Accounting Manager
San Francisco · 6+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 8, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 6+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- San Francisco
About OpenAI
- OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.
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About the role
- The Accounting Manager will join the Accounting Operations team to own accounting and close activities across assigned balance sheet and P&L areas.
- This hands-on individual contributor role involves managing intercompany activity, reviewing work from outsourced partners, and building efficient, well-controlled processes.
- The role requires partnering with Tax, Treasury, Strategic Finance, and Business Systems to support business growth and improve financial workflows.
Responsibilities
- Own the close for assigned accounting areas, including accruals, prepaids, and other balance sheet and operating expense accounts.
- Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Manage intercompany accounting for assigned entities, including cross-charges, reconciliations, and coordination of settlements.
- Support consolidation activities, including intercompany eliminations, entity-level validations, and foreign currency accounting.
- Analyze balance sheet and P&L movements and develop clear flux commentary.
- Coordinate and review work performed by outsourced accounting partners.
- Own and improve internal controls within assigned processes and maintain process documentation.
- Drive process improvements and automation, partnering with Business Systems to improve Oracle workflows.
- Support new entities, acquisitions, and business initiatives by establishing accounting workflows.
Requirements
- 6+ years of progressive accounting experience.
- Demonstrated ownership of close processes and experience reviewing others’ work or managing in outsourced support.
- Strong general accounting foundation and practical knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
- Hands-on intercompany accounting experience, including recording transactions, reconciling balances, and resolving differences.
- Experience operating and improving internal controls and supporting financial statement audits.
- Proficiency with ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.
- Strong organizational and communication skills.
Preferred qualifications
- Oracle Fusion experience
- Exposure to Oracle FCCS or another consolidation system
- CPA qualification
- Public accounting experience
- Experience in a global, multi-entity or high-growth technology company
Workplace
- Based in San Francisco, CA.
- Hybrid work model of 3 days in the office per week.
Skills
- U.S. GAAP
- Oracle Fusion
- Oracle FCCS
- Excel
- ERP Systems
- Intercompany Accounting
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Internal Controls
- General Accounting
