Accounting Lead

About Tribe AI At Tribe, we're on a mission to help enterprises realize the value of AI for their business. Every large enterprise wants to use AI to transform how they operate — but many don't have the capabilities to do it. That gap is our opportunity. We're an AI-native services company that helps enterprises build and deploy best-in-class AI products that deliver real business impact. The role You'll own our accounting function end to end: the monthly close, revenue recognition, client billing, and financial reporting. You'll be the person who does accounting at Tribe — a role we're carving out so the close gets faster and cleaner as we scale. You'll partner closely with our account GMs, our People team, and our external auditors and tax advisors. What You'll Do Own the monthly close Run the full close: bank and card reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, depreciation, and balance sheet reconciliationsBook stock-based compensation, lease entries (ASC 842), and FX revaluation on foreign balancesOwn the close calendar, review journal entries, and keep shortening the close Revenue and billing Own revenue recognition and the deferred revenue rollforward under ASC 606 for our project-based client workIssue client invoices on contract schedules and run a monthly review with account leads to confirm billable amounts, milestones, and hoursResolve invoicing exceptions — milestone slips, change orders, holdbacks — and review new contracts for billing and rev-rec treatmentManage AR and follow up on aged balances Payroll, Contractors And Compensation Run bi-weekly payroll across our US and international entities plus external contractors, and record the resulting journalsReview and pay our monthly external contractor roster, and onboard new contractors — W-9 and W-8BEN collection, payment setup, and the records that feed year-end filingCalculate and process quarterly sales commissions with GTM, including plan interpretation, split calls and payment through payrollCalculate and process quarterly bonusesOwn 401(k) administration — bi-weekly deferral funding, annual compliance testing, and Form 5500 with our plan provider AP and spend Run weekly payment runs and keep vendor spend flowing cleanly into the ledgerReview major vendor invoices for prepaid vs. expense treatmentAdminister our corporate card and expense platform — issue cards for new hires and review expense reimbursements against policyManage corporate mail and registered-agent correspondence, escalating tax and legal notices Equity administration Issue new-hire stock grants and prepare board consentsProcess terminations, share repurchases and option exercisesTrack 83(b) elections and ISO/NSO statusRun the annual 409A valuation process with our cap-table provider Reporting, audit, and compliance Produce month-end financial statements and the monthly reporting packageManage our annual audit end to end — auditor relationship, PBC schedules, and the first-year opening balance sheetIssue annual 1099, W-2 and 1042-S forms, including foreign contractor reportingOwn the annual tax return package and manage the relationship with our tax advisorOwn the compliance calendar: quarterly federal and state estimated tax payments, Delaware franchise tax, state registrations and secretary of state filingsMaintain the chart of accounts and run periodic access reviews across our finance systems What we're looking for 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience; you've owned a month-end close end to end, ideally at a fast-growing companyHands-on ASC 606 experience with services or project-based revenue (time & materials, milestones, deferred revenue)Working knowledge of ASC 842 and stock-based compensation accountingExperience with multi-country payroll accounting and multi-currency balancesYou've run payroll end to end and are comfortable owning equity and benefits administrationFluency with modern cloud accounting/ERP systems (think NetSuite or Sage Intacct tier) and spend-management toolsCPA or a public accounting foundation is a plusYou use AI tools in your daily work and want to push what a modern finance function looks like — we're an AI company and expect the same fluency internallyYou build process where there is none, document as you go, and communicate clearly with non-finance partners Why Join Us Join at an inflection point — we're in hyperscale mode on every dimension of the business, and the accounting function is yours to build as it scales. Your work lands on the desks that matter — the monthly package you produce goes straight to the CEOWe're profitable — the growth you'll be accounting for is funded by the business itself. For a finance person, that's the rare seat where the fundamentals match the pitch.