Accounting Lead

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing processes: preparation of financial statements, reconciliations, journal entries, and flux analysis.

• Establish our accounting framework from the ground up: create a chart of accounts, define close schedules, implement internal controls, and formulate accounting policies.

• Lead the annual audit process and ensure we remain audit-ready throughout the year.

• Handle tax compliance, payroll accounting, and entity-level regulatory submissions.

• Collaborate with the Finance, Legal, and People teams to ensure financial operations align with actual business activities.

• Identify and eliminate manual processes: automate where possible and document necessary procedures.

• Eventually recruit and supervise a small team of accountants while remaining actively involved in the work.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of progressive accounting experience, including significant tenure at a high-growth SaaS organization.

• Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP, including SaaS revenue recognition (ASC 606) and equity-based compensation; CPA designation is preferred.

• Proven experience managing a full-cycle close and overseeing external audits from start to finish.

• Comfort in building processes, controls, and policies from scratch without a predefined playbook.

• Experience in managing or mentoring accountants, or a clear readiness to take on such responsibilities.

• Proficient in ERP systems; experience in evaluating or implementing a new ERP system is a significant advantage.

• Detail-oriented with the ability to communicate financial insights to non-accountants effectively.

• Strong judgment on prioritizing tasks — this role requires sequencing initiatives, not just execution.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity compensation.

• Employee-friendly equity arrangements, including early exercise options in the US and extended exercise windows.

• Daily meal and coffee stipend provided on all workdays.

• Paid co-working space or desk allocation.

• Health coverage in accordance with country-specific requirements.

• Five weeks of paid vacation, in addition to local statutory holidays.

• Four months of paid parental leave.

• A paid month off after four years of service, and every two years thereafter.

• Regular team events and off-site gatherings.

• Remote-first work environment with no mandatory commute.