Controller

About Us

DirectShifts has set out to modernize healthcare recruiting. We're a team of physicians, entrepreneurs, and problem solvers who have come together to solve major pain points facing employers and medical professionals today.

We have built a healthcare staffing technology platform that connects healthcare professionals directly with employers by using advanced technologies and digitizing the recruitment and staffing processes. Using an AI-based platform, DirectShifts matches the right clinicians to the right jobs at healthcare employers.

We’re a Y Combinator graduate (YC S19), backed by leading investors, and are growing rapidly. Join us!

About the Role

We’re looking for a driven, analytical, and detail-oriented finance professional to serve as our first Controller. In this role, you’ll lead a small team and support our operational and financial goals, ensuring a strong financial foundation to enable rapid growth. You’re a self-starter who is willing to “roll up their sleeves” to implement accounting policies, oversee close efforts, and improve reporting. You’ll have the opportunity to work across all functions of the business and have a major voice in

how we scale the company.

DirectShifts is headquartered in New York, NY and our team is spread across the US and India.

What you’ll do

● Build KPI targets and manage performance against them to provide operational insights into

the business and serve as a key advisor to the executive team

● Develop and prepare the monthly financial reporting pack for company leadership and the

Board of Directors

● Establish and maintain accounting policies, processes and procedures, including monthly

close, general ledger management, expenses, etc.

● Design, implement and maintain effective internal controls

● Transition financials to GAAP standards

● Evaluate and implement a scalable accounting system, as appropriate

● Manage the external auditor relationship and manage the annual audit

● Work closely with client partners to ensure collections/payment timelines are being met

What you bring

● 5+ years of accounting experience with 1-3 years at a Big 4 accounting firm and previous experience as a controller at a startup with <100 FTEs

● Comprehensive understanding of financial accounting and reporting under US GAAP and SEC requirements; understanding of general finance, tax and operations compliance requirements

● Experience managing and/or collaborating closely with a globally distributed team

● Ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment

● CPA required

● Heavily detail-oriented and analytical