Accounting Lead

Granola; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Relocation assistance

Competitive compensation package

Job summary

Granola is seeking a hands-on Accounting Lead, the first in-house hire, to own month-end close, technical accounting, audits, tax, and financial systems in San Francisco. You will shape how accounting operates as the company grows.

You’ll manage external accounting partners and implement scalable processes, leveraging automation and ERP plans to support rapid expansion. This role collaborates with Sales, Revenue Ops, Legal, and Finance to scale the business effectively.

Qualifications

• 8–12 years accounting experience in a high-growth tech company with increasing ownership of the function.
• Deep expertise in US GAAP, technical accounting, and SaaS revenue recognition.
• Experience supporting multi-entity businesses and international operations.
• Familiarity with transfer pricing, intercompany accounting, and international tax.
• Strong understanding of billing systems and revenue operations.
• Strong operational instincts and a track record of improving business processes beyond the accounting function.
• Experience partnering closely with commercial organizations such as Sales, Revenue Operations, or Customer Success.
• A builder mindset and excitement to stay close to the details is a must.

Responsibilities

• Month-end close and financial reporting.
• US GAAP compliance and technical accounting.
• Audit, tax, and statutory compliance.
• Multi-entity accounting and transfer pricing.
• Management of external accounting, tax, and audit partners.
• Accounting systems and future ERP implementations.
• Quote-to-cash process improvements with Sales and Revenue Operations.
• Billing and payments operations, including ownership of accounting workflows connected to Stripe.
• Building the accounting function as Granola scales.

Skills

US GAAP expertise

Technical accounting

SaaS revenue recognition

Multi-entity accounting

Billing systems knowledge

SQL

Tools

ERP systems

SQL

Job description

About Us

We're Team Granola

Granola is an AI-powered notepad for people in back-to-back meetings. What started as a better way to take notes has become a shared workspace that helps teams capture, organize, and act on what matters.

We're building a product people genuinely love and are fortunate to work with many of the world's most ambitious companies. As we continue to grow, we're looking for an Accounting Lead to help build the financial infrastructure that supports the next stage of the company.

About the Role

We're looking for a builder to own and lead the accounting function at Granola.

You’ll be our first in-house accounting hire, responsible for everything from month-end close and technical accounting to audits, tax, compliance, and financial systems. You’ll manage our external accounting partners while building the processes and infrastructure needed to support a rapidly growing business.

This role is intentionally hands‑on. We're looking for someone who enjoys building systems, improving processes, and staying close to the work. You’ll have the opportunity to shape how accounting operates at Granola from the ground up, using thoughtful process design, technology, and automation to build a finance function that scales efficiently.

You’ll work closely with Sales, Revenue Operations, Legal, and Finance, helping ensure our commercial processes scale alongside the company. Success in this role will come from combining deep accounting expertise with strong business judgment and an instinct for building scalable systems.

What You’ll Own

• Month-end close and financial reporting
• US GAAP compliance and technical accounting
• Audit, tax, and statutory compliance
• Multi-entity accounting and transfer pricing
• Management of external accounting, tax, and audit partners
• Accounting systems and future ERP implementations
• Quote-to-cash process improvements with Sales and Revenue Operations
• Billing and payments operations, including ownership of accounting workflows connected to Stripe
• Building the accounting function as Granola scales

What We're Looking For

• 8–12 years of accounting experience in a high-growth technology company, with increasing ownership of the accounting function.
• Deep expertise in US GAAP, technical accounting, and SaaS revenue recognition.
• Experience supporting multi-entity businesses and international operations.
• Familiarity with transfer pricing, intercompany accounting, and international tax.
• Strong understanding of billing systems and revenue operations.
• Strong operational instincts and a track record of improving business processes beyond the accounting function.
• Experience partnering closely with commercial organizations such as Sales, Revenue Operations, or Customer Success.
• A builder mindset and excitement to stay close to the details is a must.

Nice to Have

• Experience scaling a company through periods of rapid growth.
• Led or played a key role in an accounting ERP migration.
• Comfortable working directly with data and able to use SQL to investigate issues, validate assumptions, and answer business questions.

About the Opportunity

We are living in the most exciting time for tool builders since Engelbart's demo in 1968 and we want to assemble the best crew to build this future together, in London and SF.

Our compensation philosophy is to hire the best people in the market and pay them accordingly with salary, variable, and equity.

Compensation:

$200k – $240k + equity and benefits!

Our compensation philosophy is to hire the best people in the market and pay them accordingly with salary, variable, and equity.

Location

We are excited to work in‑person from our office in San Francisco (most of the time). We are happy to offer relocation assistance to candidates who’ll be moving to SF to join us.

Lastly, we think amazing talent comes from all kinds of life journeys and experiences. If what is written above speaks to you, whether you look like a fit on paper or not, please reach out.