Employer description & source details
Fireworks AI is looking for an experienced General Ledger Accountant to own and scale the company's month-end close and general ledger as the business grows rapidly. This role will be responsible for the journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules behind our operating expense accounts and international subsidiaries (APAC and EMEA), including high-volume areas like infrastructure and compute spend, software subscriptions, and prepaid commitments, while helping build the processes, documentation, and controls needed to support a high-growth AI infrastructure business. This person will partner closely with Accounts Payable, Payroll, FP&A, Tax, Legal, and Procurement to ensure transactions are coded, recorded, and reconciled correctly. The ideal candidate is hands-on, detail-oriented, and comfortable owning the close in an environment where systems and processes are still being built. Prepare and post journal entries for accruals, prepaids, reclasses, and fixed asset depreciation within the close calendar. Own operating expense accruals, gathering support from Accounts Payable, Procurement, and budget owners and truing up against actuals. Maintain prepaid schedules and amortization, including software subscriptions, cloud and compute commitments, and usage-based prepaids. Perform monthly flux and variance analysis on operating expense accounts and explain the drivers, such as headcount, compute, and software spend. Reconcile balance sheet accounts monthly, including cash, prepaids, accrued liabilities, deposits, fixed assets, and intercompany, and clear reconciling items with Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Treasury. Tie out payroll and benefits postings to the general ledger. Support month-end close and reporting for international subsidiaries, including inte
Extracted skills: excel, finance, fp&a