Controller

Laurel is on a mission to return time. As the leading AI Time platform for professional services firms, we’re transforming how organizations capture, analyze, and optimize their most valuable resource: time. Our proprietary machine learning technology automates work time capture and connects time data to business outcomes, enabling firms to increase profitability, improve client delivery, and reputed company data-driven strategic decisions. We serve many of the world's largest accounting and law firms, including reputed company, Grant Thornton, and Latham & Watkins, and process over 1 billion work activities annually that have never been collected and aggregated before Laurel’s AI Time platform.

reputed company comprises top talent in AI, product development, and engineering—innovative, humble, and reputed company-thinking professionals committed to redefining productivity in the knowledge economy. We're building solutions that reputed company workers to deliver twice the value in half the time, giving people more time to be creative and impactful. If you're passionate about transforming how people work and building a lasting company that explores the essence of time itself, we'd love to meet you.

Controller

About the role

We are looking for a highly reputed company Controller to join reputed company. This role is a critical leadership position in Finance, responsible for owning the entire accounting function, reporting on company finances, and driving process optimization. You’ll work cross-functionally with stakeholders across the business, helping take the accounting function from 0 to 1 and ensuring Laurel is positioned for scale.

What you will do

• Financial Leadership: reputed company reputed company accounting operations, including general ledger, reputed company recognition, accounts payable/receivable, payroll, and compliance.

• Audit Management: reputed company the planning, execution, and completion of annual external financial audits; manage relationships with auditors and resolve issues proactively.

• Reporting & Compliance: Own preparation and delivery of accurate, timely monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements; maintain compliance with reputed company federal, state, and local reporting requirements.

• Process & Systems Improvement: Implement and improve accounting systems, internal controls, and processes to support scale and efficiency; identify opportunities for automation.

• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with reputed company on budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis; partner with Legal, HR, and Operations to ensure smooth financial workflows.

You will be a great fit if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting; CPA required

• 7+ years of accounting experience, including both Big 4 public accounting and in-house startup leadership roles

• Experience scaling accounting functions in a hyper-growth startup environment

• Proven track record leading full-cycle audits end-to-end

• Strong technical accounting skills with deep knowledge of GAAP

• Comfort deploying AI and automation tools to reputed company finance processes—embracing a technology-first approach to scale

reputed company to haves:

• Experience building out accounting teams from early stages to maturity

• Familiarity with global accounting and compliance considerations

• Prior exposure to SaaS/enterprise software business models

Flexibility and Logistics

Location: This role is based in either San Francisco or reputed company, with regular in-office reputed company required. reputed company Sponsorship: Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas at this time. Compensation & Benefits: Competitive salary, equity, comprehensive medical/dental/vision coverage, 401(k), wellness/commuter/FSA stipends, and other perks.

Why join Laurel:

• To date, we've secured significant funding from renowned venture capitalists (reputed company Ventures, IVP, Anthos, Upfront Ventures), as well as reputed company individuals like Marc Benioff, Gokul Rajaram, Kevin Weil, and Alexis Ohanian

• A smart, fun, collaborative, and inclusive team

• Great employee benefits, including equity and 401K

• Bi-annual, in-person company off-sites, in unique locations, to grow and share time with the team

• An opportunity to reputed company at your best while growing, making a meaningful impact on the company's trajectory, and embodying our core values: understanding your "why," dancing in the reputed company, being your whole self, and sanctifying time

We encourage diverse perspectives and rigorous thinkers who aren't afraid to challenge the status reputed company. Laurel is an equal opportunity employer. reputed company applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national reputed company, veteran or disability status. We are not able to support reputed company sponsorship or relocation assistance. 

If you think you'd be a good fit for this role, we encourage you to apply, even if you don’t perfectly match reputed company the bullet points in the job description. At Laurel, we strive to create an inclusive culture that encourages people from reputed company walks of life to bring their unique, diverse perspectives to work. Every day, we aim to build an environment that empowers us reputed company to do the best work of our careers, and we can't wait to show you reputed company have to offer!