Comptroller of Finance Department

About the Company Armada is the hyperscaler for the edge, delivering modular AI infrastructure from first deployment to AI factory with speed, scale and sovereignty. Named one of Fast Company's Most Innovative Companies and to the CNBC Disruptor 50, Armada’s solutions are deployed in over 60 countries globally for organizations ranging from energy to defense.

With nearly $500 million in funding to date, Armada is backed by leading investors including Founders Fund, Lux, Black Rock and Microsoft (M12), alongside strategic partnerships with Microsoft, Dell, Palantir, NVIDIA, SpaceX, and Skydio. We are building the infrastructure layer for sovereign and edge AI - rugged, deployable compute for customers that cannot rely on centralized cloud.

You’ll tackle challenges that haven’t been solved before and help build something transformative from the ground up. What you do here will not only define your career but help further Armada’s mission to bridge the digital divide for customers around the world.

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 work streams behind our IPO readiness. The decisions you make will shape Armada's financial foundation for years to come.

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.

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  Reports to:
  
  VP, Finance
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  Location:
  
  This role is remote-based in the United States
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  Directs accounting and tax through a team of managers and senior individual contributors; partners with FP&A, Treasury, Legal, and the Executive Team

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

Advise sales, legal, and deal teams on the revenue and accounting implications of complex customer and government contract terms before signature

Own accounting for leases (ASC 842), stock-based compensation (ASC 718), debt and financing transactions, contract costs (ASC 340-40), and foreign operations (ASC 830)

Audit, controls, and IPO readiness

Own the external audit relationship and lead the annual audit, negotiating significant accounting and scope matters with the audit partner

Define the SOX readiness roadmap and direct the design and implementation of internal controls to achieve a SOX-ready control environment within 12 months

Own the accounting work streams for IPO readiness, partnering with legal, FP&A, and external advisors on timeline and deliverables, and drive process improvements across finance

Own accounting and compliance for US government contracts (Other Transaction agreements today, FAR/DFARS work ahead), including invoicing and cost compliance

Partner with tax and treasury to set strategy for intercompany, transfer pricing, statutory audits, and local filings across international entities

Set the accounting systems roadmap; own and scale the ERP (Net Suite) and surrounding stack:…