Armada Director, Corporate Controller at Armada leads the global accounting function and sets strategy for controllership organization. Responsible for month-end close, US GAAP financial statements, accounting policies, and IPO readiness.
Responsibilities
We're hiring a builder-minded Director, Corporate Controller to lead the global accounting function and take it to public-company standard. You will set the strategy for the controllership organization, own the close and accounting policy, build the controls environment, and lead the accounting workstreams behind our IPO readiness. The decisions you make will shape Armada's financial foundation for years to come.
This is not a maintenance role. You will architect the processes and systems a much larger, multi-entity, manufacturing-and-deployment business will run on, while staying close enough to the work to personally resolve the hardest technical questions.
Reports to: VP, Finance
Location: This role is remote-based in the United States
Team: Directs accounting and tax through a team of managers and senior individual contributors; partners with FP&A, Treasury, Legal, and the Executive Team
Close and reporting
Own the global month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close; drive it to a predictable 7-10 business days
Deliver accurate, timely US GAAP financial statements, including multi-entity consolidation and foreign currency translation across international subsidiaries
Own the accounting content of board, investor, and lender reporting packages, and ensure ongoing debt covenant compliance
Technical accounting and policy
Establish and document the company's accounting policies and technical positions, and defend them with auditors and senior leadership
Lead revenue recognition (ASC 606) on complex, milestone-heavy hardware, deployment, software, and services contracts, including multiple performance obligations and variable consideration
Qualification
Deep US GAAP judgmentMulti-entityComfort with ambiguity and paceExecutive presenceBackgrounds We ValueIPO or S-1 experience
Required
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field; active CPA license
12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years leading an accounting function as a Controller or Director at a high-growth company
A track record of building and leading multi-layer accounting teams, including hiring and developing managers
Big 4 or national-firm public accounting experience
Deep US GAAP judgment, especially ASC 606 on complex hardware-plus-services arrangements; you can write a memo and defend it
A track record leading external audits and building SOX-ready controls before they were required
Multi-entity, multi-currency consolidation experience across international subsidiaries
Comfort with ambiguity and pace: you prefer building the playbook to following one
Executive presence: you explain complex accounting matters clearly to executives, the board, auditors, and investors, and can reconcile competing stakeholder views
Experience owning a departmental budget and multi-year functional roadmap
Backgrounds We Value
IPO or S-1 experience, or Controller time at a newly public company
