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About the Role
Metropolis is seeking an Assistant Controller to play a key leadership role in the execution of corporate accounting operations. As the executional builder, you will be responsible for standing up core accounting processes, leading the close, and operationalizing the Controller’s vision to turn strategy into scalable processes. You will lead a team of accountants, partner closely with cross-functional leads across Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Operations, and Client Reporting, and drive automation and technology adoption to scale our financial systems as we prepare for future growth.
Responsibilities
- Own monthly and quarterly close activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and scalability
- Design and implement new policies, controls, and workflows including U.S. GAAP, consolidations, and captive insurance reserves
- Drive automation and AI adoption in reconciliations, reporting, and consolidation
- Help lead the accounting process and team through an upcoming ERP system upgrade and conversion
- Build, mentor, and lead a growing accounting team, managing at least 3 direct reports within a team of approximately 8 accountants while instilling accountability and high performance
- Partner closely with cross-functional leads across Tax, Treasury, FP&A, Operations, and Client Reporting to ensure data integrity and reporting accuracy
- Manage team operational responsibilities while executing hands-on individual accounting tasks in a dynamic environment
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, CPA required
- 12+ years of progressive accounting experience, including team leadership
- Experience managing a team of at least 5 people
- Prior experience working for, or auditing, public companies required to follow Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
- Strong technical accounting knowledge in U.S. GAAP and consolidations
- Proven track record of implementing process improvements and leveraging technology/automation with a foundation of ICFR
- Hands-on leadership experience building close-to-reporting processes in complex environments, with an emphasis on automation and updating systems to a new ERP
- Experience utilizing AI tools such as Claude and Gemini to enhance accounting and close processes
- Comfortable with ambiguity, building from the ground up, and balancing team management with hands-on individual contribution
- Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills with the ability to work effectively across cultures and geographies
Skills
- U.S. GAAP
- Consolidations
- Captive insurance reserves
- Automation
- AI adoption
- ERP system upgrade and conversion
- Team leadership
- Process improvements
- Technology adoption
- Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
- AI tools (Claude, Gemini)
- Communication
- Presentation
- Interpersonal skills
Location
- On-site (4 days a week)
Work Type
- Full-time
- On-site
Experience Level
- 12+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Team leadership experience
- Experience managing a team of at least 5 people
- Hands-on leadership experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- CPA required
- Master’s degree in Accounting or MBA (plus)
Salary/Compensations
- $250,000.00 USD to $275,000.00 USD annually
Benefits
- Healthcare benefits
- 401(k) plan
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Basic life insurance
- Lucrative stock option plan
- Bonus plans
About the Company
- The real world is the next frontier, and at Metropolis, we are creating the artificial intelligence to make it responsive.
- We are pioneering the Recognition Economy — a future where mundane repetition disappears and being known unlocks access, comfort, and belonging everywhere you go.
- From transforming parking into a seamless drive-in, drive-out experience for millions of Members to expanding our intelligence layer across retail and hospitality, we are building a world that feels instinctive and magical.
- The future isn’t coming; it’s here, and we need builders, innovators, and problem solvers to help us create it.
- 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.
Equal Opportunity
- Metropolis Technologies is an equal opportunity employer.
- We make all hiring decisions based on merit, qualifications, and business needs — without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under federal, state, or local law.
- We are committed to providing a welcoming, accessible hiring experience.
- If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process, please reach out to us at recruiting@metropolis.io.