Accounting Lead

Overview

This role owns the end-to-end accounting function, including the monthly close, revenue recognition, client billing, and financial reporting. You will partner closely with account leadership, the People team, external auditors, and tax advisors, and help build processes to make the close faster and cleaner as the organization scales.

Responsibilities

Monthly close

• Run the full monthly close: bank and card reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, depreciation, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Book stock-based compensation, lease entries (ASC 842), and FX revaluation on foreign balances
• Own the close calendar, review journal entries, and continuously shorten the close cycle

Revenue and billing

• Own revenue recognition and the deferred revenue rollforward under ASC 606 for project-based client work
• Issue client invoices on contract schedules and conduct a monthly review with account leads to confirm billable amounts, milestones, and hours
• Resolve invoicing exceptions (milestone slips, change orders, holdbacks) and review new contracts for billing and revenue recognition treatment
• Manage AR and follow up on aged balances

Payroll, contractors, and compensation

• Run bi-weekly payroll across US and international entities plus external contractors, and record resulting journals
• Review and pay the monthly external contractor roster; onboard new contractors (W-9 and W-8BEN collection, payment setup, and records that feed year-end filing)
• Calculate and process quarterly sales commissions with GTM, including plan interpretation, split calls, and payment through payroll
• Calculate and process quarterly bonuses
• Own 401(k) administration: bi-weekly deferral funding, annual compliance testing, and Form 5500 with the plan provider

Accounts payable and spend

• Run weekly payment runs and ensure vendor spend flows cleanly into the ledger
• Review major vendor invoices for prepaid vs. expense treatment
• Administer the corporate card and expense platform: issue cards for new hires and review expense reimbursements against policy
• Manage corporate mail and registered-agent correspondence, escalating tax and legal notices

Equity administration

• Issue new-hire stock grants and prepare board consents
• Process terminations, share repurchases, and option exercises
• Track 83(b) elections and ISO/NSO status
• Run the annual 409A valuation process with the cap-table provider

Reporting, audit, and compliance

• Produce month-end financial statements and the monthly reporting package
• Manage the annual audit end to end: auditor relationship, PBC schedules, and the first-year opening balance sheet
• Issue annual 1099, W-2, and 1042-S forms, including foreign contractor reporting
• Own the annual tax return package and manage the relationship with the tax advisor
• Own the compliance calendar: quarterly federal and state estimated tax payments, Delaware franchise tax, state registrations, and secretary of state filings
• Maintain the chart of accounts and run periodic access reviews across finance systems

Requirements

• 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience; owned an end-to-end month-end close, ideally at a fast-growing company
• Hands-on ASC 606 experience with services or project-based revenue (time & materials, milestones, deferred revenue)
• Working knowledge of ASC 842 and stock-based compensation accounting
• Experience with multi-country payroll accounting and multi-currency balances
• Ran payroll end to end and are comfortable owning equity and benefits administration
• Fluency with modern cloud accounting/ERP systems (NetSuite or Sage Intacct tier) and spend-management tools
• Use AI tools in daily work and want to help shape a modern finance function
• Build process where there is none, document work as you go, and communicate clearly with non-finance partners

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or a public accounting foundation

Compensation & Benefits

• Profitability and growth are funded by the business itself (no additional compensation details provided in the source text).