# Senior Accountant

**Company:** [Lightning AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/lightning-ai)
**Location:** New York, NY, San Francisco, CA, Seattle, WA
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $140k – $190k/yr
**Experience:** 4+ years
**Skills:** accounts payable, procure-to-pay, 3-way matching, accrual accounting, Month-End Close, NetSuite, ramp, bill, coupa, asc 842, fixed asset accounting, 1099 reporting, ERP Systems
**Posted:** 2026-07-30

> Own full-cycle accounts payable, procure-to-pay operations, capital expenditure tracking, accruals, and compliance for infrastructure spend at a high-growth AI company. Requires 4+ years AP/P2P experience, bachelor's in accounting/finance, and strong controls mindset in a capital-intensive environment.

## Job Description

## Procure-to-Pay Operations
- Own full-cycle accounts payable: invoice intake, coding, approval routing, 2- and 3-way match against purchase orders and receiving documentation, and payment execution
- Manage the exception and payment-hold queue as the primary point of resolution, working root causes rather than clearing symptoms
- Execute payment runs across ACH, wire, and card, with disciplined controls around tiered approval thresholds, wire release, vendor bank detail changes, and payment fraud prevention
- Own vendor master data integrity, including onboarding, W-9 and W-8 collection, and periodic review

## Capital Expenditure and Infrastructure Spend
- Partner with Infrastructure and Procurement on hardware and data center spend such as deposits and progress payments, shipment and receipt timing, and the documentation needed to establish in-service dates
- Ensure capital versus expense classification is applied consistently at the point of coding, and flag items requiring technical accounting review
- Track construction-in-progress activity and support the roll-forward of capitalized costs
- Flag colocation, hosting, and equipment agreements that may contain embedded leases for accounting review under ASC 842

## Close and Accruals
- Prepare the accrual for received-not-invoiced goods and services with focus on completeness, such as variable and high-value infrastructure costs including power, bandwidth, colocation etc. where invoices arrive after close
- Reconcile AP subledger to the general ledger, along with accrued liabilities, prepaid expenses, and corporate card clearing accounts
- Prepare audit-ready support and respond to auditor requests on payables, accruals, and search for unrecorded liabilities

## Compliance and Controls
- Administer reimbursement and corporate card programs on Ramp, including receipt and policy compliance review
- Manage annual 1099 and applicable information reporting
- Support use tax and property tax accrual through accurate coding of equipment purchases across our operating states
- Document AP policies, procedures, and controls, with segregation of duties designed for a company preparing for future public-company requirements

## Requirements
- 4+ years of accounting experience with substantial ownership of the AP or procure-to-pay cycle
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Experience with purchase orders, 3-way matching, and receiving discipline in an environment with meaningful physical goods or capital spend
- Solid understanding of accrual accounting and month-end close, including the judgment required to build a complete accrual with imperfect information
- High-volume, high-dollar payment experience with a control mindset
- Comfort operating without an established process and building documentation as you go

## Preferred
- CPA or CPA candidate
- Data center, infrastructure, hardware, manufacturing, or construction industry background
- Working knowledge of fixed asset accounting and capitalization policy
- NetSuite or comparable ERP; experience with AP automation and spend platforms such as Ramp, Bill, or Coupa
- Exposure to vendor financing or equipment purchase structures

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