At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Location
- Menlo Park
- Visa sponsorship
- Visa sponsorship available
About Periodic Labs
- We’re an AI and physical sciences company building state-of-the-art models to accelerate breakthroughs across materials, energy, and beyond. Backed by world-class investors and growing rapidly, we operate at the pace the frontier requires. Our team brings deep expertise, genuine ownership, and an insatiable drive to push the boundaries of what’s scientifically possible.
About the role
- Periodic Labs is seeking its first in-house Controller to own the integrity and day-to-day operations of the company's accounting function. This hands-on builder role involves managing financial reporting, controls, and audit readiness while scaling systems for a multi-entity organization. The successful candidate will shape the accounting department and partner with leadership to support rapid growth across AI and scientific R&D.
Responsibilities
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, including general ledger, consolidations, reconciliations, accruals, journal entries, and GAAP financial statements.
- Manage daily accounting operations, including procurement, vendor management, employee expenses, revenue, and capital expenditure management.
- Develop a close and reporting cadence to provide leadership with visibility into income statements, balance sheets, cash flow, and working capital.
- Partner with Strategic Finance to deliver actuals for forecasts, runway analysis, board materials, and investor reporting.
- Own accounting policies and technical conclusions for leases, fixed assets, R&D arrangements, equity, and foreign currency.
- Oversee accounting for U.S. and international entities, including intercompany activity and statutory reporting.
- Enhance NetSuite functionality and integrations to ensure scalable reporting.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Legal, People, Operations, and Lab teams to evaluate accounting implications of new business models.
- Serve as the primary point of contact for external auditors and tax advisors.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience with ownership of an end-to-end accounting function.
- Active CPA license.
- Strong command of U.S. GAAP.
- Experience leading and managing an accounting team.
- Hands-on experience with monthly close, financial statement preparation, balance sheet reconciliations, and internal controls.
- Strong NetSuite experience.
- Familiarity with modern finance tools such as Ramp and Rippling.
- Experience in a rapidly growing, venture-backed company.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred qualifications
- Public-accounting experience at a Big Four or nationally recognized audit firm.
- Experience with laboratory, hardware, robotics, manufacturing, or capital-intensive operations.
- Experience accounting for large cloud-compute commitments, fixed assets, or leasehold improvements.
- Multi-entity and international accounting experience, particularly involving the U.K. or Canada.
- Familiarity with ASC 842, ASC 718, ASC 606, R&D arrangements, and equity financings.
- Experience building an accounting function or hiring and developing an internal team.
- Experience building an AI-native accounting function to automate processes.
Benefits
- $250,000 - $300,000 base salary
- Equity
Skills
- NetSuite
- Ramp
- Rippling
- U.S. GAAP
- ASC 842
- ASC 718
- ASC 606
