# Manager, Corporate Accounting

**Company**: Cohere
**Location**: San Francisco, California
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: CA$200K - CA$240K
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Cohere is at the forefront of AI innovation, building cutting-edge language models and AI systems. Our Finance team plays a critical role in supporting our rapid growth and ensuring operational excellence.

As a Manager, Corporate Accounting, you will:

- Lead the complete month-end close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting across all entities

- Own lease accounting, including accounting assessment under ASC 842, recording and reconciliation of lease-related account transactions, financial reporting, and disclosures

- Own equity accounting such as stock-based compensation under ASC 718 and IFRS, as well as all other equity-related balance sheet accounts

- Oversee foreign currency accounting, including functional currency assessment, transaction exposure, and translation adjustments

- Assist with recording purchase accounting, including purchase price adjustments, acquisition-related expenses, fair value allocations, and related reconciliations

- Direct general ledger operations, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation

- Implement and maintain robust accounting policies, procedures, systems, and internal controls

- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure financial accuracy and support business growth

- Leverage technology solutions to enhance accounting efficiency and accuracy

You may be a good fit if you:

- Have 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, with prior leadership in fast-paced environments

- Possess strong technical accounting skills and deep understanding of GAAP principles, including lease accounting, equity accounting, business combination, and foreign currency

- Have direct experience owning month-end close processes using close management tools such as Numeric

- Demonstrate expertise in purchase accounting, including acquisitions, purchase price adjustments, and related reconciliations

- Experience with leveraging AI tools to build and improve workflows to achieve operational efficiency and accuracy

- Demonstrate excellence in problem-solving and process improvement methodologies

- Show proficiency with financial systems (Netsuite preferred, but not required)

- Exhibit strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across departments

- Thrive in high-growth, dynamic environments with evolving priorities

- Have experience building scalable accounting processes in technology companies

Full-time employees at Cohere enjoy perks such as:

- A weekly lunch stipend of $75/£75 or equivalent in your local currency for lunch

- Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget for mental health

- RRSP matching, 401K, Pension Scheme

- 100% Parental Leave top-up for up to 6 months, for either parent

- Annual enrichment benefits: Arts & culture, fitness/wellness, quality time, and a workspace improvement credit

- Education & learning stipend for conferences, courses, and coaching

- 6 weeks of paid vacation (30 working days!)

- Budget for traveling to other offices if you are remote, plus an annual company offsite

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## Skills

### Required
- GAAP
- lease accounting
- equity accounting
- foreign currency accounting
- purchase accounting
- financial systems
- close management tools

### Nice to have
- Netsuite
- AI tools

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