Job Description
About the role:
Forter is looking for a talented and motivated Assistant Controller to join our finance team. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a global, fast-paced tech company, supporting our financial operations and ensuring high-quality reporting and compliance. You will report directly to the Corporate Controller and work closely with finance teams around the world.
What you’ll be doing:
- Participate in the monthly closing process including preparing working papers, calculating accruals, and performing analytical procedures.
- Assist in preparing annual consolidated financial statements (US GAAP).
- Support day-to-day finance operations and maintain close communication with global finance teams.
- Prepare and coordinate materials for annual audits and work with external auditors.
- Prepare statutory financial statements and tax reports for global subsidiaries.
- Support ad-hoc analyses and reporting requests.
- Cooperate with team members and colleagues for organizational support while maintaining excellent work relations and level of service.
What you’ll need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting (CPA)
- Knowledge of US GAAP and State laws
- Internship at one of the Big4, specializing in Hi-Tech- advantage
- Have a strong sense of ownership, organization, and attention to detail.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with NetSuite
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with great attention to detail.
- Excellent English communication skills - written and verbal
- A proactive, hands-on team player who can manage multiple priorities independently.
About us:
Digital commerce is built on trust. At every point along the eCommerce journey, businesses must make a critical decision: Can I trust this customer? Answering this simple question accurately and instantly is powerful—it can accelerate revenue growth and strengthen a company’s connection with its customers. How do we do it? Forter was founded on the insight that it’s not about what is being purchased, nor where— but who is behind the interaction.
The Forter Decision Engine finds patterns across more than one billion identities in our dataset. We isolate fraudsters and protect customers—ensuring everyone gets the experience they deserve. Given that trust is central to how we operate, Forter is very much driven by a defined set of values. We attract remarkable talent and have retention and engagement levels that are well above benchmarks. We’re meticulous about strengthening our culture as we grow and ensuring this is an environment where people can have outsized impact.
Trust is backed by data – Forter is a recipient of over 10 workplace and innovation awards, including:
- Great Place to Work Certification (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
- Fortune’s Best Workplaces in NYC (2022, 2023 and 2024)
- Forbes Cloud 100 (2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025)
- #3 on Fast Company’s list of “Most Innovative Finance Companies” (2022)
- Anti-Fraud Solution of the Year at the Payments Awards (2024)
- SAP Pinnacle Awards “New Partner Application Award” (2023)
- Fintech Breakthrough Awards – Best Fraud Prevention Platform (2023)
Life as a Forterian:
We are a team of over 600 Forterians spread across 3 different continents. Since 2013, we’ve raised $525 million from investors such as Tiger Global, Bessemer, Sequoia Capital, March Capital and Salesforce Ventures. We’re on a mission to bring trust to global digital commerce so that companies like Adobe, ASOS, eBay, Instacart, Priceline and Nordstrom can block fraud, drive revenue and improve customer experience.
At Forter, we believe unique people create unique ideas, and valuable experience comes in many forms. So, even if your background doesn’t match everything we have listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply and tell us why your skills and values could be an asset to us. By welcoming different perspectives, we grow together as humans and as a company.
Forter is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that will consider all qualified applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, genetics, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at [email protected]. This information will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of determining an appropriate accommodation for the interview process.
Hybrid work:
At Forter, we embrace a hybrid work model that blends in-person connection with the flexibility of remote work. Team members based near our key hubs are expected to work from the office at least three days per week. We believe that regular face-to-face collaboration fuels professional development, strengthens our culture, and builds the relationships that help teams thrive.
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