Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Deepgram is hiring a Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting to help prepare the company for its first external audit and, ultimately, for public markets. You'll report directly to the Chief Accounting Officer and work alongside a small, scrappy finance team — owning the technical accounting and financial reporting work that takes a private company from where we are today to audit-ready and IPO-ready. There's a lot to figure out. You'll quarterback the work, set the standards, and be the buck-stops-here technical authority in the room with our auditors, valuation specialists, and external accounting advisors.

Responsibilities

Own technical accounting across the topics that will define our audit and S-1, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), stock-based compensation and equity transactions (ASC 718), capitalized software (internal-use and software to be sold), leases (ASC 842), business combinations (ASC 805), and complex financing instruments; Own GAAP financial statement preparation and footnote disclosures from the ground up, including MD&A and the disclosures required for registration; Quarterback the external audit — build the policy library, stand up the PBC process, and serve as the primary technical point of contact for auditors. Defend positions independently; Scope and manage external technical accounting advisors — direct their work, decide when to bring them in versus execute in-house, and hold them to our standards; Own the relationship with valuation specialists on 409As, purchase price allocations, and intangible asset valuations; Partner with tax advisors on international transfer pricing and intercompany accounting; Lay the foundation for SEC reporting (S-1, 10-K, 10-Q) and SOX readiness — design the workflows, controls, and calendars that will support public-company operations; Develop and document accounting policies that are clear, defensible, and scalable; Leverage AI aggressively — for research, memo drafting, tie-outs, disclosure benchmarking, and workflow automation — and build your own tooling where it helps; Build the team as we scale.

Requirements

Active CPA, with a strong Big 4 or national firm foundation; 8+ years of progressive experience in technical accounting and/or financial reporting, with deep fluency in US GAAP; Hands-on technical range across revenue (606), equity comp (718), leases (842), and business combinations (805) — you can take on a gnarly issue and come back with a defensible memo you drafted yourself; Experience preparing GAAP financial statements and footnotes from scratch, not just reviewing them; Experience managing external auditors and external accounting consultants — you know how to scope, direct, and push back; A builder's instinct — comfort with ambiguity, no waiting for playbooks, strong bias to ship; A demonstrated AI-native working style — you use LLMs daily for drafting, research, and analysis, and can talk concretely about what these tools do well and where they fall short for accountants; Strong written and verbal communication — you can translate technical accounting for non-accountants without losing precision; Comfort vibe-coding small scripts or automations (Python, SQL, etc.) to accelerate your own work; High integrity, high ownership, low ego.

Nice to have

Prior experience preparing a company for its first external audit; Prior experience taking a company public (S-1, IPO readiness, first 10-K); Capitalized software accounting experience in a SaaS or AI business; Experience coordinating with valuation specialists on 409As, PPAs, or intangible asset valuations; Exposure to international transfer pricing or intercompany accounting; Working knowledge of Workiva, NetSuite, FloQast, or similar tools — and strong opinions about them.