Director of Accounting
Director of Accounting serving as Controller's right hand at fast-growing AI music company. Own monthly close, consolidations, technical accounting, first-year audit, and build scalable systems/controls with AI automation toward IPO readiness. Requires CPA, 8-10 years progressive experience including Big 4 and high-growth tech/SaaS.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close and consolidation process, driving toward a faster, cleaner, and well-documented cycle.
- Build and maintain the general ledger, chart of accounts, and accounting policies that scale with a high-growth, global business.
- Research and conclude on technical accounting and document positions in clear, audit-ready memos.
- Lead the company through its first-year financial statement audit and build toward the controls and rigor required for IPO readiness.
- Design the controls, systems, and AI-enabled automation that make accounting meaningfully more efficient, adopting new tools with measured judgment and the right guardrails.
- Lay the foundation for a best-in-class accounting team, across people, process, and systems.
Requirements
- 8-10 years of progressive accounting experience, including a mix of Big 4 public accounting and high-growth industry roles.
- CPA with deep technical US GAAP expertise.
- Proven ownership of the close and consolidation process, ideally across multiple entities or currencies.
- Experience leading external financial statement audits (first-year audit experience ideal).
- Experience in consumer tech, SaaS, or other high-volume revenue environments.
- Hands-on experience implementing accounting systems, automation, and internal controls, including a demonstrated, measured use of AI to unlock efficiency.
- Builder's mindset, comfortable doing the work yourself today while designing the processes and team to scale tomorrow.
Nice-to-Haves
- Familiarity with music royalties or content/IP-related accounting.
- IPO readiness, SOX, global/multi-entity, or M&A/integration experience.
- Demonstrated capability building AI-enabled accounting workflows.
Skills
US GAAP, CPA, Technical Accounting, Financial Statement Audit, Monthly Close, Consolidations, General Ledger, Internal Controls, Accounting Systems Implementation, AI Automation, Sox
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