Controller

About Patmos

Patmos Hosting, Inc. delivers Freedom as a Service™, providing organizations with an independent alternative to Big Tech's commercial constraints, censorship, cancellation and deplatforming. Patmos owns and operates datacenter infrastructure with decentralized connectivity, open peering, and free Internet Exchange hosting, ensuring resilience and true independence. Its services span multi-megawatt colocation for AI and hyperscale workloads, GPU/high-performance compute, custom data centers, domains, web and cloud hosting, colocation and tailored website and application development.

Founded in 2022, Patmos is headquartered in Kansas City, MO, with teams and datacenters/locations in Kansas City, Dallas, Phoenix, Denver.

About the Role

The Controller is responsible for leading the organization's accounting function, ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting. This role oversees the monthly close process, general ledger, reconciliations, financial reporting, internal controls, and accounting compliance while supervising the accounting team.

The Controller partners closely with the VP of Finance to provide reliable financial information that supports strategic decision-making while maintaining strong accounting practices and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting expertise with a willingness to work directly in the details. This role requires someone who can identify issues, develop solutions, establish appropriate controls, and build processes rather than simply administer an existing accounting environment.

Responsibilities

Accounting Operations

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes and continuously improve the speed and accuracy of the close
• Ensure financial statements are prepared accurately and in accordance with U.S. GAAP
• Review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, supporting schedules, and financial statement accounts
• Maintain the Company's chart of accounts and ensure transactions are appropriately classified
• Establish appropriate accounting policies and maintain supporting documentation
• Maintain appropriate documentation supporting significant accounting judgments and estimates

Technical Accounting

• Research, document, and resolve complex or unusual accounting matters
• Oversee accounting for revenue recognition, deferred revenue, customer contracts, and pass through arrangements
• Ensure appropriate accounting for debt, leases, intercompany transactions, consolidations, and other significant transactions
• Review material contracts and transactions to determine appropriate accounting treatment
• Develop and maintain accounting policies consistent with U.S. GAAP
• Maintain appropriate documentation supporting significant accounting judgments and estimates

Internal Controls & Compliance

• Develop, implement, and maintain effective internal accounting controls
• Establish appropriate controls around accounts payable, cash disbursements, purchasing, corporate cards, expense reimbursements, payroll, billing, revenue, fixed assets, and journal entries
• Maintain appropriate segregation of duties and approval authorities
• Maintain and continuously improve accounting policies and procedures
• Identify financial and accounting risks and recommend corrective actions
• Ensure accounting records and supporting documentation remain complete and audit ready

Audit & Tax Coordination

• Lead the annual financial statement audit and serve as the primary accounting contact for external auditors
• Prepare and coordinate audit schedules, workpapers, supporting documentation, and technical accounting materials
• Work closely with external auditors and tax professionals
• Coordinate the preparation of federal, state, and local tax filings with external tax advisors
• Evaluate audit findings and implement remediation or process improvements where appropriate

Fixed Assets & Capital Accounting

• Own the Company's fixed asset accounting and maintain an accurate fixed asset register
• Ensure appropriate capitalization of data center infrastructure, construction costs, equipment, software, and other capital expenditures
• Maintain construction in progress accounting and support placed in service determinations
• Calculate depreciation and maintain supporting depreciation schedules
• Partner with Development and Operations to ensure capital expenditures are appropriately recorded, classified, and supported
• Support capital expenditure reporting and reconciliation of project costs to the general ledger

Financial Planning & Analysis Support

• Partner with the VP of Finance on annual budgets, forecasts, variance analysis, and cash flow reporting
• Provide accurate historical financial information and accounting inputs for financial models and forecasts
• Monitor financial performance and identify trends, risks, and opportunities requiring management attention
• Support management reporting and other financial analysis as needed

Accounting Systems & Process Improvement

• Develop scalable accounting processes capable of supporting the continued growth of the Company
• Support the implementation and optimization of NetSuite and related financial systems
• Reduce reliance on manual spreadsheets and processes through improved systems, controls, and automation
• Establish standardized close procedures, reconciliations, workpapers, and review processes
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve the efficiency, accuracy, and scalability of the accounting function

Team Leadership

• Supervise, mentor, and develop the Accounting Manager and other accounting personnel
• Review workpapers, reconciliations, journal entries, and other accounting deliverables
• Establish clear accounting priorities, responsibilities, deadlines, and review procedures
• Develop team members through coaching, feedback, and performance management
• Promote accountability, continuous improvement, and a high standard of accuracy throughout the accounting function

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• Active CPA license
• Experience in data centers, infrastructure, real estate, construction, telecommunications, energy, technology, or another capital intensive industry
• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including Controller, Assistant Controller, or similar leadership experience
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting requirements
• Demonstrated experience managing the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process
• Strong experience with revenue recognition, deferred revenue, accruals, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation
• Experience with fixed assets, construction in progress, capitalization policies, depreciation, and other accounting associated with significant capital projects
• Experience establishing and maintaining effective accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to develop an accounting team while remaining highly hands on
• High level of integrity, professional judgment, attention to detail, and willingness to appropriately challenge transactions or practices that are inconsistent with accounting policies or internal controls

Preferred

• Public accounting experience with a Big Four or national accounting firm
• Experience implementing or optimizing NetSuite or another enterprise ERP system
• Experience with multi entity accounting, consolidations, intercompany transactions, debt, leases, and complex customer contracts
• Experience building or strengthening accounting processes and internal controls in a rapidly growing organization

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) match (4%)
• Health, dental, & vision insurance
• Short and long term disability
• Life insurance (company paid and supplemental available)
• Generous parental leave, baby bonuses, marital bonuses, and other family-friendly perks
• 14 observed paid holidays that include solemnities

Patmos is an equal opportunity employer and proud member of the Catholic Benefits Association offering employee benefits that promote the dignity of the human person, the dignity of work, and the common good.

About Patmos

Patmos is a company that provides custom data centers, bare metal servers, and colocation backed by support that knows your setup.