Accounting Consultant (Founding Team) - Remote

About Hyphenate

At Hyphenate, we’re building AI agents purpose-built for accounting teams at high-growth and enterprise companies. We automate and orchestrate high-effort accounting & financial reporting – helping teams get work done 10x faster with fewer manual excel juggling and audit-ready accuracy.

Under the hood, Hyphenate layers verifiable, AI sub-ledgers on top of existing ERPs to deliver reliable automation without requiring system migration.

We’ve raised one of the largest seed rounds in the accounting category from tier-1 VCs and experienced CFOs and Controllers who believe accounting automation must be accurate, audit-ready, and built by people who understand real close environments.

Hyphenate is built by accountants and engineers working together – not generic, black-box automation.

About the Role

Hyphenate is hiring an Accounting Solutions Consultant to sit at the intersection of accounting operations, customer workflow discovery, and solution implementation .

This is a hybrid role by design. You will be deeply involved in pre-sale discovery of a company’s current accounting processes, and you will also help translate our AI agents into a production-ready solution. At our stage, the same person must understand both what it actually takes to close the books correctly & how to map and explain AI-driven automation to real accounting workflows – and this role owns that bridge.

This role is built for someone who has lived in the customer facing roles in Public Accounting/Technical Advisory as well as faced month end close challenges in Private Accounting.

Why Hyphenate

- Join a founding team building the next generation of accounting agentic automation
- Apply deep accounting experience to shape how AI is used in real finance teams
- Work closely with Sales, Product, and Engineering – your judgment directly impacts deals and delivery
- Compensation is top-decile : competitive base salary, meaningful equity, and performance-based bonus
- As Hyphenate scales, this role can grow into a senior leadership position across Solutions, Delivery, or Product – depending on your strengths and interests.

What This Role Is Not

- Not a traditional accounting manager position

This is a judgment-heavy accounting role for someone who wants to influence how accounting automation is scoped and delivered – without compromising accuracy or auditability.

Responsibilities

Pre-Sale Accounting Discovery; Partner with Account Executives to understand customers’ end-to-end GL and sub-ledger workflows , not just surface-level processes; Lead accounting-focused discovery sessions with Controllers, Accounting Managers, and Finance leaders; Evaluate ERP configurations, close processes, and accounting policies to determine:; What workflows can be automated cleanly; What requires configuration or sequencing; What should be explicitly out of scope; Define the minimum set of data access or accounting artifacts (e.g., NetSuite access, reconciliations, schedules) required to confidently scope functionality and pricing; Help shape solution design and pricing by balancing accounting accuracy, controls, and delivery feasibility; Solution Design & Customer Implementation; Translate real-world accounting workflows into practical, automated solutions using Hyphenate; Configure Hyphenate to align with customer accounting policies, ERP structures, and close controls; Support pilots and early implementations with a strong focus on:; Accuracy; Reconciliation integrity; Audit readiness; Partner with Engineering and Accounting team to clarify accounting logic, edge cases, and expected outputs; Ensure what was established in pre-sale discovery is delivered correctly in production; Product & Internal Impact; Act as the accounting authority internally, collaborating with Product and Engineering to influence roadmap decisions; Surface recurring accounting patterns, edge cases, and constraints observed across customers; Help define discovery, scoping, and implementation playbooks as Hyphenate scales

Requirements

7–10+ years of accounting experience (either of Public + Private Accounting, Technical advisory + Private Accounting or Private Accounting + Solutions); You can speak fluently to both the accounting detail and the technology that supports it; Hands-on experience with multiple enterprise ERP systems, ideally at least a couple of:; NetSuite; Sage Intacct; Microsoft Dynamics 365; Oracle Fusion; Experience working with close management tools such as FloQast or BlackLine; Practical exposure to sub-ledgers such as; Revenue recognition (ASC 606); Fixed assets; Prepaids / amortization; Accruals & more; Strong understanding of accounting controls and audit considerations; Advanced Excel skills (large datasets, reconciliations, pivots, complex formulas); Comfortable leading discovery and demo sessions with Controllers, Accounting Managers, and Finance leaders; Able to make clear judgment calls when working with incomplete or messy data; Enjoy working at the intersection of accounting and technology, and thrive in early-stage environments

Nice to have

Big-4 experience; CPA or equivalent certification; Experience scoping or delivering accounting automation projects