# Corporate Accounting Lead

**Company:** [Fluidstack](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fluidstack)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $188k – $254k/yr
**Skills:** US GAAP, NetSuite, Visuallease, Zip, Navan, Brex, Sox, Internal Controls, Sec Reporting, AI Automation, External Audit, CPA
**Posted:** 2026-09-09

> Leads global corporate accounting close activities, accounting policy, audit readiness, and scalable process automation while managing corporate and shared-services teams. Requires public or pre-IPO technology-company experience, Big Four and in-house accounting background, US GAAP expertise, and a CPA license.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own the global monthly and quarterly close for payroll and benefits, accounts payable, and operating expenses under US GAAP.
- Partner with FP&A, Revenue Operations, Financial Reporting, Tax, Treasury, IT, Sales Operations, and Global Workplace Services to close accurately and on time.
- Operate and maintain accounting systems, keeping payroll and expense data clean and audit-ready as transaction volume scales.
- Write and defend accounting memos for ambiguous transactions and reach defensible US GAAP conclusions.
- Lead and mentor the corporate accounting and offshore shared services teams.
- Build scalable accounting processes for headcount and transaction growth.
- Develop the automation and AI roadmap to reduce manual close work.
- Own SOX and internal-controls readiness for internal and external audits.

## Requirements
- Experience leading or being a senior driver of global monthly and quarterly close processes at a high-growth public or pre-IPO software or technology company.
- Experience across Big Four public accounting and in-house corporate accounting, including work within a broader Chief Accounting Officer organization.
- Experience writing accounting memos for ambiguous, judgment-heavy transactions and defending conclusions with external auditors.
- Experience operating a close that meets SOX and Big Four external-audit requirements.
- Experience using AI or automation to reduce manual accounting work.
- Experience managing executives and mentoring accounting teams, including offshore shared services teams.
- Hands-on experience with NetSuite, VisualLease, Zip, Navan, or Brex.
- SEC reporting exposure at a public company.
- CPA license.

## Compensation
- Annual salary range: $188,000–$254,000.

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