Director of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting

📋 Description

• • The Director of SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting provides strategic leadership for financial reporting and technical accounting functions, ensuring compliance with US GAAP and SEC regulations while supporting Cohere’s rapid growth in AI innovation.
• • Day-to-day responsibilities include preparing and reviewing S-1 registration statements for IPO readiness, leading all SEC reporting activities (10-K, 10-Q), serving as the primary technical accounting expert for complex areas like stock-based compensation and lease accounting, and partnering cross-functionally on M&A, system implementations, and process improvements.
• • Cohere is a frontier AI company training and deploying large language models for developers and enterprises, with a mission to scale intelligence to serve humanity through innovations in content generation, semantic search, RAG, and AI agents.
• • In this role, you will shape the finance department’s strategic direction, build world-class financial infrastructure, drive continuous improvement in accounting processes, and serve as the primary advisor on accounting implications of major business decisions, including special projects and strategic transactions.