Director, Assistant Controller

Job Description:

Who We Are:

At Cart.com, we're defining the future of commerce.

Founded to solve the growing complexity of modern commerce, Cart.com helps businesses simplify how they sell, fulfill, and deliver products to their customers. We bring together technology, services, and logistics infrastructure into one connected platform, making it easier for organizations to grow, operate efficiently, and navigate an increasingly fragmented commerce landscape.
 

We work with brands, retailers, manufacturers, and public sector organizations to support every stage of the customer journey, from ecommerce and order management to fulfillment, distribution, and delivery. By combining software, expertise, and a nationwide logistics network into a unified solution, we help our customers move faster, operate smarter, and scale with confidence.
 

But what truly sets Cart.com apart is our people. We're builders, problem-solvers, and innovators who thrive on turning big challenges into meaningful outcomes for our customers. Every day, we're helping shape the future of commerce while creating opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact.
 

If you're energized by solving complex problems, collaborating with talented teammates, and helping build what's next, we'd love to hear from you.

Cart.com Milestones

• Founded in 2020 with a vision to build the first truly unified commerce platform.

• Achieved unicorn status with a valuation exceeding $1 billion.

• Raised more than $475 million to support continued growth and innovation

• Expanded a nationwide commerce and logistics network that helps organizations scale, fulfill, and grow across channels.

• Recognized by Inc.'s Power Partner Awards for helping businesses grow and scale.

• Recognized as an award-winning employer for four consecutive years, reflecting our commitment to building an environment where talented people can grow, innovate, and make an impact.

Our values:

Cart.com is building a company that is committed to living out these 6 core values:

• Be brand obsessed: Our lives are shaped by the brands we interact with daily. We obsess over the brands we serve, and about the things they care about.

• Think beyond the box: “We’ve always done it that way” is not a phrase uttered often at our office. We create creative solutions to complex problems.

• Don’t give up: We learn from our challenges and see them for what they are; great building blocks to an amazing brand story.

• Speak up: We communicate clearly and directly because we care deeply. Communication is the bedrock of our community.

• Work together: We’ve built a team that prides itself on diversity of thought and background. Collaboration is better with contrast.

• Remember to be human: We work hard, but we leave room for the people, places and things that we love

AI is part of how we work, it’s not doing the hiring.

We'll use AI in parts of our process and we think you should feel free to use it too — for research, prep, whatever helps. But our interviews exist to meet you, not your best AI-assisted draft. Real people make every call here. Any questions about how this works, just ask.

Remote:

Candidates who live in or around the Houston, TX area are ideal, but we are open to considering other US or MX locations.

This position is open to applicants or individuals who are located in or willing to move to AL, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MS, NE, NV, NJ, NY, NC, OH, OR, PA, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA, WV

The Role:  

The Director, Assistant Controller is a key leader within Cart.com’s Accounting organization, responsible for driving accounting excellence across corporate accounting, financial reporting, technical accounting, internal controls, and the monthly close process.

Reporting to the SVP, Controller, this role will serve as a trusted accounting leader and operational partner, helping ensure Cart.com’s financial reporting is accurate, timely, compliant, and scalable as the business continues to grow and evolve.

You will lead and develop accounting talent, oversee complex accounting activities, partner across Finance and the broader business, and help strengthen the processes, systems, and controls that underpin Cart.com’s financial operations. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who can move comfortably between reviewing financial results, resolving complex accounting matters, coaching the team, partnering with auditors, and identifying better ways to operate.

The ideal candidate brings strong public accounting and corporate accounting experience, deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, excellent judgment, and a builder mentality. You know when to dive into the details, when to step back and identify the larger risk or opportunity, and how to create an accounting organization that can scale with the business.

What You’ll Do:

Accounting Leadership & Close

• Provide leadership and oversight across key corporate accounting functions, ensuring accurate and timely month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close.

• Review complex journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, financial analyses, and supporting schedules.

• Establish clear ownership, timelines, and review standards across the close process.

• Identify and resolve accounting issues that could impact financial reporting accuracy or close timelines.

• Continuously improve close processes with an emphasis on accuracy, accountability, efficiency, and scalability.

• Develop team members and establish clear performance expectations across assigned accounting functions.

Financial Reporting

• Lead preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting deliverables.

• Ensure financial statements and supporting schedules are complete, accurate, and compliant with U.S. GAAP.

• Perform and review balance sheet, income statement, and cash flow analyses, including significant period-over-period fluctuations.

• Partner with FP&A and Finance leadership to ensure clear understanding of financial results, trends, and accounting impacts.

• Help build reporting processes and documentation that can support increasing organizational and stakeholder complexity.

Technical Accounting

• Provide leadership and guidance on complex and non-routine accounting matters.

• Research, interpret, and apply U.S. GAAP to new transactions, contracts, business models, and strategic initiatives.

• Review technical accounting memoranda and ensure significant accounting judgments are appropriately researched, documented, and supported.

• Maintain and evolve corporate accounting policies as the business changes.

• Partner with Legal, Treasury, Tax, Revenue Accounting, FP&A, and business leaders to proactively identify accounting implications of significant transactions.

• Support accounting for areas such as ASC 606 revenue recognition, ASC 842 leases, ASC 718 stock-based compensation, debt, equity, internally developed software, and business combinations under ASC 805, as applicable.

Audit, Controls & Compliance

• Serve as a key leader in the external audit process and maintain strong relationships with external auditors.

• Coordinate accounting deliverables, technical documentation, audit schedules, and responses to audit requests.

• Strengthen internal controls over financial reporting and ensure controls remain appropriately designed and documented as the organization evolves.

• Identify financial reporting and control risks before they become material issues.

• Support the continued maturation of Cart.com’s accounting governance and audit-readiness environment.

Systems, Automation & Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to reduce manual accounting work through standardization, automation, and stronger system design.

• Partner with IT, and other stakeholders on ERP and accounting technology enhancements.

• Improve reconciliations, reporting workflows, supporting schedules, and financial data quality.

• Build repeatable accounting processes capable of supporting increased transaction volume and organizational complexity.

• Leverage automation, analytics, and AI-enabled tools where appropriate to increase productivity without compromising financial controls.

Cross-Functional & Strategic Partnership

• Serve as a trusted accounting partner to Finance, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Operations, and other business functions.

• Provide accounting guidance for new business initiatives and complex transactions.

• Support M&A diligence, purchase accounting, and integration activities as applicable.

• Translate complex accounting topics into practical recommendations for non-accounting stakeholders.

• Support the SVP Controller on strategic initiatives, organizational priorities, and broader Finance transformation efforts.

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Who You Are:

• A hands-on accounting leader who is equally comfortable reviewing the details and leading the broader function.

• Technically strong, with excellent judgment and the ability to navigate complex or ambiguous accounting matters.

• A builder who looks for opportunities to make processes, controls, systems, and teams better.

• Comfortable operating in a complex, fast-moving organization where accounting questions are not always textbook.

• A strong people leader who establishes accountability while developing and elevating talent.

• Collaborative and credible across Accounting, Finance, Operations, Legal, and executive stakeholders.

• Able to challenge existing processes constructively and translate problems into practical solutions.

• Someone who values accuracy and control without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.

What You’ve Done:

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience spanning public accounting and corporate accounting.
  • Big Four or national public accounting firm experience.
• 5+ years of accounting leadership experience, including responsibility for developing and managing accounting professionals.

• Active CPA

• Experience in a private equity-backed or similarly high-growth organization.

• Strong knowledge and practical application of U.S. GAAP.

• Experience successfully integrating AI and automation into Finance or Accounting workflows.

• Demonstrated experience leading or significantly contributing to monthly, quarterly, and annual close and financial reporting processes.

• Significant experience working directly with external auditors.

• Experience researching and documenting complex technical accounting conclusions.

• Strong understanding of internal controls, audit requirements, and financial reporting risk.

• Experience operating in a complex, multi-entity, multi-location, or rapidly scaling organization.

• Strong Excel and financial systems proficiency.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a closely related field.

Nice to Haves: 

• Experience within eCommerce, logistics, fulfillment, technology, SaaS, or a transaction-intensive business.

• Experience with M&A, purchase accounting, integrations, or organizational restructuring.

• Experience supporting organizations preparing for increased public-company-level reporting and control requirements.

• Experience with tools such as Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, NetSuite, Alteryx, Power BI, or comparable platforms.

Currently, Cart.com does not intend to hire candidates who will need, now or in the future, Cart.com sponsorship through any non-immigrant visa category such as the H-1B, H-1B1, E-3, O-1, or TN.

All hiring is contingent on eligibility to work in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or transfer visas for applicants.

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Cart.com is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.