[Hiring] Controller @LiveKit

Role Description

We’re looking for a hands-on, highly operational Controller to own and scale our accounting function as we move through our next phase of hypergrowth. You will own the accounting function end-to-end:

• Close process
• Revenue recognition
• Technical accounting policy
• Audit and tax management
• Financial systems

This role is not about maintaining a mature machine — it’s about building one while it’s running. You will be deep in the weeds early on, and over time will build a team and infrastructure that can support us in growth over time.

If you’ve thrived inside a fast-growing startup or scale-up and know how to bring order without slowing momentum, this is a rare chance to have massive impact.

What You’ll Do

• Monthly and quarterly close (full ownership — journal entries, reconciliations, flux analysis)
• Revenue recognition policy and execution under ASC 606, including consumption/usage contracts, minimum commits, credit structures, and bundled offerings
• Sales tax compliance: nexus study, Anrok/Avalara implementation, historical VDA process, ongoing accruals
• Deferred revenue waterfall and RPO reporting
• Audit relationship and annual audit execution (first audit likely FY2026 or FY2027)
• Tax filings (federal, state income; R&D credit; 1099s) — managing external preparers
• Equity accounting: ASC 718 stock comp expense, 409A coordination, option grant journal entries
• Lease accounting: ASC 842 assessment on cloud infrastructure commitments (AWS/GCP CUDs that may qualify as embedded leases)
• Billing system integrity: NetSuite/QuickBooks↔Metronome/Stripe reconciliation; ensuring recognized revenue ties to invoiced and collected amounts
• Internal controls: designing and documenting controls sufficient for a first audit and eventual SOC 1/SOC 2 readiness

Bonus Points

• Board and investor reporting (Controller provides the audited/GAAP numbers; Cameron contextualizes)
• Fundraising data room (financial statements, cap table schedules, rev-rec memos, audit workpapers)
• Financial systems roadmap (NetSuite upgrade, billing system consolidation)
• Hiring the next layer of accounting staff (Senior Accountant, likely a 2027 hire)

Qualifications

• CPA required
• 5–9 years of experience: Big 4 Controller or Senior Manager at a VC-backed SaaS company
• ASC 606 depth — must have personally built or owned rev-rec policy for a SaaS company with usage-based or consumption revenue
• First audit experience — either taken a company through its first audit or managed the annual audit process at a Series B/C company
• NetSuite experience — we are on or moving to NetSuite; prior implementation or heavy operating experience required
• Startup mentality — will be largely solo on the accounting side initially

Our Commitment to You

• An opportunity to build something truly impactful to the world
• Contribute to open source alongside world-class engineers
• Competitive salary and equity package
• Health, dental, and vision benefits
• Flexible vacation policy