Controller

Controller

Location: Midtown, New York City Work Environment: On-site, 5 days a week

About the Role

The Controller owns the day-to-day financial engine of altbanq - from daily collections and bank transfers to fund accounting, investor payments, and regulatory filings. This role is the connective tissue between accounting, operations, and compliance, ensuring that every dollar moving through the platform is accurate, timely, and properly recorded. Reporting directly into leadership, the Controller manages a high-volume, detail-intensive workload across billing, treasury, syndications, licensing, and bookkeeping. This person keeps the business compliant with state and federal lending regulators while also being a hands-on partner to the processing and operations teams.

Why This Role Matters

• The Controller keeps cash moving. Daily collections, invoice payments, deal funding, commissions, and bank transfers all run through this seat.
• The Controller protects accuracy. Full-cycle bookkeeping across accounts, expense tracking, and liability monitoring keep the books clean and audit-ready.
• The Controller keeps us compliant. State licensing, NMLS filings, and DFPI reporting depend on this role staying ahead of every deadline.
• The Controller supports the investor relationship. Syndication setup, repayment adjustments, and renewal funding directly shape the experience of our capital partners.

A Day in the Life

• Review collections and cash position each morning, then execute bank transfers and fund new deals as needed.
• Review and pay company invoices, watching for accuracy and opportunities to reduce operational spend.
• Manage the repayment lifecycle - setting up repayments and processing refunds
• Set up and administer syndications, keeping investment partners' positions accurate and up to date.
• Process commission payments.
• Maintain the books through regular full-cycle bookkeeping across the company's operating accounts.
• Own state licensing renewals and regulatory filings, including NMLS and DFPI reporting.
• Prepare annual filings such as 1099s.
• Track company credit card expenses and other liabilities.
• Partner with the processing and operations team, jumping in on deal support and collections coverage as needed.

What You Bring to the Table

• Strong accounting fundamentals you're comfortable owning full-cycle bookkeeping across multiple accounts and entities.
• High transaction-volume comfort you can manage daily cash movement, funding, and repayments without losing accuracy.
• Regulatory fluency experience with state licensing, NMLS, or similar compliance filings is a major plus.
• CRM proficiency hands-on experience with Salesforce for deal and repayment tracking.
• Discretion and integrity you handle sensitive financial and investor data with professionalism.
• Organizational rigor you can juggle daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual deadlines without dropping a ball.
• Proficiency with Salesforce, Excel, and business banking platforms.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 2+ years of accounting or bookkeeping experience, ideally within specialty finance, private lending, or fund administration.
• Experience with NMLS filings, state lending licensure, or similar regulatory reporting is strongly preferred.
• CPA or progress toward CPA is a plus, but not required.

Compensation and Benefits

• Compensation: $90,000 $120,000, depending on experience.
• Benefits include:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • Ancillary Benefits Plans (Life Insurance, Commuter Benefits)
  • 401(k) Retirement match Plan
  • Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and HSA
  • Paid Time Off and Professional Development Support
  • Bonus eligibility based on company's performance.

Why You'll Love Working Here

At altbanq, we value curiosity, clarity, and collaboration. The Controller will have full visibility into how the business runs financially day to day, with real ownership over the numbers, the compliance calendar, and the relationships that keep capital moving. You'll be part of a team that's redefining excellence in financial services and creating an environment where precision and initiative are genuinely valued.