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Senior Director, Accounting

Deepgram · United States · 2 wk ago
RemoteRemoteAccountingFull-time

The Opportunity

We're hiring our Senior Director of Accounting to lead the operational accounting function as Deepgram scales toward IPO. Reporting to — and working alongside — the Chief Accounting Officer, you'll lead the team that runs the monthly close, the general ledger, every sub-ledger (AP, AR, payroll), and the accounting systems — including the migration off Xero onto the platform we select for the next phase.

This is a senior leadership seat in a function being built in real time. We've never been audited. We're on a small-business ERP. The team is intentionally lean. The 18 months ahead require an accounting leader who has stood up the operational accounting function at first-audit, pre-IPO companies before — not someone who has only stewarded one.

What You'll Do

  • Lead the operational accounting function. Monthly and quarterly close, GL integrity, sub-ledger architecture, and the systems that run them.

  • Design the function for first-audit and the year that follows.

  • Lead the ERP migration. Partner with the CAO on platform selection (NetSuite, Rillet, Everest, and others under evaluation), then lead implementation end-to-end.

  • Lead the team. Operational accounting — close/GL, AP, AR, payroll, accounting systems. Develop the managers under you. Hire the layer beneath them. Set the bar for the function.

  • Operationalize technical accounting in partnership with the Director, Technical Accounting. Instrument the GL and sub-ledgers for ASC 718, 606, 842, 340, and 805. You don't write policy; you build the system that makes it executable.

  • Deliver Year-1 audit operationally. Stand up PBC delivery. Codify accounting policies in the system. Defend the opening balance sheet.

  • Build the SOX control environment. Design the operational control perimeter from scratch, ahead of IPO. Effective, not heavy.

  • Lead the AI-native transformation of operational accounting. The system should get easier as the company grows.

  • Scale with the function. As scope expands, take on broader accounting leadership — succession planning, cross-functional finance partnership, board-level support to the CAO.

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