Position Overview & Specifications
What do we do?
Paddle offers SaaS companies a completely different approach to their payments infrastructure. Instead of assembling and maintaining a complex stack of payments-related apps and services, we're a Merchant of Record for our customers. That means we take away 100% of the pain of payments fragmentation. It's faster, safer, cheaper, and, above all, way better.
We're backed by investors including KKR, FTV Capital, Kindred, Notion, and 83North and serve over 3000 software sellers in 245 territories globally.
The Role:
We are looking for an experienced Financial Controller to support Paddle's strategic accounting integration and partnering with our current Financial Operations and FP&A teams to optimally position our control and positioning of accounting structure, reconciliations and reporting. This is a unique opportunity where our finance team also works closely with our product and engineering team to build our product, and ensure global compliance. You will report into the VP Finance working towards our strategic team goals. Please note this role is being offered as a 3 month FTC with the possibility of extension.
What you'll do:
- Support onboarding a new company acquired unto our existing accounting structure and controls.
- Partner with our financial controller to streamline processes, optimise operations, enhance controls and compliance.
- Grow towards full interim finance and accounting coverage
- Offer leadership to the accounting team, support strategic direction, audit deliverables, automation and optimisation of the existing processes according to GAAP.
- Support drive continuous improvement to our accounting closing period and reporting deliverables
- Partner with Treasury and FP&A to support cash flow analysis and critiques.
- Develop and report KPIs. Report actual vs. budgeted/planned results as required.
- Hiring, training, and retaining accounting staff. Oversee and direct all aspects of the accounting function and ensure accuracy and timeliness of all data relating to AP and AR, payroll, GL, account reconciliations, and expense variance analysis.
We'd love to hear from you if you:
- Have proven experience as a Controller or Accounting Manager
- Have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance - CPA or MBA preferred (not required)
- Have a strong focus on controls and processes and a high attention to detail.
- Have experience in building and managing a high performing team.
- Are comfortable with ambiguity and adaptable to our fast-changing environment.
- Are passionate about solving problems and always identifying opportunities for improvement
- Are passionate about people, processes, automation, scalability and innovation.
Everyone is welcome at Paddle
At Paddle, we're committed to removing invisible barriers, both for our customers and within our own teams. We recognise and celebrate that every Paddler is unique and we welcome every individual perspective. As an inclusive employer we don't care if, or where, you studied, what you look like or where you're from. We're more interested in your craft, curiosity, passion for learning and what you'll add to our culture. We encourage you to apply even if you don't match every part of the job ad, especially if you're part of an underrepresented group.
Please let us know if there's anything we can do to better support you through the application process and in the workplace. We will do everything we can to support any accommodations needed. We're committed to building a diverse team where everyone feels safe to be their authentic self. Let's grow together.
Why you'll love working at Paddle
We are a diverse, growing group of Paddlers across the globe who pride ourselves on our transparent, collaborative and respectful culture.
We live and breathe our values, which are:
Exceptional Together
Execute with impact
Better than Yesterday
We offer a full suite of benefits, including attractive salaries, stock options, retirement plans, private healthcare and wellbeing initiatives.
We are a 'digital-first' company, which means you can work remotely, from one of our stylish hubs, or even a bit of both! We offer all team members unlimited holidays and 4 months paid family leave regardless of gender. We invest in learning and will help you with your personal development via constant exposure to new challenges, an annual learning fund, and regular internal and external training.