Accounting Manager

General Counsel AI, Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental & Vision

Life & Disability Insurance

Retirement Plan

Parental Leave

Continuous Development

In-Office Meals

PTO & PTO Accrual

Company Holidays

Home Office Setup

Cell Phone Reimbursement

Relocation Support

Job summary

GC AI is seeking a senior accounting leader to own financial operations and scale our in‑house function. You will partner with an outsourced firm to manage monthly close, ensure GAAP compliance, and help build internal processes as we grow.

Ideal candidate has SaaS experience and deep technical accounting knowledge, reporting to company leadership. You will oversee receivables, payables, revenue accounting, and interactions with auditors, contributing to forecasting and strategic financial

Qualifications

• CPA certification or significant progress toward CPA.
• Five to eight years or more of hands-on accounting experience.
• SaaS industry experience is required; AI/high-growth tech is a plus.
• Big Four public accounting background is a strong plus.
• Strong GAAP knowledge, month-end processes, and revenue recognition.
• Experience with AR, collections, and external audits.
• Proficiency with major accounting and collaboration tools.

Responsibilities

• Manage relationship with outsourced accounting team and monthly close.
• Oversee reconciliations, journal entries, revenue schedules, and variance analyses.
• Maintain a high quality general ledger and GAAP compliance.
• Oversee accounts receivable, invoicing, collections, and cash application.
• Support forecasting, aging analyses, and leadership with reporting.
• Assist audits and prepare required documentation.
• Oversee accounts payable, expenses, and vendor onboarding.
• Manage SaaS revenue accounting, ASC 606 considerations.
• Assist in transitioning accounting functions in-house as the company grows.
• Collaborate with Operations, Sales, and Customer Success for data flow.
• Build scalable accounting processes and internal controls.

Skills

CPA Progress

SaaS Accounting

GAAP Expertise

AR Collections

Audits

External Auditors

Communication Skills

Ownership & Initiative

Education

CPA Certification Progress

Tools

QuickBooks Online

Ramp

Stripe

Carta

HubSpot

Google Workspace

Microsoft Office

Job description

GC AI is the legal intelligence platform built for in-house legal teams and companies. Your decisions shape the product, your impact is immediate, and you own your work from day one.

More than 2,100 companies run their legal work on GC AI, including 300+ public companies, 75+ unicorns, and teams at Nestlé, Hitachi Digital, Lockheed Martin, Miro, Bass Pro Shops, Riot Games, SKIMS, Liquid Death, Vercel, TIME, and Post Holdings. The platform holds an 80 NPS, more than double the B2B SaaS industry average, reinforcing GC AI as the leading legal AI platform for companies of all sizes.

GC AI has doubled ARR in six months. We won #1 Highest Customer Satisfaction at the 2026 SaaS Awards. Our investors include Scale Venture Partners, Northzone, Sound Ventures, and Guillermo Rauch, CEO of Vercel.

You’ll define how things get built, not follow someone else’s playbook. Six principles guide how the team works:

• 1% Better Every Day: small, compounding improvements across everything you ship.

• Customer Obsession: start with the customer and work backward.

• Ship Today: bias toward action and iteration over perfection.

• Find a Way: resourcefulness and ambition over constraint.

• Care: be direct, like an honest friend, even when it’s uncomfortable.

• Own It: full accountability, proactive communication, and attention to detail.

About the Role

This is a high impact role for someone who wants to take ownership, shape financial operations, and grow with the company. You will work closely with our outsourced accounting firm to manage the monthly close and ensure accuracy across all accounting workflows. As we scale, you will help build the internal accounting function and bring processes in house.

This role is ideal for someone with strong SaaS experience, solid technical accounting knowledge, and a desire to help create structure in a fast paced startup. You will report directly to company leadership and be a trusted partner in supporting financial clarity and operational excellence.

What You’ll Do

• Manage the relationship with our outsourced accounting team.

• Oversee and review monthly close deliverables including reconciliations, journal entries, revenue schedules, and variance analyses.

• Maintain a high quality general ledger and ensure compliance with GAAP.

• Oversee accounts receivable including invoicing, collections, cash application, and follow up with customers as needed.

• Maintain accurate reporting of receivables and support leadership with forecasting and aging analysis.

• Support audit processes and prepare required documentation.

• Oversee accounts payable, expense management, and vendor onboarding workflows.

• Manage SaaS revenue accounting including subscription billing, usage elements when applicable, and ASC 606 considerations.

• Maintain accuracy in all accounting systems and support the transition of accounting functions in house as the company grows.

• Partner with Operations, Sales, and Customer Success to ensure accurate data flow for billing, revenue, and customer activity.

• Build scalable accounting processes and internal controls that support growth.

What We’re Looking for:

• CPA certification or significant progress toward CPA.

• Five to eight years or more of hands-on accounting experience.

• SaaS industry experience is required. AI or other high-growth tech experience is a plus.

• Big Four public accounting background is a strong plus.

• Strong understanding of GAAP, month end processes, and revenue recognition.

• Experience managing accounts receivable and collections.

• Experience working directly with external accounting firms or auditors.

• Advanced proficiency with QuickBooks Online, Ramp, Stripe, Carta, Hubspot, and both Google Workspace and Microsoft Office tools.

• Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment with shifting priorities and limited structure.

• Strong communication skills, high ownership, and a proactive approach to solving problems.

• Desire to grow your career and be a key member helping shape the internal accounting organization.

This role is based in one of our hub cities. For most of our team, being in a hub is how the distributed model works: it's where we concentrate in-person collaboration, community, and the investment we make in people over time. We strongly prefer candidates already in a GC AI hub metro, and expect regular in-person time — coworking, team meals, and quarterly offsites — plus up to 10% travel.

A Note On Pace

We’re building something new in a once-in-a-generation shift in technology and the legal industry, so we move at a relentless pace. We expect urgency, ownership, and good judgment even when things aren’t perfectly clear. If you need structure and consensus to do your best work, this isn’t the right place for you. If you thrive in ambiguity and growth, work with intensity, and want real responsibility, keep reading. We’re excited to meet you.

How We Work Together

GC AI is a distributed company with team members across North America, and soon Europe. We believe that because our business is AI, human connection matters more, not less. We invest in bringing people together through our hub model: regular coworking sessions, customer dinners, team and company offsites. If you’re in a location without an office, expect up to 10% travel (and more for customer‑facing roles).

Team members in the San Francisco Bay Area and Provo, UT (within 50 miles of the office) work together on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. As we grow, we plan to establish permanent offices in more hub cities, and we will look to our team members to help build that in-person culture. We currently hire across the United States and Canada.

Perks & Benefits

We proudly offer the following benefits for our full‑time employees:

Medical, Dental & Vision — Comprehensive coverage for you and your family
Life & Disability Insurance — Added protection when you need it most
Retirement Plan — Plan and save for your future
Parental Leave — Time to focus on what matters most
Continuous Development — Up to $3,000/year for job-related learning & development
In-Office Meals — DoorDash credits for breakfast, lunch & dinner
Paid Time Off — 15 PTO days + 5 sick days, with opportunities to accrue more
Company Holidays — 15 company holidays + 3 additional "Me Days"
Home Office Setup — $500 for new hires to build out their workspace
Cell Phone Reimbursement — $50/month toward your phone bill
Relocation Support — Assistance to help make your move easier

Equal Opportunity Employment

GC AI is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class. GC AI is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation for  applicants with physical and mental disabilities. #LI-GCAI