Controller

Menlo Park and / or / San Francisco, California

Workstream is a mission-driven company building the all-in-one HR, payroll, and hiring platform for managing the hourly workforce. There are 2.7 billion hourly workers, making up 80% of the global workforce, but this market has been heavily underserved by technology and deserves better. Workstream has been purpose-built for the hourly workforce from day one so that these businesses and their employees can thrive.

Our customers include leading brands from multiple sectors, including Burger King, Carl's Jr. / Hardee\'s, IHOP, KFC, and Culvers. We are a high growth series B company and quickly expanding our product portfolio to deliver on our vision. We are backed by legendary VCs and industry experts like Founders Fund, BOND, and Coatue.

Grow With Us

We’re looking for an experienced, hands-on Controller to lead Workstream’s accounting operations across the U.S., Canada, Singapore, and China. Reporting directly to the Head of Finance , you’ll own global consolidations, ensure GAAP-compliant reporting, strengthen internal controls, and prepare the company for future audits.

You’ll manage a 3-person accounting team based in Singapore and the Philippines , who currently own global payroll, accounts payable (AP), and accounts receivable (AR) , along with oversight of multiple external accounting and bookkeeping firms supporting our international entities. As Workstream scales, you’ll help expand the team—potentially hiring 1–2 additional roles within the next 12–18 months , with the opportunity to bring more functions in-house globally.

This is a full-time, office-based role requiring presence 5 days a week to foster close collaboration with cross-functional teams — Monday, Tuesday, and Friday at the Menlo office, and Wednesday and Thursday at the San Francisco office.

Day in the Life

Accounting Operations & Consolidation

• Lead accounting operations across U.S., Canada, Singapore, and China entities.
• Manage the U.S. accounting close process and global consolidations.
• Supervise a 3-person team in Singapore and the Philippines, and coordinate work across outsourced accounting partners.
• Ensure timely and accurate financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Lead the implementation of a next-generation ERP system (transitioning from QuickBooks to a scalable, potentially AI-enabled platform) over the next 12–18 months.

Revenue Recognition & Order Management

Process Improvement & Cross-Functional Collaboration

Who You Are

Payroll & HRIS : Rippling, ADP, Paylocity, Gusto, etc.

Why You’ll Love Working Here

What We Offer

Salary Range

In compliance with the California Pay Transparency Law, the salary range for this role is between $150000 to $180000 in San Francisco. This range is not inclusive of our discretionary bonus or equity package. When determining a candidate’s compensation, we consider a number of factors including skillset, experience, job scope, and current market data.

Workstream provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

We are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals.

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