Senior Manager Technical Accounting
Glean is an enterprise AI platform that connects company knowledge and systems to provide permission-aware search, AI assistance, and agents.
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About Glean
Glean develops enterprise Work AI software. Its platform provides enterprise search, a conversational AI assistant, and tools to build, govern, and orchestrate AI agents using a company’s connected data and permissions.
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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 complex technical accounting assessments and translate accounting conclusions into scalable procedures, systems requirements, and controls. You will support audit readiness, strengthen finance-process controls, build an internal audit and controls roadmap, and coach team members.
Requirements
- Chartered Accountant, CPA, or equivalent professional accounting qualification
- 8–12+ years of progressive experience in technical accounting, controllership, financial reporting, internal controls, or audit
- Working knowledge of US GAAP
- Experience supporting SOX readiness, IFC, ICFR, or controls-based audits
- Experience implementing controls in a multi-entity, multi-system environment
- Experience implementing accounting policy following products, acquisitions, investments, or commercial changes
- Experience evaluating AI-enabled finance workflows and human-in-the-loop controls
- Technical accounting judgment, written communication, stakeholder management, prioritization, and execution skills
Responsibilities
- Lead technical accounting assessments and prepare accounting memos under US GAAP and IFRS where relevant
- Advise on complex accounting matters including revenue recognition, equity compensation, leases, investments, and intercompany transactions
- Evaluate products, contracts, investments, and business initiatives for accounting and reporting implications
- Maintain accounting policies, documentation standards, and technical accounting playbooks
- Partner with auditors and advisors to resolve technical accounting questions
- Translate accounting conclusions into close procedures, reconciliations, reporting, system configurations, and controls
- Lead India IFC readiness, including walkthroughs, testing support, deficiency evaluation, and remediation
- Strengthen business-process and system controls
- Build an in-house Internal Audit and Controls function roadmap
- Coach team members and communicate risks and recommendations to Finance leadership
Hiring Process
Brief AI-focused exercise or discussion.