Contract Accountant, Compute & Infrastructure Accounting (FTC, 12 mos)

The role

The contractor will support recurring close and day-to-day operational accounting for cloud computing, data center, server, equipment, colocation, software, data, and other AI infrastructure costs. This involves translating contract terms and operational data into accruals, journal entries, and reconciliations.

What you will do

• Prepare and support month-end and quarter-end close activities including accruals, journal entries, and reconciliations.
• Prepare journal-entry support and submissions including account and cost-center coding.
• Perform vendor- and contract-level reconciliations and monitor actuals against accruals.
• Support lease, fixed-asset, construction-in-progress, and related infrastructure accounting.
• Maintain contract and pricing records across agreements, amendments, and terminations.
• Translate commercial terms into accounting inputs and operating workflows.
• Validate vendor invoices and operational data against rates and usage.
• Investigate exceptions and document root causes and resolutions.
• Execute control procedures over source data and workpapers.
• Respond to audit and control requests by assembling tie-outs and source evidence.

Required qualifications

• Progressive experience in accounting, audit, advisory, or a related finance function, including hands-on operational accounting.
• Strong month-end and quarter-end close experience involving accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and workpaper preparation.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal controls.
• Experience interpreting contracts, invoices, and large operational datasets.
• Advanced spreadsheet and data-analysis skills.
• Experience using an ERP or comparable finance system.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to reduce manual effort, strengthen analysis, improve documentation, and create scalable operating leverage.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, and clear documentation habits.
• Ability to independently manage high-volume, deadline-driven work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Operational accounting experience in a technology, cloud-computing, or infrastructure environment.
• Experience with Oracle Fusion and lease-accounting, fixed-asset, or similar finance systems.
• CPA, CA, or an equivalent professional accounting qualification.
• Exposure to cloud and compute costs, lease accounting, fixed assets, construction in progress, or related infrastructure arrangements.
• Familiarity with SQL, GitHub, issue-tracking tools, or similar technical tools.
• Experience in audit-ready, high-growth, or control-focused operating environments.
• Experience collaborating across time zones with distributed teams and external service providers.

About the company

greenlight-workforce-solutions provides a Contract Accountant to support OpenAI's Compute & Infrastructure Accounting team.