# Senior Accountant - General Ledger at Lightning AI

- Company: Lightning AI
- What the company does: From the PyTorch Lightning creators. Own your AI, don. Backed by Index.
- Company website: https://lightning.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-08-06
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/lightningai/jobs/7833156003
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/lightning-ai-senior-accountant-general-ledger/

## About the role

This is the record-to-report seat. Our Accounting Manager, Revenue Operations owns revenue and AR; our Senior Accountant, Accounts Payable & Procure-to-Pay owns the payables cycle. You will support the rest of the balance sheet such as cash reconciliation, intercompany, payroll accrual, prepaids, fixed assets, leases, and the monthly financial statements and flux analysis that tie it all together.

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on monthly close work, a mix of public accounting and high-growth industry experience is ideal
- Demonstrated command of the balance sheet close: cash, intercompany, prepaids, fixed assets, and payroll accounting
- Experience supporting an external audit as a preparer, including building workpapers that stand on their own
- Excellent written communication, you can explain a variance in a sentence and document a conclusion in a memo
- Advanced Excel, comfort working with large transaction datasets

Tags: Finance & Accounting