Accounting Manager, General Ledger & OPEX

Happyrobot Inc.•San Francisco, CA

1d•$130,000 - $190,000

About The Position

HappyRobot is hiring an Accounting Manager, General Ledger & OPEX. This individual will be responsible for establishing the core close processes, multi-entity consolidation, and operating expense accounting from the ground up. The role reports to the Head of Accounting and involves significant autonomy and ownership in designing and implementing these critical financial functions as the company scales globally across different entities. This is a 0-to-1 position where the manager will design the close calendar and team structure, acting as a thought partner on GL and close policy. A key aspect of the role is to identify and eliminate repetitive, manual close work using AI finance tools, including HappyRobot's own platform.

Requirements

6-8 years of progressive general ledger / OPEX experience, ideally including multi-entity or international consolidation.
A finance engineer's mindset: you build scalable systems that reduce manual work and increase accuracy, not just process what's in front of you.
Proven, hands-on experience using AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) in your actual day-to-day work, and comfort picking up new automation tools quickly.
Strong judgment about which accounting activities should be automated and which genuinely require human review.
Solid understanding of foreign currency translation (ASC 830), intercompany accounting, and consolidation mechanics.
Comfort operating with real autonomy; you'll be trusted to make GL policy calls, not just execute someone else's.
A clear communicator who can explain close mechanics to non-finance stakeholders without jargon.
Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field; CPA a plus, but not required.
Comfortable with our operating principles (below) — this is a hands-on, no-task-too-small environment, regardless of title.

Responsibilities

Own the general ledger close end-to-end: design the process from the ground up including reconciliations, accruals, balance sheet flux review on a calendar built to tighten every quarter as automation matures.
Act as a genuine thought partner to the Head of Accounting on GL and close policy decisions, not just an implementer that can bring judgment and a point of view.
Actively reduce or eliminate manual, repetitive close tasks leveraging system automations or AI finance tools with clear judgment about where automation is safe and where it isn't yet.
Build multi-entity consolidation and intercompany elimination processes across our US, UK, Spain, and Brazil entities from scratch, including FX translation, CTA calculation, and intercompany elimination, systematized rather than rebuilt by hand each quarter.
Own OPEX accounting end-to-end: accrual processes for expenses incurred but not yet billed, prepaid amortization, and budget-to-actual variance analysis in partnership with FP&A.
Own the reconciliation process between AP (Ramp) and payroll (Rippling) feeds and the GL, closing the gap the automated feeds don't catch on their own.
Build the internal controls and reconciliation documentation standards needed for our first external audit, from a blank page and own the relationship with auditors on GL-side requests.