# Accounting Manager **Company**: OpenAI **Location**: San Francisco **Work arrangement**: hybrid **Experience**: senior **Job type**: Full time **Salary**: $162K - $180K **Category**: Finance **Industry**: Technology **Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q124605186 **Apply**: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/848c5e55-422c-4797-add4-22e0e6511a47?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_a2a2226b-62a ## Description ## Compensation The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The salary range for this role is $162K – $180K, with generous equity, performance-related bonuses for eligible employees, and the following benefits. Benefits include: - Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts - Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit) - 401(k) retirement plan with employer match - Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks) - Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees - 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time - Mental health and wellness support - Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage - Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth - Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible - Relocation support for eligible employees - Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends ## About the Team OpenAI’s Controllership team provides accurate, timely, and decision-useful financial information while building the processes, systems, and controls needed to support a rapidly growing global business. The Accounting Operations team owns core accounting and close activities and drives improvements that help the finance organization scale. ## About the Role We are looking for an Accounting Manager with a strong general accounting foundation and hands-on intercompany experience to join our Accounting Operations team. You will own accounting and close activities across assigned balance sheet and P&L areas, manage intercompany activity for assigned entities, and build efficient, well-controlled processes. ## Responsibilities - Own the close for assigned accounting areas, including accruals, prepaids, and other balance sheet and operating expense accounts, ensuring accurate results and timely completion. - Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules; resolve accounting issues and maintain clear, audit-ready documentation. - Manage intercompany accounting for assigned entities, including cross-charges, reconciliations, and coordination of settlements. Investigate differences and drive timely resolution with counterparties. - Support consolidation activities, including intercompany eliminations, entity-level validations, and foreign currency accounting, in partnership with the consolidation lead. - Analyze balance sheet and P&L movements, develop clear flux commentary, and partner with Strategic Finance to explain business drivers and variances. - Coordinate and review work performed by outsourced accounting partners, setting expectations for quality, timeliness, and issue escalation. - Own and improve internal controls within assigned processes, maintain process documentation, and support external audits. - Drive process improvements and automation, partnering with Business Systems to improve Oracle workflows, strengthen data quality, and reduce manual work through tools and AI-enabled solutions. - Support new entities, acquisitions, and business initiatives by establishing accounting workflows and integrating them into the close. ## Requirements - 6+ years of progressive accounting experience, with demonstrated ownership of close processes and experience reviewing others’ work or managing in outsourced support. - A strong general accounting foundation and practical knowledge of U.S. GAAP, including accruals, reconciliations, and financial statement analysis. - Hands-on intercompany accounting experience, including recording transactions, reconciling balances, and resolving differences across entities. - The judgment to independently resolve routine and moderately complex accounting issues, identify risks, and escalate matters with clear recommendations. - Experience operating and improving internal controls and supporting financial statement audits. - Proficiency with ERP systems and advanced Excel skills; Oracle Fusion experience is preferred, and exposure to Oracle FCCS or another consolidation system is a plus. - A track record of improving accounting processes, with curiosity about automation and AI tools. - Strong organizational and communication skills, with the ability to manage competing deadlines and work effectively across teams. - CPA qualification and/or public accounting experience is preferred. Experience in a global, multi-entity or high-growth technology company is a plus. ## Skills ### Required - general accounting - intercompany accounting - U.S. GAAP - financial statement analysis - ERP systems - Excel ### Nice to have - Oracle Fusion - Oracle FCCS - CPA qualification - public accounting experience --- Source: [Apply at jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/openai/848c5e55-422c-4797-add4-22e0e6511a47?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)