VP, Controller

About the Company:

Industrious is the largest premium workplace-as-a-service provider and home to the highest-rated workplaces in the industry. Everything we do comes down to creating great days for teams of all sizes and stages, including our own. We believe that what makes a great day at work is the people on your team and the problems you get to solve together. We’re looking for people who love thinking outside the box and thrive in a truly collaborative setting. As teammates, we encourage new ideas and toast every win. We’re excited about having a meaningful impact on people’s workplace experience.  

Great days also start when everyone can be their authentic self at work. Diversity of backgrounds, thoughts, and ideas is critical to our success in delivering great workplace experiences, both for our members and for each other. Industrious is committed to creating an inclusive, respectful environment that embraces your individuality and quirkiness. You are valued for who YOU are. We celebrate our people as individuals who can accomplish great things when we work together as one team.

We are proud to have been recognized as one of America’s 500 fastest-growing companies in 2020 by Inc. Magazine and one of Forbes’ Best Startup Employers.

To learn more, visit www.industriousoffice.com/careers.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic VP, Controller to join our leadership team. This is a critical, senior-level role that will directly influence our finance roadmap and operational efficiency as we continue to grow organically and integrate with our parent company, CBRE. This is a hybrid role, based in New York City. 

Reporting to CBRE's Controller - Building Operations and Experience (BOE), Americas, with a dotted line to the Industrious CFO, you will lead a global team of 30, with six direct reports based in New York, London, and Singapore. You will be a key player in navigating a dynamic, high-growth environment while ensuring a seamless connection to the financial governance and reporting of a large, publicly traded company. 

You’ll be joining and leading a close-knit group of high-performing, fun-loving, karaoke-singing (participation not required!) finance and accounting professionals. We are lovingly known as ‘the moneybees’ and have a fantastic team culture and enviable bespoke sweatshirts. Our team mirrors the Industrious culture - we put people first, always assume positive intent with our colleagues, and go out of our way to embrace the Industrious values (head, heart, hands) with our own ‘moneybee’ flair. One of the high points of our year is the team offsite, where we take a couple of days to connect with one another, have fun, and lean in on the strategic vision for the coming year. You never know what fun surprises our CFO has up his sleeve. For example, we stayed in a castle for our 2025 Finance team offsite! There will likely be putt-putt, pub trivia, lots of laughter, great food, and amazing memories.

Key Responsibilities:

As the VP, Controller, you will be the ultimate owner of the company’s Accounting function. Your responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Leadership: Set the strategy for the accounting function, designing processes and systems that support and enable the company's growth and commercial initiatives. 
• Growth Mindset: Partner with Industrious’ leadership team and cross-functional partners to drive scale and enable the Company’s innovation and commercial growth. 
• Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a global team of 30, including ultimate oversight of our accounts receivable, billing, accounts payable, treasury, reporting, and GL accounting teams.
• Financial Reporting & Compliance: Own the process for meeting SEC reporting and close deadlines for our parent company. Ensure SOX compliance and the effectiveness of all internal controls. Oversee statutory and regulatory compliance, and support CBRE’s income tax and SALT teams.
• Finance Transformation: Drive modernization and efficiency through finance transformation initiatives. Champion a continuous improvement mindset, seeking to scale and automate financial processes.
• CBRE Integration: Support integration workstreams and drive efficient, scalable, and effective ways of working between Industrious and CBRE.
• Transaction Management: Provide perspective, intake, and coordination on one-off strategic transactions, including M&A, legal matters, and geographic expansion.
• Systems Management: Lead the financial systems roadmap, including the design and implementation of new systems and technologies.
• Navigate and Simplify Complexity: Be a trusted finance voice to Industrious’ FP&A and Executive Teams to understand, assess, communicate, and provide guidance on accounting implications and process design for complex accounting and reporting matters.

Who You Are:

You are a strategic, detail-oriented, and highly effective leader with a passion for building and scaling processes. You are an excellent project manager and a strong technical accountant who can navigate a complex corporate environment. You are known for being:

• A Trusted Cross-Functional Partner: You build strong relationships and find elegant solutions that balance company growth with statutory rules and GAAP requirements.
• A Proven Leader: You are a natural motivator who inspires your team to achieve and exceed their goals. You have led a team of more than 10 onshore employees.
• An Expert in Governance: You are highly mindful of proper governance, risk mitigation policies, and internal controls. You prioritize business processes and systems that are both clearly understood by operators and protect the business’ resources.
• A Decisive Communicator: You possess excellent communication skills, distill complex concepts for non-financial audiences, and can make intricate decisions with confidence.

Qualifications:

• CPA required.
• Minimum of 12 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of Big Four experience, minimum of Manager-level.
• Proven experience leading a high-performing team of more than 10 people.
• Experience in a high-paced, scaling environment. Start-up experience is highly valued alongside experience within a public company.
• Demonstrated experience with finance transformation initiatives, internal controls, and public company reporting.
• Experience with network businesses and high-volume leasing businesses.
• Experience with scaling operations into new international geographies, and experience with business combinations is preferred. 
• Experience with financial systems migration or implementation is preferred.
• Must be based in New York City.

Compensation:

The annual base compensation range for this role is between $250,000 and $260,000. The successful candidate's actual base compensation will be based upon a variety of factors, including but not limited to work experience, job-related knowledge, skills, and professional qualifications. You will also be eligible for an annual 20% bonus and participation in our profit sharing program.

Base and bonus compensation are just two components of Industrious’ total compensation package for this role. Other great perks and benefits include heavily subsidized healthcare plans, generous paid time off, wellness programs, professional development grants, 401k plan, and many other benefits, subject to applicable eligibility criteria and company policies.

Equal Employment Opportunity: Industrious is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.