Senior Technical Accounting & Operational Finance Lead

OpenAI; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Technical Accountant to partner with Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Controllership to translate complex accounting conclusions into scalable operational procedures.

You will own operational accounting for complex financing, investments, equity, and capital arrangements, lead day-one and recurring accounting for non-standard transactions, and support the monthly close.

Qualifications

• CPA or CA or equivalent qualification, or comparable demonstrated technical-accounting expertise.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in technical accounting, accounting advisory, public accounting, corporate controllership, or complex financial reporting.
• Broad U.S. GAAP expertise across corporate accounting, financial instruments, consolidation, business combinations, equity-method investments, debt and equity securities, impairment, fair value, financial statement presentation, and complex ownership structures.
• Experience applying ASC 320, 321, 323, 326, 350, 360, 470, 480, 718, 805, 810, 815, and 820.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Controllership to translate complex accounting conclusions into scalable operational procedures.
• Own operational accounting for complex financing, investments, equity, and capital arrangements.
• Lead day-one and recurring accounting for non-standard transactions, including fair-value measurements, equity-method investments, debt and equity securities, warrants, noncontrolling interests, and hypothetical liquidation at book value allocations.
• Perform account reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and drive issues to resolution.
• Support complex accounting matters during monthly and quarterly close.
• Ensure conclusions are reflected in financial statement presentation, footnote disclosures, journal entries, reconciliations, ownership, and controls.
• Build operational processes to assess impairment indicators and asset recoverability.
• Coordinate valuations for non-standard transactions with Technical Accounting and valuation specialists.
• Lead audit support for assigned investments and complex accounting areas.
• Prepare evidence-backed schedules, memoranda, reconciliations, valuation support, and financial statement tie-outs.
• Analyze significant equity and other compensation awards and ensure accurate, timely accounting and booking.
• Coordinate with Tax on downstream impacts without owning tax conclusions.
• Strengthen controls, SOX/ICFR readiness, impairment monitoring, audit trails, tie-outs, and subsequent-event procedures.
• Monitor emerging accounting standards and translate guidance into policies, implementation plans, disclosures, reporting calendars, and scalable processes.
• Participate in cross-functional initiatives involving accounting-policy implementation, operating-model changes, legal-entity matters, and systems or process improvements.
• Develop accounting policies, playbooks, decision frameworks, and automation.

Skills

Technical Accounting

Financial Reporting

Account Reconciliation

Fair-Value Measurements

Equity-Method Investments

Debt And Equity Securities

Impairment Assessments

Audit Support

Financial Statement Presentation

Complex Ownership Structures

Collaboration

Problem-Solving

Communication

Education

CPA

CA

Tools

Oracle Fusion Accounting Hub

Automated Subledgers

ERP Implementations

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a Senior Technical Accountant to partner with Technical Accounting, Financial Reporting, and Controllership to translate complex accounting conclusions into scalable operational procedures.

You will own operational accounting for complex financing, investments, equity, and capital arrangements, lead day-one and recurring accounting for non-standard transactions, and support the monthly close.