Senior Accountant, Franchise Accounting & AI

Exponent; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 95 000 - 125 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Exponent is seeking a Senior Accountant to join our AI-powered accounting platform, the first accountant working alongside our Accountant AI/ML. You will close books prepared by the system, review outputs, and train models through your corrections.

The role blends hands-on accounting with building best practices for franchise accounting and a path toward leading the accounting team. Ideal candidates have 4+ years in franchisee accounting for multi-unit restaurants or retail, with full close

Qualifications

• 4+ years of franchisee accounting for multi-unit restaurant or retail businesses

Responsabilités

• Train AI-powered accounting models by reviewing and correcting system outputs
• Own the close process end-to-end and ensure GAAP-compliant results
• Collaborate on integrating operator POS, banking, payroll, and processor data for automated close
• Mentor and potentially lead growth of the accounting function as the company scales

Description du poste

About Exponent

Company Description

Exponent is the fastest-growing financial technology platform built exclusively for franchise and

multi-location brand operators. We offer three integrated products — industry-leading financing

programs including a charge card, acquisition and build-out loans, and an AI-powered

Accountant — giving operators a single platform to manage spend, access growth capital, and

automate their financial operations. We have secured significant equity and credit capital and

are backed by leading institutional investors and family offices who operate large franchise

Role Description

The Senior Accountant is the first accountant working alongside our AI-powered Accountant.

You will be the first accountant at Exponent and our AI/ML will learn from how you close books

(that are prepared for you) from our product’s ingestion of an operator's POS, banking, payroll,

and processor data, classifies and reconciles it, and automates the close.

You review what the system produces, you correct it, and your corrections train the models.

Your role’s unique opportunity is to train the models and company on best practices in franchise

accounting, and help grow our business as a leader - not just an accountant. This is an

individual contributor seat today, with a defined path to leading the accounting team as the

Requirements

4+ years of franchisee accounting for multi-unit restaurant or retail businesses, in-house

at an operator, at a firm serving them, or at a bookkeeping provider.

You have owned a full close start to finish, period after period, in QuickBooks Online,

Restaurant365, Sage Intacct, or similar.

POS-to-deposit fluency: comps, discounts, third-party delivery holdbacks, processor

fees, tips, chargebacks, and timing.

Multi-entity accounting on accrual books that hold up to GAAP: consolidations,

intercompany, and holding-company-to-store-LLC structures. Payroll journal entries and

reconciliation to the provider.

Preferred qualifications

Proximity to NYC or willingness to relocate to NYC.

Active CPA license.

Experience training or supervising other accountants.