Corporate Controller

Overview

Swift Navigation is hiring. Swift’s precise positioning technology platform improves location accuracy from meters to centimeter-level and is used by millions of devices across the globe. Swift’s technology is trusted by users across industries, enabling safer driving, improving efficiency for last-mile delivery and commercial transport operations, increasing accuracy for mobile devices and creating new possibilities for rail, robotics and machine control.

Swift’s team collaborates globally to tackle problems, pursue our mission and make a real impact in the world. We are diverse, flexible, supportive and believe our team is our most important asset.

Swift Navigation is looking for an outstanding Corporate Controller responsible for managing the entire accounting function, including full-cycle month-end close, accounts receivable and payable, payroll, and tax compliance. This includes managing the creation of financial statements and management reporting, managing the organization's cash, and managing external audits. The Corporate Controller will play a key role in developing and establishing policies and procedures for the accounting team.

• Own day-to-day accounting operations, including managing and mentoring small dedicated offshore team.
• Manage the invoicing process, ensuring timely and accurate billing, and oversee collections to minimize outstanding receivables and maintain healthy cash flow.
• Oversee global payroll, accounts payable, and employee reimbursements to ensure proper coding, reduction in reclass entries, and timely payment processing.
• Effectively manage global outsourced accounting, tax, compliance partners for the company’s non-US subsidiaries.
• Manage close procedures, including preparation of the close calendar, monitoring close deliverables, review of journal entries and account reconciliations, preparation and review of flux analysis.
• Manage annual tax filings, sales tax compliance, financial audits, and 409a valuation.
• Preparation of timely and accurate consolidated financial statements and ensuring they are prepared in accordance with GAAP and internal company policies.
• Develop/improve accounting processes; ensure internal control procedures are adequate, properly documented, and regularly reviewed, with a focus on enhancing use of technology and development of automated solutions.
• Oversee equity compensation accounting, including tracking equity grants, managing stock-based compensation expense, and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and disclosures.
• Partner and coordinate with the FP&A and Financial Operations Teams on forecasts and supplemental analyses, ensuring compliance with local regulations and timely financial reporting.
• Partner with company’s leadership team to drive meaningful business insights and help drive decisions.
• Support initiatives to optimize and reengineer internal systems and processes related to lead-to-cash, improving efficiency, transparency, and accuracy.
• Build and maintain strong, cross-functional collaborative relationships with all levels of the organization, ensuring open communication and alignment on financial priorities.

• 7+ years of proven experience, ideally at high-growth public and/or mid-to-late-stage private SaaS companies with global, multi-subsidiary footprint.
• CPA and Big 4 public accounting experience or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field; master’s degree strong plus.
• Demonstrated high academic achievement from top-tier university preferred.
• SaaS revenue accounting experience and solid knowledge of ASC 606 strongly preferred.
• Competence with financial software and technology with Net Suite experience preferred, ADP payroll, Zenskar (SaaS order mgmt), Drivetrain (FP&A), Tipalti (AP mgmt), and month-end close tools like Floqast all pluses.
• Advanced knowledge of Google Sheets & Excel (e.g. arrays, power query, dynamic pivot tables, external integration) and basic SQL knowledge strongly preferred.
• Proven experience evaluating, selecting, and integrating AI-driven tools into core accounting and finance workflows to deliver…