• Own the Close & Reporting: Transform the month-end close to 3-5 days and oversee accurate U.S. GAAP financial statements across three entities. • PE & Board Compliance: Prepare high-quality investor reporting packages, manage debt covenants, and own the rigorous 13-week cash flow forecast. • System Optimization: Lead the continuous optimization of our financial tech stack (NetSuite, Recurly, HubSpot) to eliminate manual bottlenecks. • Audit & Technical Leadership: Serve as the primary technical expert (ASC 606) and manage external auditor relationships to ensure seamless, adjustment-free cycles. • Strategic & M&A Partnership: Act as the CFO's right-hand for FP&A support, future M&A integrations (opening balance sheets, entity mapping), and PE value-creation initiatives. • Build the Bench: Mentor and upskill the accounting team, replacing yourself in tactical roles to elevate the department's strategic capacity.

Job Description The Assistant Controller will serve as a senior leader within the Accounting organization, responsible for the integrity of the company’s balance sheet, financial statements, and overall control environment. This role will oversee financial close, reporting, tax compliance, audit coordination, and continuous strengthening of accounting operations. In parallel, the Assistant Controller will play a central role in modernizing and scaling the accounting function - leading the development of a firm-wide controls catalogue and serving as the Accounting & Tax lead in the ERP transformation. This individual will help design future-state processes, implement strong governance frameworks, and build scalable infrastructure to support continued growth. This position requires a technically strong accounting leader with supervisory experience, a deep understanding of internal controls, and demonstrated experience leading process and system transformations. Key Responsibilities Financial Reporting & Close Leadership - Own the integrity, accuracy, and completeness of the company’s balance sheet and financial statements. - Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring timely and accurate reporting. - Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statement analyses. - Ensure compliance with US GAAP (or applicable accounting standards). - Drive continuous improvement in close cycle efficiency, documentation quality, and accountability. Balance Sheet & Control Ownership - Establish and maintain a robust internal control framework over financial reporting. - Develop and implement a firm-wide controls catalogue, clearly documenting control objectives, ownership, frequency, and evidence standards. - Oversee balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items and clear audit trails. - Design and standardize reconciliation and review procedures across the organization. - Strengthen segregation of duties, approval workflows, and system-based controls within the ERP environment. ERP Transformation & Accounting Modernization - Serve as Accounting & Tax lead for ERP implementation, ensuring financial reporting, consolidation, tax, and close requirements are fully captured and executed. - Redesign accounting processes to align with future-state ERP capabilities and automation opportunities. - Partner with Finance Excellence, IT, and external implementation partners to define system requirements, chart of accounts structure, reporting hierarchies, and control configurations. - Oversee user acceptance testing (UAT), data migration validation, and post-go-live stabilization for accounting functions. - Identify and implement automation opportunities to reduce manual journal entries and spreadsheet dependency. Audit & Compliance - Serve as primary liaison to external auditors, coordinating annual audits and quarterly reviews. - Lead preparation of audit schedules, technical accounting memos, and financial disclosures. - Maintain accounting policies and ensure compliance with regulatory and statutory requirements. - Proactively identify and remediate control gaps or audit findings. Tax Oversight - Oversee income tax, indirect tax, and other regulatory filings in partnership with external advisors. - Ensure accurate preparation of tax provisions and related disclosures. - Support tax planning initiatives and ensure tax compliance processes are properly embedded within the ERP and control framework. - Strengthen documentation and controls around tax-sensitive accounts and processes. Shared Services & Process Optimization - Lead the design, implementation, or optimization of shared service center models for transactional accounting (AP, AR, GL). - Establish SLAs, governance structures, KPIs, and escalation protocols for shared services operations. - Standardize processes to improve scalability, efficiency, and internal control consistency across locations. - Drive documentation of end-to-end accounting workflows to reduce key-person risk. Team Leadership & Development - Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting team members, fostering a high-performance and accountable culture. - Ensure cross-training, succession planning, and clear ownership of responsibilities. - Promote operational discipline, technical excellence, and continuous improvement. Qualifications - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required (or strongly preferred). - 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including supervisory responsibilities. - Deep technical accounting knowledge and strong understanding of US GAAP (or applicable standards). - Proven experience leading monthly close and financial statement preparation. - Demonstrated experience building or enhancing internal control frameworks and documentation. - Experience developing controls catalogues or structured control matrices (SOX experience preferred if applicable). - Direct experience supporting or leading ERP implementations for accounting functions. - Experience working with or establishing shared service center models. - Strong analytical, organizational, and project management skills. - Ability to lead through transformation while maintaining operational excellence. Success in this Role Looks Like - Accurate, timely financial statements with strong balance sheet integrity and minimal audit adjustments. - A clearly defined and implemented firm-wide controls catalogue with strong ownership and documentation. - Successful ERP implementation for Accounting & Tax with improved automation and control strength. - Reduced close timelines and improved reconciliation discipline. - Clean audits with minimal deficiencies. - A scalable shared services structure supporting growth and efficiency. - A strong, well-developed accounting team with clear accountability and ownership. All offers and/or employment contracts are contingent upon the successful completion of the Firm’s pre-employment screening process. This process may include verifying the candidate’s identity, confirming legal authorization to work in the offered position's location, and conducting a comprehensive background check, where permitted by local regulations.

About Chowbus Chowbus is a leading Asian restaurant technology SaaS platform, with deep roots in the North American market for years. Currently, we stand as a pioneering enterprise in the North American Asian Restaurant SaaS sector. Driven by precise market positioning and efficient product services, our business has achieved doubled growth annually, covering over 30 core states and 100 key cities across the U.S., and partnering with more than 10,000 Asian restaurants. We build tech ecosystems that help restaurants grow, serve with heart, and uplift their communities，our vision is to creat a world where culturally rooted food entrepreneurs thrive everywhere. The Company: Join Our Pre-IPO Journey Chowbus is on a clear path to IPO. After a successful pivot to a restaurant POS SaaS platform and a recent Series E raise, we are building the financial infrastructure that will carry us from high-growth startup to public company — and we need a Controller who wants to be at the center of that transformation. This is a rare opportunity to build something that matters, with direct impact on the company's trajectory. The Ideal Candidate You are a technically sharp, highly accountable accounting leader who is energized by complexity and committed to getting things right. You don't just close the books — you make the books better. As our pre-IPO Controller, you will drive the structure, discipline, and AI-enabled processes that define how Chowbus operates as a public entity. You bring deep GAAP expertise, a bias for action, and the leadership instincts to elevate everyone around you. You thrive in ambiguity, collaborate across the business, and take full ownership of outcomes. What You'll Focus On - Responsible for driving the month-end close process. This includes the preparation of journal entries, review and approval of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, variance analysis, and ad-hoc GAAP guidance, all while adhering to a tight five business day close deadline. - Responsible as the lead liaison with external audit. This includes assigning audit requests to different team members and gathering pertinent information and document support to provide to auditors to ensure final financial statements are accurately prepared to present both internally and externally. - Responsible for overseeing proper tax reporting and research. This includes working with external tax services regarding state and federal income taxes and marketplace facilitator taxes for state sales taxes and researching tax treatments of company transactions. - Responsible for technical accounting knowledge and compliance within the company, including proper accounting treatment of new company policies to ensure accounting accuracy. - Lead, develop, and performance manage direct reports and develop a highly productive and high performing accounting team. - Perform ad-hoc accounting projects and analysis that may become standard company processes. What You Bring - 5+ years of progressive experience in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required. - CPA or CFA license required. - Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, PCAOB standards, and SOX/internal controls required. - Direct experience working with external auditors — ideally from the audit side — highly preferred. - Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field highly preferred. Preferred Qualifications - Public company or public accounting experience. - S-1 or IPO-readiness experience is highly desirable. - 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, or other public filing experience. - Mandarin language proficiency (read/write/speak). What We Offer - A fair compensation package - Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 401(k) - 100% employer-paid Short-Term Disability (STD) - 100% employer-paid Life Insurance and option for additional employee-paid Life Insurance - 100% employer-paid Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance and option for additional employee-paid AD&D Insurance - Company holidays - Birthday off - Paid Parental Leave - Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) - Employee Assistance Program (EAP) The salary for this role is $120,000-$140,000 depending on experience.

• Responsible for driving the month-end close process. • Responsible as the lead liaison with external audit. • Responsible for overseeing proper tax reporting and research. • Responsible for technical accounting knowledge and compliance within the company. • Lead, develop, and performance manage direct reports. • Perform ad-hoc accounting projects and analysis.