What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, Controller position at Metropolis?
Job Description
Job Description
The Company
Metropolis is an artificial intelligence company that uses computer vision technology to enable frictionless, checkout-free experiences in the real world. Today, we are reimagining parking to enable millions of consumers to just "drive in and drive out." We envision a future where people transact in the real world with a speed, ease and convenience that is unparalleled, even online. Tomorrow, we will power checkout-free experiences anywhere you go to make the everyday experiences of living, working and playing remarkable - giving us back our most valuable asset, time.
The Role
The Vice President, Controller will be a strategic and operational leader, owning critical financial processes and ensuring the integrity of Metropolis' accounting operations. Reporting to the Chief Accounting Officer, this role will lead a high-performing team to drive financial excellence, compliance, and process optimization in a fast-paced, transformational environment.
Responsibilities
- Financial Operations : Lead financial close processes, revenue accounting (including SaaS), client reporting, contract compliance, cost allocation, and shared services (AR & AP)
- Insights & Collaboration : Develop actionable financial insights and collaborate with FP&A to provide timely data to operators and executive management.
- Strategic Initiatives : Support corporate and business initiatives, including M&A, software implementations, and new business model integrations.
- Team Leadership : Inspire and manage a team, setting goals, conducting performance appraisals, and fostering professional development.
- Process Optimization : Act as a change agent, implementing automation to streamline processes and enhance operational efficiency.
- Compliance & Audits : Lead compliance activities, including annual external audits, SOX, and SOC-1, ensuring potential risks are communicated to leadership.
- Transformation : Drive process improvements in a dynamic and high-growth environment.
Qualifications
When you join Metropolis, you'll join a team of world-class product leaders and engineers, building an ecosystem of technologies at the intersection of parking, mobility, and real estate. Our goal is to build an inclusive culture where everyone has a voice and the best idea wins. You will play a key role in building and maintaining this culture as our organization grows. The anticipated base salary for this position is $260,000.00 to $275,000.00 annually. The actual base salary offered is determined by a number of variables, including, as appropriate, the applicant's qualifications for the position, years of relevant experience, distinctive skills, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and the location of residence and / or place of employment. Base salary is one component of Metropolis's total compensation package, which may also include access to or eligibility for healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, a lucrative stock option plan, bonus plans and more.
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Join us in making a difference as we build our future. Metropolis is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to diversity, equality, and inclusion, and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Metropolis 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.
Salary : $260,000 - $275,000
