Controller, Accounting, Financial Reporting

About Clear Jet

Clear Jet is revolutionizing the logistics industry by connecting underutilized infrastructure assets with cutting-edge technology. We focus on optimizing middle-mile efficiency to ensure rapid, reliable express delivery worldwide for our e-commerce clients.

We're hiring a Controller to own all day-to-day accounting operations and the integrity of our financial reporting. This is a foundational hire: you'll inherit a small, capable accounting team and a modern systems stack, and you'll be the person who turns it into an audit-ready, scalable function. You'll run the close, lead and develop the accounting team, stand up the controls and processes a Series B company needs, and eventually lead Clear Jet through its first external audit.

As the lead technical accounting authority you will be responsible for GAAP judgement and partner closely with the VP of Finance, reporting to investors and the board, and the systems and process work required to scale.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You'll be comfortable both setting policy and being in the detail — reconciling an account one moment and designing the close calendar the next.

Clear Jet operates as a single US entity today, but we expect to expand into multiple legal entities and international operations within the next 6–12 months. You'll help architect the accounting function to support that transition — consolidations, intercompany, multi-currency, and cross-border compliance — so the structure scales cleanly rather than being retrofitted later.

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close, driving toward a faster, cleaner cycle as the company scales.
• Produce accurate, timely GAAP financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts in Sage Intacct; own the integrity of the actuals that feed the three-statement model.
• Documentation of the major reconciling items between cash and accrual in the models such as capitalized software.
• Deliver reporting packages for the VP of Finance, board, and investors.

• Own revenue recognition under ASC 606 for our take-rate, launch-date-driven revenue model, including the policies and documentation that hold up under audit scrutiny.
• Research and document technical accounting positions; maintain accounting policies and memos.
• Own software capitalization, stage determination, amortization and impairment, and the cross functional process with Engineering/Product to source reliable cost data.

• Own stock-based compensation accounting under ASC 718 and the equity roll-forward that feeds the close and fully-diluted share count in model.
• Own accounting integrity of the cap table: reconcile equity ledger to the GL each close and ensure grants, exercises, and cancellations are captured accurately.
• Coordinate company’s 409A valuation with independent provider and apply its outputs in the ASC 718 accounting.

• Lead Clear Jet's first external financial statement audit end to end - readiness, PBC management, and serving as the primary point of contact for auditors.
• Design and implement internal controls and accounting policies appropriate to our size and risk, building toward a control environment that supports future scale and diligence.
• Develop documentation methodology and control that reliably captures developer time/cost by capitalized project.
• Prepare the accounting function for multi-entity and international operations expected within 6–12 months - entity structure, consolidations, intercompany accounting, and foreign currency - partnering with the VP of Finance and external advisors on the build-out.

• Oversee payroll accounting and reconciliation (ADP), accounts payable, accounts receivable, and expense management.
• Manage cash and bank reconciliations and support treasury and runway reporting.
• Own the close-side mechanics behind accruals, prepaids, fixed assets, and equity.

• Manage compliance across federal, state, and local requirements (including multi-state payroll/registration as we hire across…