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Senior Manager, Accounting Operations

Job Overview

Location

San Francisco

Job Type

Full-time

Category

HR & Recruiting

Date Posted

April 15, 2026

Full Job Description

đź“‹ Description

  • • Lead the end-to-end close and reporting cycle for designated areas, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting in a high-growth environment.
  • • Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analysis, setting standards for quality and driving process improvements across accounting operations.
  • • Own balance sheet integrity by conducting root-cause analysis of variances and leading remediation of control and process gaps.
  • • Partner with Strategic Finance/FP&A to deliver clear financial narratives and improve forecast-to-close connectivity through enhanced collaboration and data alignment.
  • • Work with Business Systems to optimize Oracle Fusion ERP workflows, automate controls, and enhance data integrity through system integrations.
  • • Support accounting for acquisitions, system migrations, and new business launches, including close integration planning and readiness assessments.
  • • Design, implement, and own SOX-ready processes and controls, ensuring audit readiness and compliance with regulatory requirements.
  • • Manage external audit and advisory interactions, including PBC preparation, issue resolution, and liaison with auditors.
  • • Identify and drive automation opportunities using AI and system enhancements to streamline manual accounting and reporting tasks.
  • • Contribute to finance transformation initiatives by standardizing processes, enhancing systems, and designing scalable operating models.
  • • Operate as a key leader in controllership, balancing hands-on technical accounting with strategic process design to influence systems architecture and financial data integrity.
  • • Thrive in a hybrid work model (3 days in office per week) with relocation assistance available for new employees in San Francisco.

🎯 Requirements

  • • 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership roles in high-growth environments.
  • • Demonstrated experience in pre-IPO and/or public company accounting environments.
  • • Prior ownership of close, reporting, and controllership processes at scale.
  • • Deep technical expertise in U.S. GAAP with strong judgment in complex accounting areas.
  • • Proven experience implementing or operating in a SOX-controlled environment.
  • • Strong proficiency in Oracle Fusion ERP (or comparable large-scale ERP systems).
  • • CPA (required).

🏖️ Benefits

  • • Hybrid work model (3 days in the office per week).
  • • Relocation assistance for new employees.
  • • Opportunity to work on finance transformation initiatives at a leading AI research and deployment company.
  • • Exposure to cutting-edge technology and AI-driven process innovation in accounting operations.
  • • Collaborative, mission-driven culture focused on ensuring artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

Skills & Technologies

Senior
Hybrid

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About OpenAI, Inc.

OpenAI is a San Francisco-based artificial intelligence research and deployment company founded in 2015. It develops large-scale AI models such as GPT, DALL-E, and Codex, providing cloud APIs and consumer applications like ChatGPT. Originally established as a non-profit, it later created a capped-profit subsidiary to attract capital while maintaining its mission to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.

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