[Remote] Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is the leading platform in the Voice AI economy, providing advanced APIs for speech-to-text and text-to-speech services. They are seeking a Director of Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting to prepare for external audits and IPO readiness, managing technical accounting and financial reporting processes while leveraging AI tools to enhance workflows.

Responsibilities

• Own technical accounting across the topics that will define our audit and S-1, including reputed company recognition (ASC 606), stock-based compensation and equity transactions (ASC 718), capitalized software (internal-use and software to be sold), leases (ASC 842), business combinations (ASC 805), and reputed company financing instruments
• Own GAAP financial statement preparation and footnote disclosures from the ground up, including reputed company and the disclosures required for registration
• Quarterback the external audit — build the policy library, stand up the PBC process, and serve as the primary technical reputed company of contact for auditors. Defend positions independently
• Scope and manage external technical accounting advisors — direct their work, decide reputed company to bring them in versus execute in-house, and hold them to our standards
• Own the relationship with valuation specialists on 409As, purchase price allocations, and intangible asset valuations
• Partner with tax advisors on international transfer pricing and intercompany accounting
• Lay the foundation for SEC reporting (S-1, 10-K, 10-Q) and SOX readiness — design the workflows, controls, and calendars that will support public-company operations
• reputed company and document accounting policies that are clear, defensible, and scalable
• reputed company AI aggressively — for research, memo drafting, tie-outs, disclosure benchmarking, and workflow automation — and build your own tooling where it helps
• Build the team as we scale

Skills

• Active CPA, with a strong Big 4 or national firm foundation
• 8+ years of progressive experience in technical accounting and/or financial reporting, with deep reputed company in US GAAP
• Hands-on technical range across reputed company (606), equity comp (718), leases (842), and business combinations (805) — you can take on a gnarly issue and come back with a defensible memo you drafted yourself
• Experience preparing GAAP financial statements and footnotes from scratch, not just reviewing them
• Experience managing external auditors and external accounting consultants — you know how to scope, direct, and push back
• A builder's instinct — comfort with ambiguity, no waiting for playbooks, strong bias to ship
• A demonstrated AI-native working style — you use LLMs daily for drafting, research, and analysis, and can talk concretely about what these tools do well and where they fall short for accountants
• Strong written and verbal communication — you can translate technical accounting for non-accountants without losing precision
• Comfort vibe-coding small scripts or automations (Python, SQL, etc.) to accelerate your own work
• High reputed company, high ownership, low ego
• Prior experience preparing a company for its first external audit
• Prior experience taking a company public (S-1, IPO readiness, first 10-K)
• Capitalized software accounting experience in a SaaS or AI business
• Experience coordinating with valuation specialists on 409As, PPAs, or intangible asset valuations
• Exposure to international transfer pricing or intercompany accounting
• Working knowledge of reputed company, reputed company, reputed company, or similar tools — and strong opinions about them

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision benefits
• Annual wellness stipend
• Mental health support
• Life, STD, LTD Income Insurance Plans
• Unlimited PTO
• Parental leave
• Flexible schedule
• 12 Paid US company holidays
• Quarterly personal productivity stipend
• One-time stipend for home office upgrades
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Tax Savings Programs
• Learning / Education stipend
• Participation in talks and conferences
• Employee Resource Groups
• AI enablement workshops / sessions
• For candidates reputed company of the US, we use an Employer of Record model in many countries, which means benefits are administered locally and governed by country-specific regulations. Because of this, benefits will differ by region — in some cases international employees receive benefits US employees do not, and vice versa. As we scale, we will continue to evaluate where we can create more alignment, but a 1:1 global benefits structure is not always legally or operationally possible.

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