What You'll Do
Architect the accounting org from the current outsourced model to a fully in-house, AI-leveraged team. Define the operating model, hiring plan (Senior Accountant, AR/AP, Staff Accountant), and role/responsibility split between Accounting and FP&A.
Own the implementation and ongoing administration of an ERP. Lead the cutover from our current bookkeeping stack, including the chart of accounts redesign, opening balances, integrations, and parallel-run validation.
Design the close to be AI-augmented end-to-end: reconciliations, flux analysis, accrual roll-forwards, journal entry preparation, and first-draft variance commentary generated by systems, with humans as reviewers and approvers.
Stand up the systems architecture and build the data layer that lets Finance, Accounting, and RevOps work from a single source of truth.
Use modern AI tooling (Claude, MCP connectors, agentic workflows) to compress the close cycle, automate prep work, and free the team for judgment and analysis. Set the bar for what "AI-first accounting" looks like in practice — and ship it.
Establish controls, segregation of duties, and audit trails appropriate for a company on an IPO path without slowing the business. We want strong governance, not bureaucracy.
Take full ownership of our first-year financial statement audit. Land it.
Own the technical accounting work; revenue recognition, ASC 606 memos, equity, stock comp, lease accounting, and any acquisition-related accounting.
Build the audit-ready close: monthly close on a predictable cadence, clean rollforwards, supportable accruals, documented controls, and a tight, organized PBC process for subsequent audits.
Own customer-facing financial diligence — auditor letters, going-concern letters, financial statement requests from enterprise customers — so the sales team can close deals without bottlenecks.
Stand up the discipline and documentation that makes year two and year three audits fast.
What We're Looking For:
Audit experience. Started your career in public accounting (Big 4 or strong national firm) with a meaningful run as an auditor. Active CPA.
IPO experience. You have been through an IPO from the issuer side — ideally as a Controller, Assistant Controller, or Senior Accounting Manager — and you know what the SEC, underwriters, and auditors expect. You have written or owned material sections of an S-1.
Built and scaled an accounting function. You have taken an accounting org from early/scrappy to repeatable and audit-ready at a high-growth company. You have hired, leveled, and managed accountants. You have replaced an ERP at least once.
AI-native operator. You actively use modern AI tooling in your own work. You can describe specific workflows you have automated or compressed using LLMs, MCP, or agentic tools. You believe systems should shape processes, not the other way around — and you can architect both.
Technical accounting depth. Strong ASC 606 chops, especially for SaaS and usage-based/consumption pricing. Comfortable owning the memo, not just reviewing it.
Operator mindset. You move with urgency, write clearly, are comfortable in the details and the strategy, and can hold a tight close while also rebuilding the systems underneath it.
Nice-to-Haves
Experience at a venture-backed SaaS company between Series B and IPO.
Direct experience with Rillet, Campfire, NetSuite, Metronome, Stripe, Ramp, and Justworks.
Familiarity with AI/ML cost accounting (inference costs, COGS classification, gross margin in AI businesses).
Experience supporting an M&A or acqui-hire transaction.
This role is based in one of our hub cities. For most of our team, being in a hub is how the distributed model works: it's where we concentrate in-person collaboration, community, and the investment we make in people over time. We strongly prefer candidates already in a GC AI hub metro, and expect regular in-person time — coworking, team meals, and quarterly offsites — plus up to 10% travel.
A Note On Pace
We’re building something new in a once-in-a-generation shift in technology and the legal industry, so we move at a relentless pace. We expect urgency, ownership, and good judgment even when things aren’t perfectly clear. If you need structure and consensus to do your best work, this isn’t the right place for you. If you thrive in ambiguity and growth, work with intensity, and want real responsibility, keep reading. We’re excited to meet you.
How We Work Together
GC AI is a distributed company with team members across North America, and soon Europe. We believe that because our business is AI, human connection matters more, not less. We invest in bringing people together through our hub model: regular coworking sessions, customer dinners, team and company offsites. If you’re in a location without an office, expect up to 10% travel (and more for customer-facing roles).
Team members in the San Francisco Bay Area and Provo, UT (within 50 miles of the office) work together on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays. As we grow, we plan to establish permanent offices in more hub cities , and we will look to our team members to help build that in-person culture. We currently hire across the United States and Canada.
Equal Opportunity Employment
GC AI is an equal opportunity employer that supports workplace diversity and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity/expression, national origin, age, military service eligibility, veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, physical or mental disability, or any other protected class. GC AI is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities. #LI-GCAI
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