- Pay
- $160K – $250K • Offers Equity
- Where
- San Francisco, CA
- Posted
- Aug 27
Handshake was founded on a simple belief that everyone deserves a path to a great career, regardless of where they went to school or who they know. Today, we power 25 million job seekers, 1 million+ employers, and 1,600 educational institutions.
In 2025, we started Handshake AI and built the fastest-growing AI data business in history. We work directly with frontier AI lab researchers to create evaluations, publish benchmarks, and push the boundary of data. We've grown from $0 to ~$1B run rate and pay ~$60M to over 30K individuals every month.
Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance, the Assistant Controller owns general accounting — month-end close, consolidation, and financial reporting — for a rapidly growing company, including two initiatives that will define the role's first stretch: standing up a new AI-native close management tool and integrating recent M&A activity into clo…
What they want
- 8+ years of relevant experience in high-growth, complex environments, ideally with a combination of experience at a Big-4 accounting firm
- 3+ years of relevant experience as a people leader
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance (or equivalent)
- CPA designation, or internationally recognized equivalent, and strong knowledge of US GAAP
- NetSuite experience, with knowledge of accounting systems supporting month close, reporting, general ledger, and procurement
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to drive consensus across cross-functional teams and influence decision-making
- Exceptional problem-solving and ownership, with a highly analytical, inquisitive work style and strong attention to detail — proven ability to build processes from the ground up
- Comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy in an ambiguous, fast-paced environment
What you get
- Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family and peers can see and feel
- Partner hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners and the world's top educational institutions
- Work together with engineers, scientists, operators, and more from Palantir, Meta, Scale AI, and former YC founders
- Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue