Rover

Rover

Assistant Controller

Seattle · Junior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$141k-$179kDetected 43 days ago
Financial AnalysisAccountingExcelSAPValuationM&AFP&AERPResearchCollaborationProblem SolvingGAAPFinancial ReportingInternal AuditNetSuiteVariance Analysis

About the role

  • We connect pet parents with trusted pet care across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Australia.
  • Reporting to the Controller, this role will play a key part in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and scalability of financial reporting and accounting operations.

Responsibilities

  • Support the month-end and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and completeness
  • Drive improvements in close processes, automation, and documentation
  • Support and review work performed by the accounting team to ensure high-quality outputs
  • Support internal and external reporting requirements, including deliverables for private equity stakeholders
  • Research and document technical accounting positions under U.S. GAAP
  • Support and review accounting memos for complex or non-routine transactions
  • Lead implementation of new accounting standards and policies
  • Support ongoing enhancement of internal control environment
  • Support M&A transactions, including due diligence and purchase accounting
  • Lead accounting for acquisitions, including opening balance sheet preparation and valuation coordination

Requirements

  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, technical accounting, and financial reporting
  • Experience with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics) and advanced Excel skills
  • 8+ years of progressive accounting experience
  • Demonstrated experience with:
  • Effective communicator with ability to work cross-functionally
  • For this reason, candidates must be based in the Greater Seattle Area or willing to relocate.
  • CPA required

Nice to have

  • Public accounting experience strongly preferred
  • Experience in a private equity-backed or high-growth environment preferred
  • Preferred Attributes:

Skills

  • Want to make an impact?
  • Join our pack and come work (and play!) with us.

Compensation

  • In the greater Seattle area the first-year salary range is $140,761-$179,228. Additionally, Rover offers benefits to full-time employees.
  • The cash compensation offered for this role will be dependent on the candidate's experience, qualifications, skills, and abilities as demonstrated in the interview and hiring process.
  • We're driven by seeing our people succeed and grow, and we work to ensure everyone contributes to their fullest potential.
  • Support and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP

Benefits

  • The Assistant Controller will own core accounting processes, including monthly and annual financial reporting, audit management, technical accounting, and equity accounting.
  • Own accounting for equity-related transactions, including equity compensation and cap table changes
  • Ensure accurate and compliant reporting of equity activity

Company info

  • At Rover, pets and their people are at the heart of everything we do.
  • Headquartered in Seattle and Barcelona, we're a values driven, fast-growing tech company focused on building safe and personalized experiences tailored to the needs of each unique pet.
  • We're investing in AI as a business accelerator and provide every team member access to AI tools in service of creating better experiences for our community.
  • We are proud to be recognized as a great place to work, having been named among the 100 Best Companies to Work For in Seattle Business Magazine and Washington's Best Workplaces in the Puget Sound Business Journal.
  • At Rover we're committed to creating an accessible, inclusive, and welcoming community, which starts with our employees.
  • Who We're Looking for: We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Assistant Controller to support the accounting function within a high-growth, private equity-backed technology company.
  • This is a hybrid position that has the minimum expectation to work out of our Downtown Seattle Office two days per week on Mondays and Thursdays.

Equal opportunity

  • Rover is an equal opportunity employer committed to promoting a diverse, inclusive and inventive environment with the best employees.
  • Please contact us to request accommodation.
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