Accounting Consultant (Founding Team) - New York

Hyphenate; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyphenate is hiring an Accounting Solutions Consultant to sit at the intersection of accounting operations, customer workflow discovery, and solution implementation.

This hybrid role involves deep pre-sale discovery of a company’s current accounting processes and translating our AI-driven agents into production-ready automation. You will map close routines, define data access needs, and ensure the bridge between what it takes to close the books and how automation can support it.

Qualifications

• 7–10+ years of accounting experience across public and private.
• Speak fluently to both accounting detail and supporting technology.
• Hands-on with multiple ERP systems incl NetSuite, Sage Intacct, Dynamics 365, Oracle Fusion.
• Experience with close management tools like FloQast or BlackLine.
• Strong Excel skills with large datasets and pivots.

Responsibilities

• Lead pre-sale discovery of end-to-end GL and sub-ledger workflows.
• Translate accounting workflows into automated Hyphenate solutions.
• Configure Hyphenate to align with ERP structures and close controls.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to influence roadmaps.

Skills

Accounting Experience

Public/Private

Technical Advisory

Excel Pro

Audit Controls

Education

CPA or equivalent

Tools

NetSuite

Sage Intacct

Dynamics 365

Oracle Fusion

FloQast

BlackLine

Job description

About Hyphenate

At Hyphenate, we’re building AI agents purpose-built for accounting teams at high-growth and enterprise companies. We automate and orchestrate high-effort accounting & financial reporting – helping teams get work done 10x faster with fewer manual excel juggling and audit-ready accuracy.

Under the hood, Hyphenate layers verifiable, AI sub-ledgers on top of existing ERPs to deliver reliable automation without requiring system migration.

We’ve raised one of the largest seed rounds in the accounting category from tier-1 VCs and experienced CFOs and Controllers who believe accounting automation must be accurate, audit-ready, and built by people who understand real close environments.

Hyphenate is built by accountants and engineers working together – not generic, black-box automation.

About the Role

Hyphenate is hiring an Accounting Solutions Consultant to sit at the intersection of accounting operations, customer workflow discovery, and solution implementation.

This is a hybrid role by design. You will be deeply involved in pre-sale discovery of a company’s current accounting processes, and you will also help translate our AI agents into a production-ready solution. At our stage, the same person must understand both what it actually takes to close the books correctly & how to map and explain AI-driven automation to real accounting workflows – and this role owns that bridge.

This role is built for someone who has lived in the customer facing roles in Public Accounting/Technical Advisory as well as faced month end close challenges in Private Accounting.

What You’ll Do

1. Pre-Sale Accounting Discovery

• Partner with Account Executives to understand customers’ end-to-end GL and sub-ledger workflows, not just surface-level processes

• Lead accounting-focused discovery sessions with Controllers, Accounting Managers, and Finance leaders

• Evaluate ERP configurations, close processes, and accounting policies to determine:

  • What workflows can be automated cleanly

  • What requires configuration or sequencing

  • What should be explicitly out of scope

• Define the minimum set of data access or accounting artifacts (e.g., NetSuite access, reconciliations, schedules) required to confidently scope functionality and pricing

• Help shape solution design and pricing by balancing accounting accuracy, controls, and delivery feasibility

1. Solution Design & Customer Implementation

• Translate real-world accounting workflows into practical, automated solutions using Hyphenate

• Configure Hyphenate to align with customer accounting policies, ERP structures, and close controls

• Support pilots and early implementations with a strong focus on:

  • Accuracy

  • Reconciliation integrity

  • Audit readiness

• Partner with Engineering and Accounting team to clarify accounting logic, edge cases, and expected outputs

• Ensure what was established in pre-sale discovery is delivered correctly in production

1. Product & Internal Impact

• Act as the accounting authority internally, collaborating with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap decisions

• Surface recurring accounting patterns, edge cases, and constraints observed across customers

• Help define discovery, scoping, and implementation playbooks as Hyphenate scales

What We’re Looking For

The Ideal Background

• 7–10+ years of accounting experience (either of Public + Private Accounting, Technical advisory + Private Accounting or Private Accounting + Solutions)

• You can speak fluently to both the accounting detail and the technology that supports it

Technical & Domain Skills

• Hands-on experience with multiple enterprise ERP systems, ideally at least a couple of:

  • NetSuite

  • Sage Intacct

  • Microsoft Dynamics 365

  • Oracle Fusion

• Experience working with close management tools such as FloQast or BlackLine

• Practical exposure to sub-ledgers such as

  • Revenue recognition (ASC 606)

  • Fixed assets

  • Prepaids / amortization

  • Accruals & more

• Strong understanding of accounting controls and audit considerations

• Advanced Excel skills (large datasets, reconciliations, pivots, complex formulas)

Working Style

• Comfortable leading discovery and demo sessions with Controllers, Accounting Managers, and Finance leaders

• Able to make clear judgment calls when working with incomplete or messy data

• Enjoy working at the intersection of accounting and technology, and thrive in early-stage environments

Nice to Haves

• Big-4 experience

• CPA or equivalent certification

• Experience scoping or delivering accounting automation projects

Why Hyphenate

• Join a founding team building the next generation of accounting agentic automation

• Apply deep accounting experience to shape how AI is used in real finance teams

• Work closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering – your judgment directly impacts deals and delivery

• Compensation is top-decile: competitive base salary, meaningful equity, and performance-based bonus

• As Hyphenate scales, this role can grow into a senior leadership position across Solutions, Delivery, or Product – depending on your strengths and interests.

What This Role Is Not

• Not a traditional accounting manager position

This is a judgment-heavy accounting role for someone who wants to influence how accounting automation is scoped and delivered – without compromising accuracy or auditability.