Company
Blackstart Digital is a digital infrastructure developer converting a major Bay Area campus into a hyperscale AI datacenter, with phased capacity buildout reaching several hundred megawatts at full scale. Acquisition close is targeted for Q2 2026, with construction starting shortly thereafter. The company is institutionally backed and structured across three entities: two parent entities and one asset-level SPV. Headcount is expected to reach approximately ten employees in the first year.
The Role
Reporting to the CFO, the Controller owns day-to-day accounting and finance operations and partners with the external accounting firm and outside counsel. This is a hands-on, build-the-function role in a fast-paced development environment — you will run the books, drive construction-phase budgeting and reporting, and coordinate with project managers to keep cost tracking tight as multiple workstreams advance in parallel.
Responsibilities
Core accounting and operations
- Own AP, AR, GL, bank reconciliation, and month-end close across all three entities
- Operate and configure Sage Intacct (already selected); build out chart of accounts, dimensions, and project structures to support construction-phase reporting
- Run intercompany accounting and consolidation; manage eliminations
- Process expense reimbursements and administer payroll (likely via a third-party platform)
- Coordinate audit and tax workpapers with the external accounting firm and tax CPA
Construction and project accounting
- Stand up CIP (construction-in-progress) accounting and job costing for the capital improvement program
- Build and maintain project budgets; produce budget vs. actuals reconciliations monthly
- Partner with project managers to track committed costs, change orders, retention, and draw schedules
- Prepare lender and investor draw packages
Reporting
- Produce monthly management reports, quarterly investor packages, and annual financial statements
- Build internal controls appropriate for institutional capital and construction lending
Required
- 5–8 years of accounting experience, including project or construction accounting in real estate, infrastructure, or capital projects
- Hands-on Sage Intacct experience (configuration, dimensions, project module)
- Multi-entity accounting and consolidation experience
- Strong working knowledge of US GAAP
- Demonstrated ability to operate at pace in a development-phase or high-growth environment
- Comfortable coordinating with non-finance teammates (project managers, GCs, partners)
Significant Plus
- Fluency with AI assistants (Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) and automation tooling used in actual workflows
- CPACE, construction lending, or JV waterfall exposure
- CPA
Location
Bay Area residence required. The role is remote day-to-day, with regular on-site presence at the campus and at meetings with partners across the Bay Area. A dedicated on-site office may be established as the project progresses.
Engagement
Fractional to start, with conversion to full-time on or after acquisition close.
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