About Primer

Fixing our K-12 education system is a civilizationally-important problem. We believe that all of our problems including the ones that dominate the headlines are downstream of education.

We have a simple thesis on how to solve it: empower 1000s of educators to launch microschools in their communities.

We believe the historical tradeoff between price (tuition) and quality is a false dichotomy.

PrimerOS automates and eliminates much of the costs of traditional schools. Microschools have a structural advantage asset-light real estate which means much lower capex and opex. You put it together and you get something thats never existed before: a world-class education thats accessible to normal American families and can rapidly scale.

Summary

Primer is building a new kind of school systemone that blends great educators with great softwareand were looking for a Controller who can help build the financial foundation to support that scale. This role is for a hands-on full-stack accounting leader with deep GAAP expertise mastery of NetSuite and experience in complex multi-entity or capital-intensive environments. Youll own our accounting function end-to-end while partnering closely with finance and operations to ensure our model scales responsibly across campuses. If you want breadth complexity and real ownership inside a mission-driven VC-backed startup thats still in builder mode this is the right seat.

Responsibilities

• The Controller will support our Head of Finance and lead the Companys Accounting team

• Drive period-end financial closes in an accurate timely manner as well as support the Companys actuals reporting

• Responsible for improving and enforcing the accounting functions Standard Operating Procedures (AR AP GL Capex Equity etc.)

• Lead audits and reviews conducted by our public sector revenue partners; lead assurance workstreams and projects

• Provide direction and mentorship to our General Ledger accountant Accounts Payable Specialist and any future accounting team members

• Partner with our Bursar (AR leader) to maintain receivables reconciliation revenue recognition and collections processes

• Administer the companys treasury activities and intercompany funding

• Collaborate with the Head of Finance to develop and enforce internal financial controls

Requirements

• Active CPA license and least 10 years of experience in financial accounting within roles of increasing responsibility; previous experience experience at a public accounting firm preferred

• Deep experience with NetSuite required; Stripe and Ramp strongly preferred

• Prior experience as a Controller or as the direct report of a Controller required

• Comprehensive technical knowledge of GAAP accounting; familiarity with capital intensive and/or real estate businesses and associated accounting procedures (i.e. ASC 842)

• Experience with intercompany accounting and consolidations required; familiarity with multi-location operations and reporting preferred

• Experience supporting Venture Capital backed businesses preferred

• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and build! Everyone on our team spends a significant amount of their time with their hands on the tools.

Why this role may not be a fit

• You are hoping to never post / approve a journal entry again

• Your accounting experience is deep but not broad (i.e. youve only held revenue accounting roles youve only worked in audit)

• You are looking for true FP&A experience / training

• Youre uncomfortable with startup volatility and risk

If this sounds like you fill out the application below with a bit about yourself and well take it from there!