Fireworks
Director of General Ledger Accounting
San Mateo, Remote. Posted 10 days ago
The role
The Director of General Ledger Accounting will lead the general ledger function and own the month-end close process. This person will oversee accounting processes within NetSuite and coordinate across all accounting workstreams.
What you will do
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual GL close activities.
- Review journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
- Partner with accounts payable, revenue, accounts receivable, payroll, equity, fixed assets, leases, intercompany, treasury, and tax teams.
- Serve as the accounting lead for NetSuite and partner with systems teams.
- Lead balance sheet and income statement fluctuation reviews.
- Establish and maintain accounting policies, close procedures, and reconciliation standards.
- Deliver accurate trial balances and coordinate audit requests.
- Identify opportunities to automate journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting.
- Lead and coach the GL accounting team.
- Assess GL and close implications of new entities, transactions, systems, and business initiatives.
Required qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience
- 4+ years managing teams and leading the financial close
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and internal controls
- Hands-on NetSuite experience, including close management, financial reporting, and accounting process improvements
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple accounting workstreams, manage dependencies, and resolve issues under tight deadlines
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
Nice to have
- CPA preferred
- Experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany transactions, and consolidation preferred
About the company
Fireworks is a Series D company valued at $17.5 billion that provides a platform for specialized intelligence to build, train, and serve AI models. The company is backed by AMD, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, and others.