Controller

**About Braintrust Tutors** --------------------------- Braintrust Tutors partners with schools and districts to deliver high\-impact K–8 academic intervention through strong instructional talent, disciplined operations, and a purpose\-built platform that supports implementation, visibility, and student progress. We operate in a complex environment where school\-year seasonality, district procurement cycles, staffing, attendance, and program execution all affect financial performance. We are looking for a Controller who can bring rigor, accuracy, and operational visibility to the finance function while supporting a growing education business. **Position Overview** --------------------- Braintrust is seeking a **Controller** to lead accounting operations and financial discipline in close partnership with the CFO. This role is ideal for a hands\-on finance operator who can own the integrity of the numbers, strengthen internal controls, improve reporting cadence, and build scalable processes across accounting, billing, collections, payroll support, audit readiness, and monthly close. The Controller will not be expected to act as the strategic finance lead for the business. That seat is already in place. Instead, this role is meant to support the CFO by ensuring the accounting function is accurate, timely, well\-controlled, and built to scale. This is a high\-accountability role for someone comfortable working in the details while also improving systems and processes across a growing K–12 education company. This is a remote full\-time position within the United States. **What You'll Do** ------------------ ### ***Own accounting operations*** * Lead day\-to\-day accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, and monthly journal entries * Manage and improve the monthly, quarterly, and year\-end close process * Maintain accurate financial records and ensure the integrity of the chart of accounts * Build and document accounting policies and procedures ### ***Support the CFO with reliable reporting*** * Prepare monthly financial statements and supporting schedules * Deliver timely and accurate reporting packages for leadership * Support budget\-to\-actual reporting and variance analysis * Help create clearer visibility into revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, receivables, and cash ### ***Strengthen billing, collections, and revenue tracking*** * Improve invoicing accuracy and billing discipline across school and district contracts * Track accounts receivable and support stronger collections processes * Ensure revenue is recorded consistently and in line with company policy * Partner with operations and customer\-facing teams to resolve billing gaps, PO issues, and invoicing delays ### ***Build stronger controls and compliance*** * Design and maintain internal controls that improve financial accuracy and reduce risk * Support audit pre