Assistant Controller

Assistant Controller

Dallas, Texas, United States;
Oakland, California, United States

As the leading end-to-end investment platform for single-family rental homes (SFR), our mission is to reinvent the rental housing ecosystem for the benefit of all. We successfully merge our passion for helping investors build wealth through real estate with cutting edge technology that transforms the way they do it.

With a talented team of 750+ Roofsters, our collaborative, can-do culture is what fuels our growth. In 2022, we closed on our Series E, raising $240 million, and have offices in the Bay Area and New York City. Our growth includes recent acquisitions of Stessa (financial and asset management software), Rent Prep (tenant screening and placement service for landlords), and Mynd (property management platform for both Retail and Institutional investors).

In 2025, Roofstock took an ownership stake in Casago (short-term rental management services), expanding our platform to support both long-term and short-term rental investment services.

Corporate accounting's mission is to create value to the Company through integrity, leadership and business partnership. Our primary responsibility is to prepare and report the consolidated financial statements to senior management and to enhance the Company in making informative business decisions.

About the Role

We are seeking a hands-on Assistant Controller to lead our corporate accounting, ERP strategy, and financial reporting. You will be instrumental in our transition to an AI-first accounting organization, implementing AI-driven agents to automate journal entries and reconciliations, making our month-end close faster and more accurate.

Responsibilities

• Month end close:
  Lead the month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting. This involves overseeing the entire cycle from pre-close preparation and journal entry management to balance sheet reconciliations and flux analysis.
• AI Implementation:
  You will champion our AI-first approach by integrating AI agents to streamline and automate journal entries, reconciliations, and variance reporting, ensuring that month-end is not just a deadline, but an efficient, insight-driven process.
• Technical Accounting:
  Manage complex technical accounting areas, including stock-based compensation (ASC 718), lease accounting (ASC 842), capitalized software costs (ASC 350-40), and M&A purchase accounting (ASC 805)
• Consolidation:
  Lead the monthly financial consolidation process for a complex structure of multiple legal entities, ensuring accurate intercompany eliminations and strict compliance with GAAP standards.
• Financial Reporting:
  Drive the velocity and precision of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting cycles. Produce our monthly financials including the cash flow statement. Transform variance analysis into proactive insights that guide executive decision-making.
• ERP Strategy:
  Design and implement an ERP strategy to optimize our financial platforms.
• Audit:
  Lead the annual financial statement audit, acting as the primary liaison for external auditors. Oversee the preparation and review of complex financial statement footnotes to ensure full GAAP compliance. Proactively manage the audit lifecycle, including detailed schedules and the coordination of PBC (Prepared by Client) lists, to drive a seamless, timely, and efficient audit process.
• Internal Controls:
  Design and deploy robust internal control frameworks that scale with organizational growth, and champion a culture of compliance by authoring and enforcing sophisticated accounting policies.
• Procurement & Accounts Payable:
  Oversee end-to-end procurement, accounts payable and T&E processes. Implement AI Agents within our procurement tools to improve efficiency and maintain strict financial controls.
• Treasury & Cash Management:
  Lead treasury operations, including corporate bank account administration, cash positioning, and debt facility management. Develop AI-enabled cash forecasting models to optimize liquidity and provide proactive insights on cash flow trends. Maintain strict internal controls over wire and ACH disbursements, ensuring accurate monthly cash flow reporting and covenant compliance.
• Team Leadership:
  Lead and mentor a team of five accountants, fostering a culture of high performance, continuous improvement, and professional development. This is a player-manager role; you will be expected to actively participate in complex accounting workflows and "roll up your sleeves" alongside the team to deliver results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required.
• 10+ years of accounting and financial management experience, including 5+ years in a supervisory/leadership role.
• Experience in Big 4 or large regional public accounting firms.
• Deep expertise in GAAP and technical accounting (especially ASC 718, 842, 350-40, 805).
• Proven proficiency in accounting ERP systems (Net Suite or equivalent) and advanced Excel modeling.
• Demonstrated commitment to modernizing…