Assistant Controller

About Agility

Agility is a precision brand advertising platform that helps mid-market and enterprise brands create new buyers and grow with certainty. Precision brand advertising allows marketers to target buyer personas across CTV, display, native, audio, mobile, and more, all in one platform, continuously test and optimize creative, and measure revenue impact using incrementality science. We help brands make confident advertising investments with statistically-backed insights.

Role Overview: What Impact Can a Controller Have?

The Controller is a hands-on accounting and finance leader responsible for the day-to-day integrity of Agility's core financial operations. This role owns the full accounting cycle, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, commissions, payroll coordination, and monthly close, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and GAAP compliance across all financial processes.

This role partners closely with the Director of Finance to ensure reliable transactional finance operations and translates that into clear financial reporting. The Controller is in the details: reconciling balances, resolving discrepancies, managing cash flow visibility, and strengthening financial discipline across the organization.

Core Responsibilities

Accounting & Monthly Close

• Own the full monthly close process, ensuring GAAP-compliant financial statements are delivered accurately and on schedule
• - Manage accounts payable, accounts receivable, commissions, and payroll coordination
• - Perform and review balance sheet reconciliations and resolve discrepancies promptly
• - Coordinate audits, tax compliance, and external advisors

Financial Controls & Compliance

• Design and maintain internal controls appropriate for a VC-backed, scaling organization
• - Ensure accounting operations and reporting are GAAP-compliant and completed accurately
• - Manage cash flow and working capital execution, including payment timing, collections, and visibility into near-term liquidity

Operational Finance Support

• Support financial planning and analysis by providing accurate underlying data
• - Partner with sales and delivery leaders to ensure deal structures are captured correctly
• - Evaluate and implement accounting systems and tools to support growth
• - Help establish scalable processes, policies, and documentation that support accuracy without unnecessary complexity

Team & Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Provide direction and oversight to in-house AP and AR staff, ensuring priorities are clear and issues are resolved efficiently
• - Coordinate effectively with outsourced bookkeeping support to ensure consistency, accountability, and clean handoffs
• - Elevate financial literacy across the organization through clear communication, responsiveness, and partnership

Qualifications

Required:

• 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on ownership of core financial operations
• - CPA or actively pursuing CPA certification
• - Strong understanding of GAAP and financial reporting
• - Experience in a VC-backed or growth-stage company preferred
• - Practical skills in financial systems, reconciliations, and close management
• - Detail-oriented with strong organizational and communication skills

Preferred:

• CPA (active or pursuing)
• - Experience in professional services, agency, or tech-enabled services business models
• - Familiarity with marketing technology, SaaS, or hybrid recurring revenue models
• - Experience with modern accounting tools (NetSuite, QuickBooks, or similar)

What Success Looks Like

• Reliable, accurate financial reporting delivered on time every month
• - Clean audit trails and strong internal controls
• - Clear visibility into cash, AP/AR, and working capital
• - Finance is viewed as a helpful, credible partner that supports decision-making across the organization
• - A finance function that is organized, scalable, and prepared for the next stage of growth

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• - Performance-based bonus
• - Comprehensive benefits package