Controller

Controller

F2 is the AI platform for private markets investors purpose-built to transform how institutional teams underwrite, diligence, and deploy capital. Our AI converts messy, unstructured deal materials into investment-grade insights in minutes, helping private credit funds, commercial banks, and private equity firms make faster, more confident decisions.

We're hiring our first in-house Controller to own accounting and build the financial backbone of F2. Partnering with our outsourced accounting team, you'll run a clean, timely close and take full ownership of our accounting systems, controls, and reporting as we scale.

This is an operator's seat, not a caretaker's. You'll design a scalable accounting and controls process from the ground up leveraging AI and modern tooling to keep the function lean as we grow while also supporting FP&A and budgeting. It's the right role for someone who has built accounting infrastructure in a high-growth startup, is energized by AI-native finance tools, and wants a clear path to grow into an accounting and finance leadership role.

What You'll Do

• Own the month-end and quarter-end close in partnership with our outsourced accounting team general ledger, journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations delivering clean, final numbers on a predictable calendar.
• Own our accounting systems and processes end-to-end, including our ERP (Rillet), expense management (Ramp), and payroll tooling.
• Own and maintain the chart of accounts, and build the processes for expense management and record-keeping that keep it clean.
• Ensure transactions are coded correctly all the way through the financials from expense capture in Ramp to the general ledger.
• Design accounting and control processes that scale with headcount and volume, leveraging AI and automation to streamline close, reconciliations, and reporting.
• Own revenue recognition, AP/AR, payroll, and expense management, and establish financial controls appropriate to our stage.
• Own tax coordination, statutory filings, and audit readiness so every future raise and eventual audit is clean.
• Support FP&A and budgeting budget-vs-actuals, departmental spend tracking, and clean historical actuals that feed planning.
• Track cash and burn as the source of truth on our runway, and produce the financials and KPIs used in leadership reporting.
• Direct and quality-check the outsourced accounting team, deciding over time what stays outsourced versus comes in-house as we grow.

You Might Be a Great Fit If

• You have 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of a monthly close.
• You are a CPA.
• You've worked inside a venture-backed startup or SaaS company and understand its pace and priorities.
• You're comfortable being the sole in-house accountant while directing an outsourced team you operate independently and set your own standards.
• You have an automation-first mindset and are genuinely excited to use AI and modern tools to build lean, scalable processes.
• You have a strong command of GAAP and financial controls, plus solid Excel and financial-modeling fundamentals.
• You communicate clearly and can hand off clean numbers and explain them to non-finance leaders.
• You move quickly, operate with precision, and thrive in ambiguity.
• You are energized by AI, private markets, and the chance to help build a category-defining company.

Preferred Qualifications

• AI-native FinOps experience building and running finance operations on AI-first tooling (a big plus).
• Experience with a modern / AI-native ERP (we use Rillet) and spend tools like Ramp.
• Experience managing or supporting FP&A for early stage ventures
• Hands-on software revenue recognition (ASC 606).
• Fund administration accounting experience (private credit / private equity).
• Experience at an AI or high-growth technology company.

Why F2?

• Join a fast-growing AI company building the future of vertical AI for private markets and finance.
• Own and build the accounting function from the ground up at a critical stage of company growth.
• Work directly with finance leadership on the systems and processes that will scale with the company.
• Join a high-talent-density, in-person culture across New York, San Francisco, and London.
• Competitive compensation, meaningful equity, and benefits.
• Build something from scratch with modern, AI-first finance tooling.

Location: New York, New York Fully onsite in our beautiful office in FiDi

Base Salary Range: $120,000 $160,000 + equity + benefits

For exceptionally strong candidates, final compensation may vary based on scope and experience.