Senior Accountant

Legora Legora · Vertical AI · New York, NY · Corporate

Senior Accountant role at an AI-native legal tech company. Responsibilities include managing close and reporting processes, improving processes and controls, and ensuring accurate financial information. Requires 4+ years of accounting experience, strong US GAAP knowledge, and experience in high-growth environments. Nice-to-haves include CPA, NetSuite experience, and interest in automation.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own and support key aspects of the monthly and quarterly close, including journal entries, reconciliations, and flux analysis
  2. Manage assigned operational accounting areas (e.g., cash, accruals, payroll, capitalized commissions, fixed assets, or revenue-related balances)
  3. Prepare financial analyses and reporting packages for Finance leadership and FP&A
  4. Partner with FP&A to ensure alignment between accounting results, forecasts, and business drivers
  5. Improve and automate close processes, internal controls, and reporting workflows

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of progressive accounting experience
  • Experience from a technology and/or scale-up start-up environment
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP
  • General accounting processes
  • Hands-on experience supporting month-end close
  • Financial reporting
  • Detail-oriented
  • Analytical
  • Comfortable owning work end to end
  • Strong communicator
  • Collaborates well across Finance and the business

Nice to have

  • Big 4 or high-growth technology company experience
  • CPA or other accounting certification
  • Experience with NetSuite, FloQast, or similar tools
  • Exposure to revenue or product accounting
  • Interest in automation, systems, and AI-enabled workflows

What the JD emphasized

  • scale our accounting function
  • critical role in our close and reporting processes
  • deliver accurate, timely, and decision-useful financial information
  • senior, high-impact role with real ownership
  • own key accounting areas
  • improve processes and controls
  • build a scalable, audit-ready accounting foundation
  • fast-paced environment
  • progressive accounting experience in high-growth or dynamic environments
  • Experience from a technology and/or scale-up start-up environment
  • Strong understanding of US GAAP and general accounting processes
  • Hands-on experience supporting month-end close and financial reporting
  • Detail-oriented, analytical, and comfortable owning work end to end
  • Strong communicator who collaborates well across Finance and the business