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title: "Assistant Controller"
company: "Handshake"
company_url: "https://www.remjobs.works/companies/handshake"
url: "https://www.remjobs.works/job/handshake-assistant-controller-5b0ad149-28ef-495d-98fa-d65025d6d3a3"
apply_url: "https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/handshake/cf91ae55-f8c7-423d-a36f-ef2cb39cd43e"
workplace: onsite
location: "San Francisco, CA"
employment_type: full-time
seniority: mid
role: finance-legal
region: united-states
salary: "$160,000–$250,000 per year"
date_posted: 2026-08-27T05:52:12.327Z
first_seen_by_remjobs: 2026-09-15T15:01:04.876Z
---

# Assistant Controller

**Handshake** · San Francisco, CA

Salary: $160,000–$250,000 per year

Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/handshake/cf91ae55-f8c7-423d-a36f-ef2cb39cd43e

## About Handshake

The largest expert network for learning, earning, and growing careers in the AI economy, giving everyone an accessible first step into an AI-powered career.

## About the role

#### About Handshake

Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions.

In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We've grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.

**Why join Handshake now:**

- Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel

- Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world's top educational institutions

- Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders

- Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

#### About the Role

Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance, the Assistant Controller owns general accounting — month-end close, consolidation, and financial reporting — for a rapidly growing company, including two initiatives that will define the role's first stretch: standing up a new AI-native close management tool and integrating recent M&A activity into close management and procure-to-pay. You'll thrive here if you're comfortable operating in ambiguous, ever-changing environments and building process where little exists today.

- Own month-end close, consolidation, and financial reporting, including treasury, foreign subsidiaries, and inter-company transactions, to keep the business on accurate, audit-ready footing

- Lead the rollout of a new AI-native close management tool, driving better automation across NetSuite and the broader close process

- Integrate recent M&A activity into accounting systems and structure, combining technical accounting work with operational transition across close management and procure-to-pay

- Build and develop the accounting team, coaching and mentoring staff while partnering closely with FP&A, Payroll, and HR on complex accounting treatment

#### You Have

- 8+ years of relevant experience in high-growth, complex environments, ideally with a combination of experience at a Big-4 accounting firm

- 3+ years of relevant experience as a people leader

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (or equivalent)

- CPA designation, or internationally recognized equivalent, and strong knowledge of US GAAP

- NetSuite experience, with knowledge of accounting systems supporting month close, reporting, general ledger, and procurement

- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to drive consensus across cross-functional teams and influence decision-making

- Exceptional problem-solving and ownership, with a highly analytical, inquisitive work style and strong attention to detail — proven ability to build processes from the ground up

- Comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment**Bonus Points:**

- IPO readiness experience

#### We Offer

Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported and thrive at work and in life.

*The below benefits are for full-time US employees.*

🎯 **Ownership:** Equity in a fast-growing company

💰 **Financial Wellness:** 401(k) match, competitive compensation, financial coaching

🍼 **Family Support:** Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching

💝 **Wellbeing:** Medical, dental, and vision, mental health support, $500 wellness stipend

📚 **Growth:** $2,000 learning stipend, ongoing development

💻 **Remote & Office:** Internet, commuting, and free lunch/gym in our SF office

🏝 **Time Off:** Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days

🤝 **Connection:** Team outings & referral bonuses

Explore our mission, values, and comprehensive US benefits at [joinhandshake.com/careers](http://joinhandshake.com/careers).

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