Technical Accounting Lead, Ads Revenue
AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.
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About OpenAI
OpenAI’s mission is to ensure artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity. It consists of the nonprofit OpenAI Foundation and OpenAI Group, a public benefit corporation governed by the Foundation.
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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 own key elements of Ads revenue accounting from technical assessment through operational execution. You will lead accounting assessments, evolve policies, set up governance, translate conclusions into requirements for product, billing and data, and prepare audit-ready memos while using AI and automation to improve workflows.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in revenue accounting including ASC 606 judgments
- Leadership to set direction and influence senior stakeholders
- Experience with digital advertising, adtech, marketplaces, payments or usage-based services
- Strong command of variable consideration, principal-versus-agent, contract modifications and revenue presentation
- Track record building 0-to-1 accounting processes, governance and controls
- Clear written and executive communication
Responsibilities
- Lead technical accounting assessments for Ads products and commercial arrangements
- Own and evolve Ads revenue accounting policies and operating guidance
- Establish governance for new products and accounting decisions
- Translate accounting conclusions into requirements for product, contracting, billing, data, close and controls
- Own the operating cadence for incentive and makegood accounting, accruals, reconciliations and flux analysis
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, Sales, Legal, Tax and Billing teams
- Prepare technical memos and audit-ready support and align with Corporate Technical Accounting and external auditors
- Use data, AI and automation to improve Finance workflows
Benefits
- Equity
- Performance-related bonus
- Hybrid work model
- Relocation assistance
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance with HSA employer contributions
- Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
- 401(k) with employer match
- Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks birth parents, 20 weeks non-birthing parents)
- Paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
- Flexible PTO for exempt employees
- 13+ paid company holidays and company office closures
- Paid sick or safe time
- Mental health and wellness support
- Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
- Annual learning and development stipend
- Daily meals in offices and meal delivery credits
- Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends
