US Controller

Flare is building the first AI accounting firm, serving startups and high-growth companies.

Today, we operate as an AI-powered accounting firm serving US & UK businesses employing human accountants across the US and India. In practice, with ex Y Combinator founders, we behave much more like a technology startup than a traditional accounting firm. Engineering is at our core as we develop our own software and AI agents that can be used by our accounting and sales teams with the ultimate goal of achieving software level margins with all the benefits of a services business (notably low churn + high customer lifetime value).

Founded in 2022 by ex-KPMG leadership and Y Combinator alumni, Flare has grown to over $2.5M ARR, with just 30 humans. Our clients include YC, Sequoia, a16z and OpenAI backed startups (e.g. Solve Intelligence, Heron Data & Sully.ai) as well as public companies such as DeFi Technologies (NASDAQ: DEFT).

There are 2 important waves that we’re surfing:

1) AI Agents will enable services to scale like software.

Accounting firms have never been able to scale revenue without increasing headcount. As a result the profit margins are traditionally compressed at ~20% given the limited operating leverage available. No firm can scale past their headcount ceiling resulting in an incredibly fragmented market with most practices doing less than a few million in revenue per year. This is despite accounting services having one of the largest TAMs on earth and one of the best retention business models. The bottleneck isn’t demand, it’s operations. Solving this problem will unlock infinite scale.

Our vision is to create the first infinitely scalable accounting firm, run by software.

2) AI is creating more companies.

Suddenly founders need less capital, smaller teams and less time to reach product-market fit thanks to AI. This means it’s now even easier to start a company so in the future we will see dramatically more companies created that shouldn’t worry about building an internal finance function from day 1; and it’s already showing up in incorporation statistics:

To sum it up, we’re in a market dominated by dinosaurs that don’t realise there’s a meteor on the horizon. As we build more agents to replace human tasks, we will increasingly scale like a software company, launching new services and geographies that we can apply our software margins to. Our ambition is to build a $100m business within the next 3 years given the scale of our growth, profitability and the rapidly growing opportunity in startups; but beyond that, the next big 4 firm.

Flare is backed by an incredible group of select investors including Eric Feng (former GP @ Kleiner Perkins and co-founder of Hulu) and Chaz Englender (YC founder & Cofounder/CEO @ Model ML, YC W24).

You will manage your own portfolio of bookkeeping clients, leading your own delivery team of accountants across the US and India.

At Flare you own the quality of work produced for your clients, ensuring it is delivered on time and in the correct format.

Client Service & Financial Operations

• Serve as the primary accounting and finance contact for a portfolio of clients.
• Lead and oversee bookkeeping, accounting, and month-end close processes.
• Design and implement scalable accounting processes tailored to each client.
• Review financial records, reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules.
• Ensure timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting.
• Deliver management reporting packages and financial insights to founders and stakeholders.
• Support annual audits, tax preparers, and external advisors.
• Monitor accounting compliance and adherence to US GAAP.
• Provide proactive recommendations to improve financial operations and reporting.
• Review and oversee accounting and financial reporting for multi-entity and multi-jurisdiction group structures, including preparation and review of consolidated management accounts and reporting packages.
• Understand and manage intercompany accounting, eliminations, foreign currency considerations, and reporting requirements for US businesses with overseas parent companies, subsidiaries, or affiliated entities.

Advisory & Strategic Support

• Partner with founders, CEOs, and finance leaders to support business growth.
• Assist clients with budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and KPI reporting.
• Support fundraising processes, investor due diligence, and board reporting.
• Contribute to financial modeling, strategic planning, and other ad hoc finance projects.
• Help clients establish scalable finance infrastructure and reporting processes.

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, mentor, and develop accounting professionals across multiple engagements.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, and training initiatives.
• Review team output and ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Set performance expectations and provide ongoing coaching and feedback.
• Foster a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning.

Process Improvement & Technology

• Identify opportunities for automation and process optimization.
• Implement best practices and standardized workflows across client engagements.
• Leverage cloud-based accounting and finance technology to improve efficiency.
• Maintain strong internal controls and quality assurance procedures.
• Champion AI driven innovation and continuous improvement within the firm.