Manager, Corporate Accounting

Amplitude • San Francisco, CA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Amplitude's Corporate Accounting team is central to ensuring accurate, scalable, and insight-driven financial operations as the company continues to grow. This role is for a player-coach Accounting Manager to join the San Francisco-based controllership team, balancing hands-on execution with driving smarter, faster processes. The position will be key in modernizing the close process, including embedding AI into core accounting workflows. The ideal candidate enjoys executing tasks while also building future processes.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a mix of public accounting and industry experience (ideally in SaaS or tech).
• Strong foundation in US GAAP and ability to apply it practically in a fast-paced environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience owning close processes and working with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred).
• Comfortable working in a SOX-compliant environment and understanding the importance of strong internal controls.

Nice To Haves

• Helped build or transform accounting processes in a high-growth or evolving environment.
• Naturally curious about how AI and automation can improve accounting workflows, and excited to experiment and implement.
• Operates with a high level of ownership and accountability, and can be relied upon to drive outcomes without constant direction.
• Strong communicator who can break down complex accounting concepts and build trust across teams.
• Enjoys mentoring others and raising the bar for the team.
• CPA is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own and run the full close cycle across the general ledger—including journal entries, consolidations, intercompany, reconciliations, and flux analysis—while continuously improving the speed, accuracy, and predictability of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting.
• Strengthen and scale accounting policies, processes, and internal controls to support a public company environment, ensuring compliance while building a foundation that can keep up with company growth.
• Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Tax, Legal, and AP to drive a seamless close process, proactively resolve issues, and ensure financial data aligns with broader business objectives.
• Lead audit readiness and execution end-to-end, managing external auditors, owning the PBC process, and ensuring deliverables are organized, timely, and audit-ready.
• Identify and implement opportunities to automate and accelerate accounting workflows—including embedding AI into routine processes—to improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and increase overall data reliability.

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
• Generous stipends for wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
• Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees