Member of Accounting Staff

About the role

Basis builds real agents that do real work in the real economy. Our agents operate for hours at a time, performing end-to-end work for some of the largest accounting firms in the world. We recently raised $100M at >$1B valuation and are racing to deploy the most advanced applied ML at production scale. Our investors include: Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabios & Vinod Khosla), Accel (Miles Clements), Google Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, Adam D'Angelo, Jeff Dean, Jack Altman, Noam Brown, Kyle Vogt, Amjad Masad, Clem Delangue and many other operators/technical leaders.

What you’ll be doing

• Work closely with our engineering and design teams to build out new features and capabilities
• Rigorously think through edge cases and prioritize what matters
• Listen to users and translate their needs into workflows that help them do their best work with AI
• Partner with the ML team to develop agent capabilities
• Learn new things quickly (e.g., reading and pushing code)
• Practice hands-on prompt engineering—defining rules and behaviors for the LLM to deliver reliable outcomes

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• One of the following: CPA license or Master’s degree in Accounting
• 4 - 10 years in audit and/or tax at a top public accounting firm
• Experience auditing financial statements end-to-end (cash through operating expenses), including financial statement preparation
• Experience working with many distinct clients across a variety of industries
• Exceptional attention to detail; delivers accurate, high-quality work
• Proactive, high-energy presence; takes ownership and drives outcomes
• Excellent communication skills—able to translate complex accounting concepts into clear, concise verbal and written explanations for non-experts
• Strong prioritization skills; able to manage a growing to-do list and consistently focus on the highest-impact tasks to work efficiently

Qualifications

• Demonstrated interest in mentorship—eager to learn from and support teammates
• Enjoys being in the weeds on complex, non-client-facing work
• Strong curiosity about partnering with engineers to build from first principles—comfortable operating without a playbook
• Strong social fluency and cross-functional collaboration skills; integrates quickly and works smoothly across teams

Benefits

• Health & Wellness: Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage; Life Insurance; and 6 coaching & 6 therapy sessions through Spring Health
• Time off: Unlimited PTO + 12 paid company holidays
• In-Office Perks: Daily meal stipends, a fully stocked kitchen, and $300 toward your custom desk setup
• Financial Benefits: Pre-tax commuter benefits and 401(k) retirement plan
• Team Culture: Monthly office activities and frequent optional team happy hours
• Parental Leave