another legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request accommodation, please email [email protected]. Sponsorship for work visas or other permits may be available for certain positions, subject to Pave's policies and legal requirements.
