Intercompany Accountant

The role

You will own an assigned portfolio of intercompany and investment accounting processes. This includes managing reconciliations, coordinating intercompany funding, and reviewing transfer pricing calculations.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain an understanding of OpenAI's group structure and intercompany flows.
• Partner with Tax and Technical Accounting to assess complex intercompany transactions.
• Provide guidance to the wider accounting group on intercompany flows and accounting treatments.
• Own monthly and quarterly close activities for assigned accounts.
• Coordinate accounting for intercompany funding and settlements with Treasury and Tax.
• Review transfer pricing calculations for accuracy.
• Prepare and review assigned journal entries.
• Maintain investment accounting records and reconciliations.
• Maintain close and audit support and document processes and controls.
• Work with systems teams to improve accounting workflows and resolve reporting issues.

Required qualifications

• Experience owning recurring accounting work through close, including balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and investigation of reconciling items.
• A working understanding of US GAAP and multi-entity accounting.
• Familiarity with intercompany transactions, settlements, and foreign currency accounting.
• Ability to trace a calculation or journal entry to its source and document resolutions.
• Ability to organize a close calendar, manage dependencies, and communicate clearly with Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Technical Accounting.
• Comfort working with spreadsheets and accounting systems.

Nice to have

• Experience with transfer pricing calculations or investment accounting.
• Experience with Oracle FCCS or a similar consolidation system.
• Experience with internal controls or audit support.

Before you apply

• Background checks for applicants will be administered in accordance with applicable law.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.