Candidates with technical accounting expertise in SaaS or AI with leadership experience will find this high-growth role in San Mateo, California, offers a chance to shape scalable revenue processes.
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Original posting from Fireworks via Ashby
ABOUT US:
Fireworks is the platform for specialized intelligence, enabling companies to build, train, and serve AI models tailored to their own data, workflows, and products. Founded by the team behind PyTorch and backed by AMD, Atreides, Benchmark Capital, Index Ventures, Lightspeed, NVIDIA, Sequoia Capital, and TCV, Fireworks powers production AI with hundreds of state-of-the-art open models across text, image, embedding, audio, and multimodal workloads. Today, Fireworks is a Series D company valued at $17.5 billion, bringing together an ambitious, collaborative team that's building the future of enterprise AI.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Own Fireworks AI’s global revenue accounting function, including revenue recognition, contract review, close, reconciliations, reporting, and related controls.
- Serve as the company’s technical accounting expert for revenue recognition under ASC 606.
- Review complex and non-standard customer contracts and determine the appropriate accounting treatment.
- Prepare and maintain technical accounting memos supporting revenue recognition conclusions and significant judgments.
- Partner closely with Sales, Legal, Deal Desk, FP&A, Billing, and Finance to evaluate the accounting implications of new products, pricing models, and contract structures.
- Establish scalable revenue accounting policies, processes, and controls as the company grows.
- Lead monthly and quarterly revenue close activities, including deferred revenue, contract assets and liabilities, variable consideration, and revenue-related balance sheet accounts.
- Support external audits and serve as the primary point of contact for revenue-related accounting matters.
- Identify opportunities to automate and improve revenue accounting workflows, systems, and data integrity.
- Build and lead a high-performing revenue accounting team over time.
- Support broader technical accounting initiatives, financial reporting requirements, and readiness for future public-company standards.
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, with substantial experience in technical revenue accounting.
- Deep expertise in ASC 606 and experience applying the standard to complex technology or SaaS contracts.
- Strong understanding of usage-based, consumption-based, subscription, and enterprise contract structures.
- Experience evaluating non-standard terms such as minimum commitments, prepaid credits, discounts, rebates, service-level arrangements, contract modifications, and variable consideration.
- Strong technical accounting research and memo-writing skills.
- Experience working in a high-growth technology company; experience with AI, cloud infrastructure, developer platforms, SaaS, or consumption-based businesses is especially relevant.
- Prior experience managing revenue close processes, internal controls, and external audit relationships.
- Ability to partner effectively with commercial teams while maintaining sound accounting judgment and appropriate controls.
- Strong systems orientation and experience scaling revenue accounting processes through automation.
- CPA strongly preferred.
- Public accounting experience, particularly with a Big Four firm, is preferred.
WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE
You will build a technically rigorous and scalable revenue accounting function that enables Fireworks AI to grow quickly while maintaining accurate financial reporting. You will be a trusted advisor on complex deals and new business models, ensuring that revenue accounting considerations are understood early and reflected appropriately in the company’s financial statements.
WHY FIREWORKS?
- Solve Hard Problems: Tackle challenges at the forefront of AI infrastructure, from low-latency inference to scalable model serving.
- Build What’s Next: Work with bleeding-edge technology that impacts how businesses and developers harness AI globally.
- Ownership & Impact: Join a fast-growing, passionate team where your work directly shapes the future of AI—no bureaucracy, just results.
- Learn from the Best: Collaborate with world-class engineers and AI researchers who thrive on curiosity and innovation.
Fireworks AI is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all innovators.
Source: Fireworks careers (Ashby)