Sr. Accountant

About the role

SpaceXAI is building frontier reasoning, real-time voice, and generative media technologies to advance human scientific discovery. We are seeking a senior accountant to help establish our revenue accounting function as we scale operations.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Calculate, analyze, and report revenue for the AI platform, covering Grok API usage, subscriptions, and enterprise agreements.
• Manage monthly and quarterly journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting materials.
• Collaborate with technical accounting to document new product initiatives and ensure compliance with US GAAP.
• Identify and execute process improvements to automate or simplify revenue systems and reporting.
• Partner with Engineering, Product, Revenue Operations, Sales, and Legal to understand business results.
• Ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial statements.
• Support annual audits, ad hoc analyses, user acceptance testing, and revenue-related projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 4 years of accounting experience.
• Ability to work long hours and weekends when necessary to meet deadlines.
• Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee to meet ITAR export regulations.
• Must work onsite in Palo Alto, CA.

Nice to have

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or business.
• CPA license.
• 4+ years of experience in revenue accounting, preferably within SaaS or technology.
• Proficiency in ASC 606 revenue recognition principles.
• Experience with ERP and billing systems such as Oracle, HubSpot, or Stripe Billing.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience with SQL, Power BI, Superset, or Alteryx.

Skills & tools

• Revenue accounting
• US GAAP and ASC 606
• Financial reporting and reconciliations
• Data analysis and large data sets

Practical notes

• Salary range: $130,000 to $190,000 (Level 3).
• Total rewards include potential long-term incentives (stock or cash awards), discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, 3 weeks of vacation, and 10+ paid holidays.
• SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer.