Senior Director, Accounting

Deepgram; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 280,000 - 460,000; Full time

Job summary

Deepgram is seeking a Senior Director of Accounting to lead the operational accounting function as the company scales toward IPO. You will manage monthly close, GL integrity, and sub-ledgers, while driving the ERP migration and implementing scalable financial systems.

You’ll partner with the CAO, build a lean but capable team, and establish SOX controls and Year-1 audit readiness as the function matures in a high-growth, AI-driven environment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of accounting experience in high-growth companies
• Experience leading first audits for pre-IPO or public companies
• Direct ERP migration experience end-to-end
• Track record designing operational accounting functions
• Operational fluency in ASC 718, 606, 842
• Experience standing up SOX from scratch
• Demonstrable AI-native practices in accounting
• Experience managing managers and developing leaders
• CPA preferred, not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the operational accounting function (close, GL, sub-ledgers)
• Oversee ERP migration from selection to implementation
• Build and mentor the accounting team, hire leaders
• Integrate technical accounting with ASC guidance in the system
• Deliver Year-1 audit readiness and PBC delivery
• Design and implement SOX controls ahead of IPO
• Drive AI-native transformation of the accounting function
• Scale the function with broader leadership responsibilities

Skills

Leadership

ERP systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Audit readiness

SOX

ASC 718/606/842/340/805

AI-native accounting

People management

Education

CPA

Tools

NetSuite

Everest ERP

Job description

Company Overview

Deepgram is the leading platform underpinning the emerging trillion-dollar Voice AI economy, providing real-time APIs for speech-to-text (STT), text-to-speech (TTS), and building production-grade voice agents at scale. More than 200,000 developers and 1,300+ organizations build voice offerings that are ‘Powered by Deepgram’, including Twilio, Cloudflare, Sierra, Decagon, Vapi, Daily, Cresta, Granola, and Jack in the Box. Deepgram’s voice-native foundation models are accessed through cloud APIs or as self-hosted and on-premises software, with unmatched accuracy, low latency, and cost efficiency. Backed by a recent Series C led by leading global investors and strategic partners, Deepgram has processed over 50,000 years of audio and transcribed more than 1 trillion words. There is no organization in the world that understands voice better than Deepgram.

Company Operating Rhythm

At Deepgram, we expect an AI-first mindset—AI use and comfort aren’t optional, they’re core to how we operate, innovate, and measure performance.

Every team member who works at Deepgram is expected to actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools, and even build your own into your everyday work. We measure how effectively AI is applied to deliver results, and consistent, creative use of the latest AI capabilities is key to success here. Candidates should be comfortable adopting new models and modes quickly, integrating AI into their workflows, and continuously pushing the boundaries of what these technologies can do.

Additionally, we move at the pace of AI. Change is rapid, and you can expect your day-to-day work to evolve just as quickly. This may not be the right role if you’re not excited to experiment, adapt, think on your feet, and learn constantly, or if you’re seeking something highly prescriptive with a traditional 9-to-5.

The Opportunity

We're hiring our Senior Director of Accounting to lead the operational accounting function as Deepgram scales toward IPO. Reporting to — and working alongside — the Chief Accounting Officer, you'll lead the team that runs the monthly close, the general ledger, every sub-ledger (AP, AR, payroll), and the accounting systems — including the migration off Xero onto the platform we select for the next phase.

This is a senior leadership seat in a function being built in real time. We've never been audited. We're on a small-business ERP. The team is intentionally lean. The 18 months ahead require an accounting leader who has stood up the operational accounting function at first-audit, pre-IPO companies before — not someone who has only stewarded one.

You’ll work in close partnership with an operationally engaged CAO. The CAO owns audit firm selection, the partner-level audit relationship, and treasury, and remains hands-on across close, ERP, and technical accounting partnership. You'll lead the team, lead the system, own delivery — and as the function matures, scale into broader scope.

What you’ll do

• Lead the operational accounting function. Monthly and quarterly close, GL integrity, sub-ledger architecture, and the systems that run them. Design the function for first-audit and the year that follows.

• Lead the ERP migration. Partner with the CAO on platform selection (NetSuite, Rillet, Everest, and others under evaluation), then lead implementation end-to-end.

• Lead the team. Operational accounting — close/GL, AP, AR, payroll, accounting systems. Develop the managers under you. Hire the layer beneath them. Set the bar for the function.

• Operationalize technical accounting in partnership with the Director, Technical Accounting. Instrument the GL and sub-ledgers for ASC 718, 606, 842, 340, and 805. You don't write policy; you build the system that makes it executable.

• Deliver Year-1 audit operationally. Stand up PBC delivery. Codify accounting policies in the system. Defend the opening balance sheet. The CAO owns the partner relationship; you own the system that delivers fieldwork.

• Build the SOX control environment. Design the operational control perimeter from scratch, ahead of IPO. Effective, not heavy.

• Lead the AI-native transformation of operational accounting. The system should get easier as the company grows.

• Scale with the function. As scope expands, take on broader accounting leadership — succession planning, cross-functional finance partnership, board-level support to the CAO.

It would be great if you had

• 12+ years of accounting experience, with at least 6 in a senior operating role at a high-growth company. Pre-IPO or recently public is ideal.

• Experience taking a company through its first audit — not its first audit at a new firm, its first ever.

• Direct experience leading an ERP migration end-to-end at meaningful scale.

• Track record of designing an operational accounting function — not just running one. You've made the architecture choices that shape what the team becomes.

• Operational fluency in ASC 718, 606, and 842 — not policy authorship, but knowing what the GL and sub-ledgers need to deliver.

• Experience standing up SOX from scratch.

• Demonstrable AI-native practice you've built into a real accounting function — your team using AI daily, not just you.

• Experience managing managers and developing senior leaders underneath you. Multi-entity exposure relevant as our footprint grows.

• CPA preferred, not required.

Why join

This seat is one of the most leveraged operational accounting roles you will ever hold. You'll work alongside an engaged CAO to design a function that doesn't fully exist yet, lead the ERP migration that defines how it operates, take this company through its first audit, and stand up the controls that get us to IPO. The team is intentionally lean — the bar for hires is correspondingly high. The right candidate grows with the scope.

Deepgram is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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