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Liquid AI is an efficiency-first foundation-model company building device-native Liquid Foundation Models (LFMs) and tools to customize and deploy them.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
About Liquid AI
An MIT CSAIL spinout, Liquid AI develops general-purpose AI models focused on efficient deployment across CPUs, GPUs, NPUs, edge devices, and cloud or on-premises environments.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will lead monthly and quarterly financial close processes, establish and document technical accounting positions, and manage equity compensation accounting. You will build scalable internal controls, manage tax and audit relationships, improve ERP and finance systems, automate workflows, and partner with finance, legal, and go-to-market stakeholders to ensure accurate accounting treatment.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive accounting experience across public accounting and industry
- Active CPA required or strongly preferred
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP, ASC 606, and ASC 718
- Experience managing external auditors and building or maturing a controls environment
- Experience implementing or owning an ERP system such as NetSuite
- Ability to present technical accounting positions and close results to the CFO, board, and audit committee
Responsibilities
- Run the monthly and quarterly close process end to end
- Research, document, and apply technical accounting positions for complex transactions
- Manage stock compensation expense, 409A coordination, and cap table reconciliation
- Design and implement scalable internal controls
- Manage outsourced income tax and sales and use tax compliance
- Lead the external audit relationship, testing support, and resolution of open items
- Evaluate, implement, and optimize ERP and adjacent finance systems
- Automate manual accounting workflows
- Partner with FP&A, Legal, and GTM Finance on accounting treatment