Controller (Finance & HR)
Simply Solar
Petaluma, CA · $90k–$125k a year · Posted November 3, 2026
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Rankings about finance jobs
- Best cities for finance jobs #1 New York (1,932 openings)
- Best cities for finance pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($162k)
- Most requested AI skills in finance jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (4.3%)
- AI tools named most often in finance jobs #1 Claude (0.55%)
- Employers with the most finance jobs #1 Amazon (475 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing pays about $107,500 a year. Across 69 open controller listings that state pay, the middle half runs $132,500 to $185,000 and the median is $160,000. That is 33% below the median, below the middle half of those listings.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
How AI is used in this kind of work
Among financial managers, AI is already used for a large share of the tasks. Measured exposure for financial managers: 39% (high).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
Simply Solar designs, installs, and services solar for homeowners and businesses across Northern California. We've been doing it for over 13 years, and we're getting ready for our next stretch of grow