Controller, Peek
Platform for booking & selling travel experiences
Open for applications
Platform for booking & selling travel experiences
201-500 employees
Open for applications
201-500 employees
Company mission
To connect people across the globe through great activities, trips, and experiences.
Role
Who you are
- We are looking for someone who will enjoy being in a performance-oriented, fast-paced environment and working with leaders from the best financial services and technology companies
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Accounting or related field
- 10-15+ years of experience in financial accounting
- At least 3-5 years of accounting experience at a “Big 4” firm preferred
- Prior accounting experience with publicly traded, SaaS model, transaction oriented service business preferred
- Prior experience with payment processors such as Stripe, Paypal, or similar
- Deep technical accounting knowledge
- Positions of increasing responsibility and scope, preferably in the fast-paced software and technology industry with exposure to broad accounting responsibilities
- Demonstrated ability to implement new systems, in particular strong understanding of ERP solutions and financial systems; NetSuite experience preferred
- Knowledgeable in federal, state, and local tax compliance regulations and reporting
- Clear and confident communicator, both written and verbal
What the job involves
- We are hiring a Controller to lead our accounting team and to grow it over time
- You will design the roadmap to improve and maintain our existing accounting systems and processes, including improving controls in preparation for a potential IPO
- You will be a trusted advisor and partner to the CFO
- Lead the accounting organization and elevate it to the caliber of a publicly traded enterprise SaaS company. Great at rolling up your sleeve, while teaching your team
- Review, recommend and Implement a new accounting system
- Manage and mentor our accounting team with professionalism, thoughtfulness and empathy
- Build and own the monthly accounting close process, and working with the FP&A team on the analytical review process to ensure accurate accounting records are maintained
- Design, develop and maintain accounting policies, practices, and procedures with a strong internal control framework
- Strong understanding of payment processing, transactional business processes
- Be subject matter expert in key technical accounting pronouncements to ensure adoption of ASC 606, 350, 718 and other relevant GAAP standards
- Manage external financial reporting to investors and financial institutions
- Serve as a key resource and advisor to company management around initiatives, activities, or processes with an impact on the business's financial well-being
- “Roll up sleeves” and dive into any issue or complete any task, no matter how small or large, to achieve an excellent outcome
- Lead the company through audit readiness and deliver its first audit
- Develop into a public company controller, eventually overseeing SEC reporting, SOX compliance, and other areas
- Ensure financial and tax compliance
- Strong revenue recognition understanding, payment processing reports, and structure
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
Peek describes itself as OpenTable for the activities market, offering a booking platform for activities and experiences. It lures in customers with a best price guarantee, while tour operators and activity businesses can sign up to a system that processes payments and offers extras such as review management.
Peek's twin offering of PeekPro and Peak Experiences taps into both sides of the gargantuan activities industry. The company supplies both an all-in-one suite for businesses to sell more activities more easily, alongside a booking system for consumers. Through a collaboration with Google, the Peek brand features across Google Search, Maps and Trips, giving it an edge in the market.
Peek operates across numerous tourist locations all around the globe, having expanded from its beginnings in the US, and boasts over $2 billion worth of bookings made through its platform. The impressive investment received by the company has allowed for this expansion, and facilitated bringing Peek to more and more locations.
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Nov 2021
$80m
SERIES C
Jun 2018
$23m
SERIES B
Total funding: $119.9m
Company benefits
- Full healthcare, dental and vision plans
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
- 401k matching
- Company recharge at the end of the year
- Significant equity upside that allows you to share in Peek’s long-term success
- Investment in your health and well-being
Company HQ
The East Cut, San Francisco, CA
Founders
Ruzwana Bashir
(CEO)They started their career as an Analyst at Goldman Sachs and The Blackstone Group for over 3 years, before working as Director of Marketing & BD and an MBA at Harvard. The founded Peek in 2012, serving as CEO alongside being a Board Member at SoFi since 2021.
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