Senior Operations Accountant

Cerebras Systems; Sunnyvale (CA); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras Systems in Sunnyvale, California, seeks a Senior Operations Accountant to support monthly close for inventory, manufacturing cost, and lease portfolios. You will own reconciliations, journal entries, and analyses, partnering with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Facilities, Accounts Payable, and Financial Reporting.

The role emphasizes ASC 842 lease accounting, inventory costs, and process improvements, including AI-enabled tooling while maintaining robust controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 4+ years accounting experience; manufacturing/semiconductor environment preferred.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 330 inventory costing and ASC 842 lease accounting.
• CPA or CMA certification preferred.
• Strong NetSuite and Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, data modeling).
• Ability to analyze large datasets, document conclusions, manage priorities, and meet close deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication with finance and operations stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own monthly inventory reconciliations and close support, including journal entries.
• Account for inventory costs, rebates, yield losses, and manufacturing allocations per policy.
• Monitor inventory classifications across materials, WIP, and finished goods, including contract manufacturers.
• Analyze inventory movements, variances, and obsolescence; work with Operations/Supply Chain to resolve issues.
• Execute monthly lease accounting under ASC 842 for global data centers and offices; coordinate with Lease Accounting.
• Prepare schedules and disclosures for audits and SEC reporting; maintain control evidence.

Skills

Analytical skills

Excel

Pivot tables

Lookups

Data modeling

Communication

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

NetSuite

Power Query

Lease accounting systems

Job description

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services.
This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation.
Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.

About the Role

The Senior Operations Accountant will support the monthly close and financial reporting for Cerebras's inventory, manufacturing cost, and global lease portfolios. Reporting to the Lease Accounting Manager, this role will own recurring reconciliations, journal entries, and supporting analyses; partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Procurement, Facilities, Accounts Payable, and Financial Reporting; and help strengthen processes and controls as the business scales.

Responsibilities:

Inventory and Cost Accounting

• Own monthly inventory subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations, investigate variances, and prepare related journal entries and close support.
• Calculate and account for inventory rebates, wafer manufacturing yield losses, manufacturing and facilities allocations, freight, tariffs, and other inventory-related costs in accordance with company policy.
• Monitor inventory classification across raw materials, work in process, and finished goods, including inventory held at contract manufacturers and other third-party locations.
• Analyze inventory movements, cost changes, manufacturing variances, yield, scrap, and excess and obsolete inventory; partner with Operations and Supply Chain to investigate and resolve issues.
• Support inventory reserve, write-off, and disposition analyses, as well as physical inventory counts and related audit documentation.

Lease Accounting

• Execute monthly accounting for Cerebras's global data center and office lease portfolio under ASC 842, including journal entries, reconciliations, rollforwards, payment schedules, and flux analysis.
• Support the review of new, modified, and terminated lease arrangements and coordinate accounting conclusions with the Lease Accounting Manager and Technical Accounting.
• Maintain lease population completeness by partnering with Facilities, Procurement, Legal, and Accounts Payable to identify new agreements, amendments, terminations, and payment changes.
• Prepare quarter-end lease schedules and support financial statement disclosures and the SEC reporting process.

Audit Controls and Business Partnership

• Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for internal and external audit requests related to inventory, manufacturing cost, and lease accounting.
• Maintain process documentation and control evidence for key inventory and lease close activities.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to improve upstream data quality, resolve transaction issues, and explain financial statement impacts clearly.
• Improve and automate recurring processes, including the responsible use of AI-enabled tools, while maintaining appropriate review and control procedures.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Four or more years of progressive accounting experience; experience in manufacturing, semiconductor, hardware, or infrastructure-intensive environments is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including inventory valuation and costing under ASC 330 and lease accounting under ASC 842.
• CPA or CMA certification is preferred.
• Strong NetSuite and Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data modeling; experience with Power Query, lease accounting systems, or similar automation tools is a plus.
• Ability to analyze large and sometimes unstructured datasets, document conclusions, manage competing priorities, and meet close deadlines.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with finance and operational stakeholders.

Additional Information

• Location: Sunnyvale, California, with three days per week in the office.

Why Join Cerebras

People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture that is unlocking new opportunities for the AI industry. With dozens of model releases and rapid growth, we’ve reached an inflection point in our business. Members of our team tell us there are five main reasons they joined Cerebras:

1. Build a breakthrough AI platform beyond the constraints of the GPU.

2. Publish and open source their cutting-edge AI research.

3. Work on one of the fastest AI supercomputers in the world.

4. Enjoy job stability with startup vitality.

5. Our simple, non-corporate work culture that respects individual beliefs.

Find out more about what it's like to work at Cerebras here!

Cerebras Systems is committed to creating an equal and diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We believe inclusive teams build better products and companies. We try every day to build a work environment that empowers people to do their best work through continuous learning, growth and support of those around them.