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About the Role

As our Financial Controller, you will own the integrity of financial reporting across Namecheap and Spaceship, redesigning the reporting production process. This is a hands-on build-and-lead role focused on modernizing systems, implementing US GAAP rigor, and shaping a leaner, more automated organization, reporting directly to the CFO.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close across Namecheap, Spaceship, and other Starlight entities, delivering accurate, timely consolidated financials.
• Own the general ledger, technical accounting, and financial reporting, including revenue recognition across domains, renewals, hosting subscriptions, and marketplace/auction transactions; deferred revenue; and multi-currency and intercompany accounting.
• Oversee accounting across diverse payment rails (cards, PayPal, crypto, bank transfer) and reconcile high-volume, low-value transaction flows.
• Design and run an internal controls framework across multiple entities, currencies, and jurisdictions, right-sized to our stage.
• Prepare board- and sponsor-ready reporting, partner with FP&A on variance analysis, and manage relationships with external auditors, tax advisors, and banking partners.
• Re-architect the accounting foundations from first principles and bring the function to full US GAAP rigor.
• Partner with the CFO to select a modern, AI-native ERP, then lead the end-to-end implementation — design, data migration, testing, and go-live — moving us off legacy tooling.
• Re-engineer close, reporting, and controls to be scalable, automated, and audit-ready as the business grows.
• Lead change management across finance and adjacent functions (revenue operations, billing, product) and manage the transformation to measurable outcomes.
• Build accounting operations around automation from the ground up — close automation, reconciliation, anomaly detection, and AI-assisted reporting and analysis.
• Design a lean, high-seniority team where experts focus on judgment and impact while AI handles the manual work, moving beyond a traditional monthly-close cadence.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging finance-AI tooling, consistent with the AI-embedded philosophy already built into Namecheap’s and Spaceship’s own products.
• Lead and develop an established accounting team, reshaping structure and ownership as the operating model evolves.
• Set the standard for a build-first culture — clear processes, strong documentation, and continuous improvement over legacy manual habits.

Requirements

• Trained at a top-tier global accounting firm, ideally with multi-entity consolidations and multi-currency environments and US GAAP exposure.
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including time as a Controller or Assistant Controller.
• Deep technical accounting expertise: ASC 606 (multi-element, marketplace, and subscription revenue), ASC 350 (goodwill, intangibles, and capitalized software), ASC 830 (multi-currency operations), and ASC 805 (business combinations) — with the judgment to handle what's not in the textbook (e.g., crypto payment accounting under ASU 2023-08).
• Hands-on ERP implementation experience: Led or heavily contributed to a major ERP rollout, not just operated within one.
• Experience in high-volume, low-ACV transaction flows (e-commerce, subscription, SaaS, or marketplace) is a strong plus.
• A first-principles builder: Prefers designing systems over maintaining them, energized by ambiguity and a blank canvas.
• Proven transformation and change leader with specific processes rebuilt, systems implemented, and teams upskilled.
• Genuine AI-native mindset: Real experience automating finance workflows, and a clear point of view on where AI creates leverage in close, reporting, and controls.
• Comfort with the control and audit rigor of a larger or public company — and the judgment to right-size it for our stage.
• A new or significantly re-architected ERP live and stable, with the accounting team fully transitioned onto it.
• A documented finance transformation roadmap with clear milestones beyond year one.
• Close is faster and materially less manual, with automation embedded across reconciliation and reporting.
• A strengthened internal controls framework appropriate to Starlight's scale and transaction complexity.
• The accounting foundations are rebuilt to full US GAAP rigor, from the chart of accounts up.
• The team is reshaped into a leaner, more senior structure with clear ownership.
• Built a trusted partnership with the CFO, executive leadership, and CVC.

Skills

• US GAAP
• Technical accounting
• Revenue recognition
• Deferred revenue
• Multi-currency accounting
• Intercompany accounting
• Internal controls
• ERP implementation
• Automation
• AI-native finance
• Change management
• Team leadership
• ASC 606
• ASC 350
• ASC 830
• ASC 805
• ASU 2023-08

Experience Level

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience

Education Level

• CPA, or an equivalent international qualification (e.g., ACCA, CA)

About the Company

• Namecheap has been serving millions of people and businesses with domain names, web hosting, and more since 2000.
• Spaceship is an AI-driven platform with rapid growth.
• Starlight is the parent company where Namecheap and Spaceship brands come together under one mission and set of standards.
• Starlight ensures delivery of customer value and an exceptional experience, handling millions of domains and high transaction volumes in dozens of currencies and payment methods worldwide.
• Starlight is entering an ambitious new stage of growth and investment, with CVC Capital Partners acquiring a majority stake in September 2025.
• Starlight is founder-built, profitable, and operating at $600M+ ARR, running with the pace and accountability of a business it grew from, now backed by capital.

Equal Opportunity

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• We do not accept agency or third-party submissions for this role; unsolicited profiles won’t be eligible for a fee.
• All official recruiting communication comes from an @namecheap.com email address and through our applicant tracking system, Tellent/Recruitee.
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