Manager/Sr. Manager of Accounting

What you’ll own

Day-to-Day Operations

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process
• Prepare and review accruals, account reconciliations, and flux analysis
• Manage AP, vendor contracts, expense reimbursements, and treasury
• Coordinate external tax advisors for federal and state filings

Billing & Revenue (Your Biggest Priority)

• Own and improve our billing process end-to-end — usage-based, automation is a key unlock
• Drive ASC 606 revenue recognition for a consumption model
• Reduce manual touchpoints; build something that scales

Upleveling the Accounting Organization

• Lead the evaluation and implementation of our next ERP (Campfire, Rillet, or NetSuite)
• Build a chart of accounts that supports department-level P&L reporting across R&D, S&M, and G&A
• Develop our procurement process from the ground up
• Hire out our accounting function
• Prepare us for our first external audit

Where we are at today

• ERP: Quickbooks
• Billing: Quickbooks (exploring Metronome/Orb)
• Banking, AP, and Expense Management: Ramp, Brex
• T&E: Navan
• Payroll and HRIS: Rippling
• AI: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini
• Two entities (US and India) with an outside firm managing India; US based firm for current US bookkeeping

Who You Are

Your Career Background

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience including 3+ years in Big 4 and 2+ years in private tech
• CPA strongly preferred (inactive is fine)
• Deep command of US GAAP and ASC 606
• You've owned usage-based billing before
• You've led or been a key player in an ERP implementation
• You've prepped a company for its first external audit
• You've used AI tooling to automate accounting workflows

Mindset

• In-office daily in Dogpatch SF — non-negotiable
• Builder mentality: you get energy from creating systems
• AI-first: intentionally lean on headcount and heavy on tooling
• Calm under pressure
• Low ego, high ownership
• Strong communicator: direct, willing to push back, equally willing to compromise

What the first 90 days look like

• First 30 Days — Learn & Assess: Absorb our current processes, understand the business model, and build relationships with our strategic partners and external advisors.
• Days 31–60 — Stabilize: Lead your first close. Deliver a clear-eyed assessment of our accounting partners and a recommendation on ERP and billing systems.
• Days 61–90 — Build: Open your first job req. Begin the ERP evaluation in earnest. Leadership has cleaner data, tighter close cycles, and more confidence in the numbers.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive base + meaningful equity
• Catered lunch daily
• Dinner stipend
• $500/month wellness & commuter benefit (gym, fitness classes, mental health)
• 401(k) plan
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage