Senior Accountant - Remote-Friendly, Multi-Entity AI FinOps

Cohere; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 137,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch stipend

Health and dental benefits

RRSP matching / 401K / Pension scheme

Parental leave top-up

Education stipend and conferences

Vacation (6 weeks)

Job summary

Cohere is seeking a senior accounting professional to lead journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and consolidation work. You will own intercompany transactions, close processes, and financial reporting across a multi-entity setup.

You will collaborate with technology teams to automate workflows, implement strong internal controls, and ensure GAAP compliance in a fast-growing tech environment.

Qualifications

• Have 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with prior leadership in fast-paced environments.
• Hands-on experience with month-end close, GL accounting, and account reconciliations, using close management tools such as Numeric.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP, with experience preparing financial statements and supporting ad-hoc financial reporting requests.
• Experience with multi-entity accounting, including intercompany reconciliation, eliminations, and foreign currency.
• Experience with leveraging AI tools to build and improve workflows to achieve operational efficiency and accuracy.
• Demonstrate excellence in problem-solving and process improvement methodologies.
• Show proficiency with financial systems (Netsuite preferred, but not required).
• Exhibit strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments.
• Thrive in high-growth, dynamic environments with evolving priorities.
• Have experience building scalable accounting processes in technology companies.

Responsibilities

• Own assigned areas, including journal entries and complex balance sheet reconciliations, together with internal controls.
• Prepare the consolidated financial statements, including the statement of cash flows, and support management reporting requirements.
• Analyze fluctuations and variances and explain drivers and methodology to accounting leaders and finance partners.
• Maintain the chart of accounts, supporting account mapping, entity setup, and system changes.
• Record and reconcile intercompany transactions, including recharges, loans, and cost allocations.
• Run monthly intercompany matching and settlement, and resolve differences with counterparties across entities.
• Support eliminations in consolidation, and foreign currency remeasurement and translation, ensuring NetSuite processes operate correctly.
• Serve as the operational lead for close activities in Numeric, NetSuite, and related systems, maintain the close calendar and checklist, and flag risks or delays to the accounting leaders early.
• Partner with technology and systems teams to identify, pilot, and deploy automation and AI-enabled solutions across reconciliations, recurring analyses, exception triage, flux commentary, and evidence gathering.
• Implement and maintain robust accounting policies, procedures, systems, and internal controls.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure financial accuracy and support business growth.
• Leverage technology solutions to enhance accounting efficiency and accuracy.

Skills

US GAAP

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

AI/Automation mindset

Tools

NetSuite

Numeric

Job description

Cohere is seeking a senior accounting professional to lead journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and consolidation work. You will own intercompany transactions, close processes, and financial reporting across a multi-entity setup.

You will collaborate with technology teams to automate workflows, implement strong internal controls, and ensure GAAP compliance in a fast-growing tech environment.