Partner 36, Corporate Controller

Founded in Silicon Valley in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz Andreessen Horowitz (aka a16z) is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic. We invest in seed to venture to growth-stage technology companies across AI bio healthcare consumer crypto enterprise fintech games and companies building toward American dynamism. a16z has $100B under management across multiple funds.

Weve established a team that is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the company-building process; we know what its like to be in the founders shoes. Weve invested in companies like Anduril Airbnb Coinbase Cursor Databricks Deel Figma GitHub Roblox SpaceX and Stripe. Our team is at the forefront of new technology helping founders and their companies impact and change the world.

The Role

The Corporate Controller will report to the Chief Operating Officer and own the firms financial operating system across corporate accounting treasury firmwide consolidation planning reporting and financial systems. This leader will ensure a16z operates with accurate financial data disciplined financial processes scalable systems and clear visibility into performance across the management company and related entities.

This role will lead corporate accounting operations payroll accounts payable expense accounting treasury and cash management firmwide financial consolidation budgeting forecasting and management reporting. The Corporate Controller will partner closely with Fund Finance Tax HR Legal IT vertical leadership and firm leadership to ensure financial information is accurate timely actionable and built on repeatable processes.

The successful candidate will be a strong accounting operator with experience leading finance teams in a complex investment management asset management private equity venture capital or similarly multi-entity environment. While technical accounting expertise is helpful this role is primarily focused on operational excellence financial discipline systems architecture process modernization and team leadership.

Given a16zs scale global operations multinational entity structure and continued growth this leader will build and continuously improve the infrastructure required to support the firms next stage. This includes owning the Workday financial roadmap improving expense and accounting automation strengthening financial data architecture and modernizing the teams approach to reduce manual work improve accuracy and increase the speed and quality of financial reporting.

Core systems used by a16z: Workday Navan Planful.

This role requires an in-office presence 2-3 days a week in our Menlo Park CA or San Francisco CA office.

To join our team you should be excited to:

• Own the firms financial operating system
• Lead corporate accounting treasury cash management firmwide consolidation budgeting forecasting reporting expense accounting and financial systems
• Ensure financial data is accurate timely controlled and decision-useful
• Establish operating rhythms across close forecast budget cash and reporting cycles
• Lead corporate accounting operations
• Oversee management company accounting including GL AP payroll expenses accruals allocations intercompany activity and entity reporting
• Drive monthly quarterly and annual close processes
• Maintain accounting policies procedures documentation and controls
• Manage treasury and cash visibility
• Own treasury operations liquidity visibility and cash reporting across corporate entities
• Partner with Fund Finance Tax Legal and banks on cash movement entity funding borrowing and financing workflows
• Build scalable cash forecasting payment control and reporting processes
• Own firmwide consolidation planning and reporting
• Lead consolidation across verticals central teams and corporate entities
• Oversee budgeting forecasting multi-year planning and management reporting
• Report on P&L cash flow expenses headcount margins and key operating drivers
• Strengthen expense accounting and allocation discipline
• Ensure accurate expense coding approvals accruals allocations and reporting
• Partner with Fund Finance and Tax on classification across management company funds and related entities
• Improve visibility into spend ownership and budget accountability
• Own financial systems architecture
• Lead the Workday financial roadmap including chart of accounts entity structure cost centers spend categories and reporting dimensions
• Partner with HR Tax Fund Finance IT and business stakeholders to improve system accuracy usability and scale
• Ensure Workday Navan Planful and related systems produce reliable financial data
• Drive automation and AI-enabled modernization
• Implement automation across accounting operations expenses reporting reconciliations and financial data management
• Apply AI tools to reduce manual work improve accuracy accelerate reporting and strengthen controls
• Build a culture of continuous improvement with appropriate financial rigor
• Partner cross-functionally with clear ownership
• Work with Fund Finance Tax HR Legal IT vertical leaders central teams and firm leadership to support business needs
• Provide financial insight risk identification and decision support grounded in accurate data
• Translate financial complexity into clear implications
• Develop a high-performing finance organization
• Lead and develop accounting operations consolidation planning and systems leaders
• Set expectations for ownership responsiveness accuracy documentation and discipline
• Build a team culture balancing service operational excellence curiosity and modernization

Capabilities

• Operational excellence Builds accurate scalable repeatable financial processes for a complex multi-entity firm
• Business judgment Balances risk accuracy speed and practicality; knows when precision matters most
• Analytical rigor Identifies trends risks and root causes through financial and operational data
• Systems thinking Designs scalable operating models data structures and workflows
• Cross-functional influence Aligns Finance Tax HR Legal IT and business teams around shared outcomes
• Leadership and talent development Builds high-performing teams and a culture of ownership accountability and improvement

Minimum Qualifications

• CPA required
• 12 years of experience leading accounting treasury financial operations and/or corporate finance functions within investment management private equity venture capital asset management or similarly complex multi-entity organizations
• Experience leading finance organizations through operational scale entity complexity global expansion and systems modernization
• Strong operating experience across corporate accounting treasury cash management expense operations financial systems and management reporting
• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop senior finance accounting and systems leaders
• Experience partnering with Tax Fund Finance HR Legal IT and business leaders in a complex operating environment
• Deep revenue recognition public-company reporting or audited management company experience is helpful but not required

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $347000 - $405000 actual starting pay may vary based on a range of factors which can include experience skills and scope.

This role is eligible to participate in the a16z carry program and various discretionary bonus programs as well as benefit and perquisite plans including health dental vision disability life insurance 401K plan vacation and sick leave.

a16z culture

• We do only first class business and only in a first class way
• We take a long view of relationships because we are in the relationship business
• We believe in the future and bet the firm that way
• We are all different we recognize that and we win
• We celebrate the good times
• We do it for the team
• We play to win

At a16z we are always looking to hire the absolute best talent and recognize that diversity in our experiences and backgrounds is what makes us stronger. We hire candidates of any race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation gender identity age marital or family status disability Veteran status and any other status. These differences are what enables us to work towards the future we envision for ourselves our portfolio companies and the World.

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