Senior Accountant

About the role

Decagon is building the financial foundation that powers a rapidly scaling startup as the leading conversational AI platform. You will own the core accounting operations that keep our company growing, including the general ledger, month-end close, and accounts payable and receivable. This role leverages AI-assisted tools to draft journal entries, flag anomalies, and accelerate reconciliation review to deliver accurate, timely financials. You will partner cross-functionally with Sales, People, Legal, and Operations to drive thoughtful spend management and contract oversight. The position requires a proactive, ownership-driven mindset comfortable in a fast-moving, in-office environment where your work directly enables the company's next stage of growth. You will ensure strong internal controls and scalable processes that balance precision with agility for a high-growth organization.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Own key areas of the month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations, leveraging AI-assisted tools to draft entries, flag anomalies, and accelerate reconciliation review to help deliver accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Maintain the general ledger and supporting schedules, using AI-powered analysis to investigate and resolve discrepancies faster, while preserving strong documentation and internal controls.
• Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable, ensuring timely processing, accurate GL coding, and proper approvals while managing vendor payments, cash application, and aging reports.
• Prepare documents supporting internal and external audits, using AI tools to organize evidence and surface exceptions proactively, and ensure the successful completion of those audits.
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, People, and Operations to support company growth, and actively identify, pilot, and champion AI and automation opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across owned functions.
• Drive process improvements and standardization for month-end close activities, ensuring consistency and compliance with U.S. GAAP across all reporting lines.
• Collaborate with the Sales and Operations teams to manage contract oversight, revenue recognition timing, and ensure alignment with financial reporting requirements.
• Analyze spend patterns and reconcile transactions to support accurate expense management and cash flow forecasting.
• Contribute to the development and maintenance of financial policies, controls, and documentation to support scalability as the company expands globally.
• Utilize advanced Excel skills to build financial models, variance analyses, and dashboards that provide actionable insights for leadership decisions.
• Support the implementation and optimization of ERP and expense management tools to streamline accounting workflows and enhance data integrity.
• Act as a key point of contact for external auditors and financial partners, ensuring timely responses to inquiries and thorough audit support.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; CPA or in the process of working towards one is preferred.
• 3+ years of relevant accounting experience, public accounting and industry experience preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and month-end close processes.
• Hands-on experience with the general ledger, reconciliations, AP/AR, and T&E operations.
• Must be highly proficient in Excel.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to independently reconcile and resolve discrepancies.
• A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Must be located in San Francisco for the role.
• Comfortable collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders across finance, legal, operations, and people teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Understanding of internal controls and compliance considerations for a growing company.

Nice to have

• Direct accounting experience for the following areas: accruals, prepaids, investment, internally use software, ASC 842 leases, revenue, foreign currency and/or consolidation.
• Experience at a high-growth or hyper-growth company.
• Familiarity with modern accounting and expense tools (e.g., ERP systems, corporate card/expense platforms).

Practical notes

You must be available to work in the San Francisco office full-time.

This role does not require travel.

Employment eligibility to work in the United States is required.

Candidates must meet the outlined experience and certification requirements.