Senior Director, Accounting

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. You'll work in close partnership with an operationally engaged CAO. The CAO owns audit firm selection, the partner-level audit relationship, and treasury, and remains hands-on across close, ERP, and technical accounting partnership. You'll lead the team, lead the system, own delivery — and as the function matures, scale into broader scope.

Responsibilities

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; 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; build the system that makes policy executable; deliver Year-1 audit operationally; stand up PBC delivery; codify accounting policies in the system; defend the opening balance sheet; own the system that delivers fieldwork; build the SOX control environment; design the operational control perimeter from scratch ahead of IPO; lead the AI-native transformation of operational accounting; scale with the function; take on broader accounting leadership, succession planning, cross-functional finance partnership, board-level support to the CAO

Requirements

AI-first mindset; actively use and experiment with advanced AI tools; comfortable adopting new models and modes quickly; integrating AI into workflows; continuously pushing the boundaries of AI capabilities; excited to experiment, adapt, think on your feet, and learn constantly

Nice to have

12+ years of accounting experience, with at least 6 in a senior operating role at a high-growth company; pre-IPO or recently public is ideal; experience taking a company through its first audit; direct experience leading an ERP migration end-to-end at meaningful scale; track record of designing an operational accounting function; operational fluency in ASC 718, 606, and 842; experience standing up SOX from scratch; demonstrable AI-native practice built into a real accounting function; experience managing managers and developing senior leaders; multi-entity exposure; CPA preferred, not required