Lead, Corporate Technical Accounting and Strategic Transactions

OpenAI
San Francisco
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 216,000 - 240,000 annuallyFunction: Finance & AccountingEducation: certificationSkills: ["Technical judgment","Stakeholder management","Strategic advising","Leadership","Clear communication"]

Lead complex technical accounting matters and strategic transactions, partnering with Finance and business leaders to drive audit-ready U.S. GAAP conclusions. Own areas spanning M&A, financing, investments, equity instruments, leases, consolidation, impairment, and stock-based compensation, translating decisions into close entries, disclosures, controls, and memoranda. Anticipate accounting standard changes and strengthen external-reporting processes alongside auditors and cross-functional stakeholders.

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Job Summary

Lead complex technical accounting matters and strategic transactions, partnering with Finance and business leaders to drive audit-ready U.S. GAAP conclusions. Own areas spanning M&A, financing, investments, equity instruments, leases, consolidation, impairment, and stock-based compensation, translating decisions into close entries, disclosures, controls, and memoranda. Anticipate accounting standard changes and strengthen external-reporting processes alongside auditors and cross-functional stakeholders.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Finance & Accounting
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • ā€¢Oversee resolution of complex technical corporate accounting matters across the monthly and quarterly close, ensuring journal entries, reconciliations, disclosures, ownership, and controls reflect conclusions.
  • ā€¢Own technical accounting for complex financing, investment, and equity-related arrangements, including classification, measurement, presentation, and disclosure.
  • ā€¢Assess consequential corporate accounting matters across leases, commitments, contingencies, guarantees, accruals, prepaid expenses, property and equipment, internal-use software, capitalization, and vendor or partnership arrangements.
  • ā€¢Serve as senior advisor on strategic investments, acquisitions, joint ventures, and partnerships, applying business-combination, equity-method, VIE, consolidation, noncontrolling-interest, and purchase-accounting guidance as facts require.
  • ā€¢Translate defensible accounting conclusions into journal entries, close procedures, and repeatable control activities; anticipate emerging accounting standards and drive audit-ready implementation and reporting-process improvements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 216,000 - 240,000 annually
Perks:Equity

Key Requirements

  • ā€¢Hold a CPA, CA, or equivalent accounting qualification, or bring comparable technical accounting expertise.
  • ā€¢Bring 10+ years of progressive experience in technical accounting, accounting advisory, public accounting, corporate controllership, or complex financial reporting.
  • ā€¢Demonstrate broad U.S. GAAP expertise across corporate accounting, leases, financial instruments, share-based compensation, consolidation, impairment, and financial statement presentation.
  • ā€¢Apply relevant U.S. GAAP guidance across specified ASC areas (e.g., ASC 205/230/250/260 and ASC 350/360, among others) as the facts require.
  • ā€¢Have led and defended significant accounting positions and developed or reviewed audit-ready technical memoranda with external auditors.
Experience:Technical accountingAccounting advisoryPublic accountingCorporate controllership
Education:Certification / Diploma
Skills:Technical judgmentStakeholder managementStrategic advisingLeadershipClear communication
Certifications:CPACA
Tech Stack:ASC 205ASC 230ASC 250ASC 260ASC 320ASC 321ASC 323ASC 326ASC 350ASC 350-40ASC 360ASC 450ASC 460ASC 470ASC 480ASC 718ASC 805ASC 810ASC 815ASC 820

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALLĀ·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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