Senior Accountant

Sierra • San Francisco, CA

12d • $145,000 - $165,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Sierra is the leading platform for customer-facing AI agents, working with many of the world's biggest brands — including The GAP, Rocket Mortgage, SoFi, Sutter Health, and SoftBank — to transform how they serve customers and grow their businesses. We are primarily an in-person company based in San Francisco, with growing offices across North America, Europe, and Asia.
We are guided by a set of values that are at the core of our actions and define our culture: Trust, Customer Obsession, Craftsmanship, Intensity, and a commitment to balancing Family along the way. These values are the foundation of our work, and we are committed to upholding them in everything we do.
Our co-founders are Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor. Bret currently serves as Board Chair of OpenAI. Previously, he was co-CEO of Salesforce (which had acquired the company he founded, Quip) and CTO of Facebook. Bret was also one of Google's earliest product managers and co-creator of Google Maps. Before founding Sierra, Clay spent 18 years at Google, where he most recently led Google Labs. Earlier, he started and led Google’s AR/VR effort, Project Starline, and Google Lens. Before that, Clay led the product and design teams for Google Workspace.

Requirements

• 4-8 years of accounting experience with a mix of public (highly regulated) and private (hyper-growth) companies
• Proficient in US GAAP
• Ability to identify areas for improvement and build solutions using AI
• Desire to drive operational efficiency to scale the accounting function
• A structured, self-directed, detail-oriented builder and problem solver who can design a process where none exists, run it, and improve it over time without being managed toward it. A bias for simplifying and automating processes and a passion for building an AI-native finance function.

Nice To Haves

• Previous IPO experience with enterprise B2B software company
• CPA license and/or Big 4 experience
• Proficiency with our modern office-of-the-CFO tech stack

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end accounting close
• Support the Accounting Lead with month close procedures globally
• Prepare supporting documentation and reconciliations including but not limited to cash, prepaids, fixed assets, other assets, payroll, and accruals
• Help to implement close management software
• Perform initial review for accuracy and completeness of expenses including developing a robust accrual process
• Liaise with FP&A in the preparation of the monthly reporting package including period-over-period analysis
• Perform daily ad hoc accounting tasks
• Assist with review of vendor bills, corporate credit cards, and employee reimbursements
• Manage cash application daily and monitor global balances
• Improve collections by building robust automated processes
• Coordinate with payroll to review payroll journal entries and ensure all required payroll taxes are paid
• Prepare for audit readiness
• Coordinate with external auditors for timely submission of all required requests (Global Audit and Local Statutory Audits)
• Drive Finance Transformation initiatives to leverage AI and tooling at scale
• Enhance or upgrade our tech stack to enable the latest in AI technology
• Challenge our processes and develop an AI-first approach

Benefits

• Flexible (unlimited) paid time off
• Medical, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Retirement plan dependent on country of employment
• Parental leave
• Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
• Lunch, as well as delicious snacks and coffee to keep you energized
• Discretionary benefit stipend giving people the ability to spend where it matters most
• Free alphorn lessons

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed