Senior GL Accountant

Amplitude • San Francisco, CA

4d • $121,000 - $181,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Amplitude is seeking a Senior GL Accountant to join its Controllership team. This role is essential for the monthly close process and will be responsible for core accounting areas such as cash, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accruals, and international tax support. The position involves cross-functional collaboration with AP, Payroll, Tax, and Procurement, and contributes to scaling and modernizing accounting operations. The company is investing in automation and AI-assisted workflows, and seeks a candidate who is passionate about process improvement, problem-solving, and enhancing team efficiency.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of progressive GL accounting experience, ideally within a technology company and/or public accounting environment
• Strong working knowledge of NetSuite in a multi-entity and multi-currency environment
• Experience owning balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and month-end close responsibilities with minimal supervision
• Foundational knowledge of accrual accounting principles and exposure to areas such as fixed assets, prepaid expenses, and indirect tax reconciliations
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate effectively across teams
• Experience working with modern accounting and finance tools such as Ramp, Navan, ZIP, Avalara, or similar platforms

Nice To Haves

• You enjoy operating in a fast-paced environment where you can balance attention to detail with strong business judgment
• You’re energized by process improvement, automation, and finding smarter ways to work using AI-assisted tools and workflows
• You proactively identify issues, communicate risks early, and collaborate cross-functionally to drive resolution
• You’re comfortable managing multiple priorities during close while maintaining a high degree of accuracy and accountability

Responsibilities

• Own critical components of the month-end close process, including preparing and reviewing journal entries, performing detailed balance sheet reconciliations, investigating variances, and ensuring financial results are accurate, complete, and delivered on time
• Manage daily cash operations across multiple banking platforms, including monitoring activity, processing wires, recording transactions, preparing cash journal entries, and supporting monthly cash reporting and reconciliations
• Lead prepaid expense and fixed asset accounting processes end-to-end, including maintaining amortization and depreciation schedules, tracking additions and disposals, reconciling related GL accounts, and ensuring compliance with accounting policies
• Partner closely with AP, Payroll, Tax, Procurement, and other cross-functional stakeholders to resolve discrepancies, improve accounting workflows, strengthen operational processes, and support scalable financial reporting practices
• Support global accounting operations by reconciling international VAT/GST accounts, assisting with corporate tax accruals and sales tax reconciliations, and managing intercompany cost allocations, billing, and settlement activities across multiple entities and currencies

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 1% of your eligible pay each pay period up to $2,000 annually
• Flexible time off, paid holidays
• Generous stipends for wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), new hire home office equipment
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 12 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
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

What This Job Offers

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