Controller

About FIRY

We build companies that help people create, compete, and grow.

FIRY (NYSE: FIRY) is a founder-led global holding company built to fuel business potential. Founded in 2012 by entrepreneur Andrew Paradise, FIRY began by inventing an entirely new category: real-money skill-based mobile gaming. What started as a single bold idea became Skillz, a platform with more than 90 million registered users and one of the largest sources of first-party behavioral data in gaming.

Today, FIRY is building something much bigger.

We're creating a portfolio of category-defining businesses operating at the intersection of AI, identity, gaming, commerce, and performance marketing. Each business is successful on its own. Together, they create a flywheel of technology, data, and distribution that's difficult to replicate.

• Skillz: The competition platform that pioneered real-money skill-based gaming and continues to power millions of competitive experiences while generating unique behavioral insights.
• RZR: Our AI-native performance advertising platform, rebuilt from first principles and profitable for three consecutive quarters, helping brands acquire customers more intelligently.
• Beamable: The infrastructure powering the next generation of live games, giving developers everything they need to build, operate, and scale online experiences.

FIRY is publicly traded on the NYSE and headquartered in Las Vegas, with hubs in San Francisco, New York City, and Bengaluru.

We're still early.

We're looking for builders who want to create products that define industries—not simply compete in them.

About The Role

Reporting into the Chief Accounting Officer, the Controller will play a key role in leading and scaling the accounting infrastructure and processes at Skillz. The ideal candidate is a motivated leader with strong experience in operational accounting and has the ability to thrive in a high-growth environment. This role will be hands-on, interacting and collaborating with FP&A, SEC Reporting, Internal Audit, Legal and People teams to ensure the accurate and timely execution of accounting functions and reporting of results. The Controller should have a proven track record as an effective people leader, ability to anticipate and surface issues, solve problems and recommend solutions, while exercising good business judgment and risk management.

Responsibilities 

• Lead the accounting team in completion of daily and monthly accounting tasks to ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP
• Ownership of full cycle general ledger financial close process and related activities to ensure complete and accurate financials following U.S. GAAP, including managing/reviewing close activities such as journal entries and account reconciliations within the established close timeline
• Manage the preparation of monthly and quarterly financial reporting for management and U.S. GAAP presentation, including tie-outs to underlying detail
• Drive stock based compensation expense calculation and equity roll forward
• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen SOX controls
• Liaise with internal and external auditors, owning the quarterly review process and year-end audit process
• Partnering closely with internal audit to ensure we have effective internal controls over financial reporting
• Work to streamline accounting operations and improve the quality of monthly, quarterly, and annual close process and internal controls
• Make strategic decisions regarding the continuous development of accounting policies and SOPs, manage any system implementations or conversions
• Partner with FP&A and Financial Reporting teams regarding monthly variance analysis, management reporting, and GAAP reporting
• Lead and mentor the accounting team
• Drive alignment and integration across competition platform and RZR business

Required Experience 

• Active CPA required (does not have to be Nevada)
• Must have mix of public accounting and in-house industry experience 
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant operational accounting experience 
• Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting, Finance or relevant field
• VP level corporate controllership experience, including review and audit functions
• Proven record of leading and growing a high performing team with thought leadership
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and SOX/internal controls 
• Detail oriented and analytical
• Ability to operate in a high growth, deadline driven environment
• Excellent oral and written communication skills

Preferred Experience 

• Big 4 (or equivalent) experience at the manager level
• Industry experience includes diverse size of companies 
• Experience with NetSuite, Blackline, Workiva and Zip

Starting Compensation including Base + Bonus + Equity: $362,606

Location: Las Vegas HQ - Onsite for 5 days per week or Hybrid in New York City

Why FIRY

• You are at the center of everything. Corporate roles at FIRY do not support one business. They support the infrastructure, strategy, and execution that makes three independent businesses work and compounds as they grow together.
• Founder-led. Andrew Paradise founded Skillz in 2012 with a single conviction: that fair, real-money skill-based competition should exist at scale. Thirteen years later, he has taken the company public on the NYSE, built a portfolio of three independent businesses, earned 90+ patents, and won the largest false advertising verdict in U.S. history. He is still here, still the founder, still the CEO, still building. That kind of long-term commitment is rare. At FIRY, it defines the culture from the top down.
• A portfolio at the beginning of its compounding phase. Four consecutive quarters of sequential revenue growth. Q1 2026 revenue up 33% year-over-year. RZR at 120%+ year-over-year growth in Q1 2026 and profitable for three consecutive quarters. The flywheel is turning.
• A mission worth the work. FIRY's mission is to fuel business potential. The systems FIRY builds help developers build businesses, advertisers acquire the right users, and infrastructure that turns competitive play into a scalable commercial engine. The addressable market across performance marketing, gaming infrastructure, and skill-based competition is $45B+.
• Comprehensive Benefits. 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision for you and your dependents. 401K matching, equity incentives, pre-tax benefit options, and more.
• Wellness Support. Meditation and mental health resources, physical fitness coaching and classes, family planning assistance, virtual therapy sessions, and more.
• Time Off. Competitive PTO and company holidays.
• Las Vegas Headquarters. FIRY operates in a five-day-a-week, collaborative office environment at our 36,000+ square foot Las Vegas headquarters. Free daily lunch, snacks, a full-size gym with showers, commuter benefits, team events, and more.

Explore all current openings at RZR and apply!

FIRY embraces diversity and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As part of our commitment to diversifying our workforce, we do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, sex, gender, gender identity, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, citizenship, veteran status, or disability status, and we operate in compliance with applicable fair chance ordinances.

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