Financial Controller

About Revel

Revel is building the next generation of software for controlling and interacting with mission-critical hardware across aerospace, energy, robotics, and advanced manufacturing. Our platform replaces outdated, complex systems with an intuitive, high-performance platform that helps engineers move faster and operate with precision.

Revel has raised $180 million from leading investors to modernize the software behind the world’s most ambitious hardware. We’re based in Marina del Rey, with a strong engineering culture and a focus on solving hard problems through thoughtful engineering and design.

Role Overview

Revel is hiring its first in-house Financial Controller. Today our accounting, close, and reporting are handled by an outsourced finance partner. You'll lead the transition of that work in-house and build the accounting function Revel will run on for years to come.

This is a builder role. You'll own the close, the books, and the control environment end to end, while designing the systems, policies, and team that let finance keep pace with a fast-growing company working alongside companies in aerospace, energy, defense, and critical infrastructure. You'll be hands-on from day one, and you'll shape what this function becomes as we scale.

What You’ll Do

- Lead the transition of accounting from our outsourced finance partner to an in-house function, including a clean handoff of books, processes, documentation, and institutional knowledge without disrupting the close.

- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close and financial reporting, establishing a fast, disciplined close cadence and reliable reporting for leadership and the board.

- Serve as Revel's authority on US GAAP, researching and documenting positions on complex transactions, with particular focus on software revenue recognition (ASC 606) across subscriptions

- Proactively design, implement, and manage a scalable internal control environment, including risk and control matrices, approval workflows, and segregation of duties, that meets the company’s current needs while establishing a strong foundation for future SOX compliance and readiness.

- Select, implement, or optimize our finance systems stack (ERP, billing, AP, expense, payroll integrations), making the ERP the reliable system of record.

- Lead automation and AI initiatives that modernize the close, reconciliations, and reporting, so finance scales without scaling headcount linearly.

- Manage the annual financial statement audit and act as the primary point of contact for external auditors, tax advisors, and other outside partners.

- Partner with sales, and operations on budgeting, cash management, billing, collections, and deal structuring, providing accounting guidance before contracts are signed.

- Hire and develop the accounting team as Revel grows, building the org structure and bench strength needed to support new products, markets, and entities.

- Author accounting policies, documentation standards, and knowledge-sharing practices that the finance organization will run on as it scales.

Qualifications

- 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years leading a team or owning the accounting function.

- Active CPA license in California

- Experience building or rebuilding an accounting function, ideally including bringing outsourced accounting in-house.

- Deep technical expertise in US GAAP, especially ASC 606 for software and SaaS companies, with sound judgment on new or unusual transactions.

- A builder's mindset: comfortable being hands-on in the details while setting the strategy for how finance should operate.

- Hands-on experience implementing or running a modern ERP (NetSuite, Ramp, or comparable) and the surrounding finance tools.

- A track record of using automation, process redesign, or AI to make accounting faster and more scalable.

- Experience managing a financial statement audit end to end.

- Excellent communication skil