Controller

Clera

Job Overview

Location

New York

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• We're a well-funded, Series A/B SportsTech startup operating a peer-to-peer sports prediction market — a disruptive alternative to traditional sportsbooks that eliminates the bookmaker's commission and lets users wager directly against one another.
• As we scale, we're looking for an experienced Controller to own the accounting function end-to-end across multiple entities.
• You'll design reconciliation frameworks, automate transaction tracking, lead the close process, and partner cross-functionally with finance, legal, and engineering to ensure we're financially sound and regulatory-ready.
• This is a high-impact, highly visible role at a fast-growing company where your work will directly support executive leadership and investors.
• You'll oversee and execute day-to-day bookkeeping, financial reporting, and GAAP-compliant accounting across multiple entities.
• You'll reconcile complex money flows involving user wallets, payment processors, trading accounts, and operating funds.
• You'll design and maintain robust reconciliation frameworks.
• You'll design and implement automated systems for transaction tracking and reconciliation.
• You'll lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, reporting results to executive leadership and investors.
• You'll develop, document, and enforce accounting policies, internal controls, and operational procedures.
• You'll ensure compliance with financial regulations, tax obligations, and payment network standards.
• You'll coordinate audits and external reviews, providing detailed documentation and reconciliations.
• You'll monitor cash flow, reserves, and liquidity; optimize working capital.
• You'll collaborate cross-functionally with Marketing, Engineering, Finance, and Operations teams.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA or equivalent certification strongly preferred).
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including GAAP, in a multi-entity environment.
• Demonstrated experience leading month-end close and financial reporting to executive leadership and investors.
• Experience coordinating audits and external reviews, providing detailed documentation and reconciliations.

🏖️ Benefits

• Salary: $160,000 – $220,000 per year, depending on experience.

Skills & Technologies

Hybrid

$160k-220k

Degree Required

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About Clera

Clera, Inc. operates as an AI Talent Agent, leveraging artificial intelligence to enhance and streamline various aspects of the talent acquisition and management process. The company's core offering appears to center on an AI-powered platform designed to connect skilled individuals with suitable opportunities or to assist organizations in efficiently sourcing and evaluating candidates. While comprehensive details regarding specific features, target industries, or the scale of its operations are not yet publicly available, the current online presence indicates that Clera's services are actively being prepared for launch. This suggests an upcoming introduction of innovative AI solutions aimed at optimizing the ecosystem where talent meets demand.

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