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Accounting Lead

New York City💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the month-end close and rebuild accounting operations to be automated, system-driven, and scalable for a high-growth AI startup.

Role type

Senior Accounting Lead / Manager (Automation & Process Design)

Builds

Automated, low-touch accounting close processes and scalable financial data flows

Domain

Fintech / AI / SaaS

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure

Required skills

Month-end close execution, General Ledger management, Reconciliations, Accruals, Financial reporting, ERP system architecture, Process automation, Data flow optimization, Root cause analysis, System design

Preferred skills

Big 4 or public accounting background, Experience in high-growth startups, Strong builder mindset, Comfort with ambiguity

Technologies

ERP systems, Accounting automation tools

Responsibilities

Own core areas of the month-end close (GL, reconciliations, accruals, reporting) while actively redesigning execution, Identify manual workflows and replace them with automated, system-driven processes, Build automation across accounting operations to reduce human intervention, Design and implement standardized workflows to eliminate inconsistency, Own and optimize financial systems structure and leverage, Rethink core structures (chart of accounts, mappings) to support scale from first principles

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic ownership

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