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Salary: USD 120,000 - 140,000 / annual
Vercel is the agentic infrastructure company that helps builders move from idea to production with speed, security, and exceptional developer experience. The company serves OpenAI, PayPal, Ramp, Supreme, and millions of developers worldwide.
The Senior Accountant will play a key role in supporting and scaling Vercel's accounting operations as the company continues to grow and mature to public-company standards. Reporting to the Sr. Accounting Manager, you will own assigned operational accounting areas and be a key contributor to monthly and quarterly close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial information to support FP&A and business decision-making.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support monthly and quarterly close processes, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of assigned accounting areas
- Prepare financial reporting packages and presentations for senior leadership, including detailed fluctuation and trend analyses
- Prepare account reconciliations and supporting schedules, proactively identifying and resolving discrepancies
- Partner with FP&A to align accounting results, ensuring consistency between actuals, forecasts, and business drivers
- Lead or support process improvement and automation initiatives to streamline close activities, improve internal controls, and enhance operational effectiveness
- Build and use AI agents to automate daily accounting activities
- Support M&A activities as they arise, including onboarding new entities
- Assist with audit and review processes by preparing documentation, responding to auditor inquiries, and supporting testing efforts
- Support other special projects as needed
You will have hands-on responsibility for key accounting areas including accruals, lease accounting, capitalized commissions, and payroll accounting. You will also have involvement in accounting for subsidiaries related to M&A activity. Close collaboration with internal teams and external providers will support process improvements, automation, and consistency across the accounting function in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
The role includes in-office anchor days on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday if you are based within a pre-determined commuting distance of one of Vercel's offices (SF, NY, London, or Berlin). If located beyond that distance, the role is fully remote.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA preferred
- 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a mix of Big 4 public accounting and/or high-growth private company experience
- Strong understanding of US GAAP with familiarity with FASB ASC standards and comfort doing independent research
- Solid foundations in accruals, lease accounting, capitalized commissions, and payroll accounting
- Hands-on, detail-oriented accountant with strong sense of ownership and ability to manage multiple priorities
- Process-oriented and curious, with interest in leveraging AI, automation, and systems to improve efficiency and accuracy
- Experience working cross-functionally to align accounting processes with business operations and reporting needs
- Strong communicator, able to collaborate effectively with cross-functional partners and explain accounting concepts clearly
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving environment
