Controller
- Location
- New York
- Workplace
- On-site or remote
- Employment
- Full-time
- Compensation
- $205k – $235k + equity
- Visa
- US Work Authorization Required
About this role
We are looking for a Controller to build Pylon's accounting function from the ground up, working directly with the CFO. This person needs deep, hands-on mortgage accounting experience, such as origination, securitization, MSRs, and hedge accounting, along with the judgment to set policy where none exists yet. They will own day-to-day accounting end to end, then automate it with an AI-native general ledger and modern tooling. This is a builder's seat – the role is designed to grow into broader finance leadership, including hiring and leading a team.
What you will be doing
- Owning full-cycle AP/AR, GL accrual accounting, and the monthly close – and making the close shorter every quarter
- Running loan-level accounting from lock to settlement – funding reconciliations, warehouse line activity, gain-on-sale, and investor settlement
- Executing and documenting internal controls for SOC 1 Type II reporting and partnering with the CFO on audit readiness
- Leading the move from QuickBooks to Campfire and finding manual work to automate across the GL, LOS, warehouse funding, and command center systems
- Producing board- and lender-ready reporting, then building out the accounting team as Pylon scales
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Culture & values
Team leans heavily on each other for support
Small team environment where individuals have significant ability to put ideas into action
Generalist-oriented culture; specialization is not prioritized
Growth mindset with expectation that employees will be handed difficult tasks and may fail sometimes
Culture of shipping and iterating with intelligent, opinionated customers regularly
Optimization of quality and speed over performative long hours
High ownership culture where finding broken things means you are probably the best one to fix it
First-principles thinking and deep technology investments valued over cargo-culting
Fast-moving pace balanced with responsibility in regulated environment
Emphasis on code maintainability and toil reduction
Research project-like work environment with continuous learning
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