# Accounting Engineer

**Company:** [Clay](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/clay)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $130k – $160k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** SQL, ERP, Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Stripe, CPQ, revenue platforms, Data Pipelines, financial data models, Dashboards, bi tooling
**Posted:** 2026-07-31

> Own Clay’s accounting operations, finance systems, and AI-driven automation, including the monthly close, reconciliations, ERP administration, and cross-functional finance infrastructure. The role requires 5+ years of accounting experience, SQL proficiency, and hands-on experience using AI tools to improve finance workflows.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities

### Accounting Operations
- Own the monthly close end-to-end, including journal entries, reconciliations, flux analysis, and reporting.
- Drive finance transformation and automation initiatives across the function.
- Support audit readiness as a key point of contact for external auditors, including exploring real-time audit tooling using AI.

### Finance Systems
- Own the ERP and connected finance systems, including payroll, expense, equity, and billing platforms.
- Manage integrations, data pipelines, and ongoing implementation efforts.
- Evaluate and onboard new finance tooling.
- Maintain system documentation and segregation-of-duties controls as the stack scales.

### Automation and AI
- Build AI-powered workflows using tools such as Claude and Cursor to automate reconciliations, variance analysis, and close tasks.
- Write SQL to extract and validate data across systems.
- Eliminate repetitive accounting work and build dashboards for real-time financial visibility, with the goal of shortening the close each quarter.

### Cross-Functional Special Projects
- Partner with GTM, Product, and Operations on finance-adjacent projects.
- Support FP&A with data infrastructure and modeling.
- Act as the accounting team's connector to the broader organization and help shape how the function grows.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of accounting experience, including a mix of public accounting and high-growth startup exposure.
- Hands-on operational accounting experience owning a close, managing reconciliations, and working with messy real-world data.
- Experience implementing or administering a finance system or ERP.
- Proficiency in SQL, including querying large datasets, writing joins, and independently debugging data issues.
- Demonstrated use of AI tools such as Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, or similar to improve accounting or finance work.

## Nice-to-Haves
- CPA license or active pursuit of a CPA license.
- Familiarity with billing and revenue platforms, including Stripe, CPQ, and metering platforms, and their accounting integrations.
- Experience building or contributing to financial data models, dashboards, or BI tooling.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Base salary: $130,000–$160,000.
- Employees can work with world-class coaches specializing in creativity, management, and more.

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