Accounting Manager, General Ledger & Accounting Operations

About Snorkel

Snorkel AI is the frontier AI data lab, helping teams build the data and environments behind high-performing frontier and agentic AI. We combine technology with research-driven AI data development to create datasets, benchmarks, evals, and custom solutions for real-world AI systems. Founded out of the Stanford AI Lab in 2019, Snorkel works with leading AI labs and enterprises to move from better data to better outcomes.

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Accounting Manager, General Ledger & Accounting Operations

San Francisco, CA (Hybrid); New York, NY (Hybrid)

About Snorkel

At Snorkel, we believe meaningful AI doesn't start with the model, it starts with the data. We're on a mission to help enterprises transform expert knowledge into specialized AI at scale. The AI landscape has gone through incredible changes between 2015, when Snorkel started as a research project in the Stanford AI Lab, to the generative AI breakthroughs of today. But one thing has remained constant: the data you use to build AI is the key to achieving differentiation, high performance, and production-ready systems.

We work with some of the world's largest organizations to empower scientists, engineers, financial experts, product creators, journalists, and more to build custom AI with their data faster than ever before.

Excited to help us redefine how AI is built? Apply to be the newest Snorkeler!

About The Role

We are seeking an Accounting Manager, General Ledger & Accounting Operations to own our monthly close end to end and build a close that can withstand an external audit.

This is a hands-on role for a Big Four-trained accountant who can both build and lead. You will report to the Controller and serve as preparer and reviewer for our senior and staff accountants, while building the models and processes that a fast-growing, project-based business depends on: commissions, bonuses, project margins, equity, and debt. You will work closely with Sales Operations, People, Legal, FP&A, and Revenue, and you will mentor the team as you go.

What You'll Do

Close, General Ledger & Audit Readiness

• Own the monthly, quarterly, and annual close end to end, including the calendar, task owners, checklist, and final sign-off.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, flux analyses, and balance sheet reconciliations, with timely and documented review.
• Lead cleanup of legacy balances and reconciliations so every account has a defensible, supported position.
• Serve as the day-to-day contact for external auditors, managing PBC lists, walkthroughs, and follow-ups, and anticipate what an auditor will ask before they ask it.
• Design, document, and operate close controls, process narratives, and an accounting playbook.
• Oversee key balance sheet accounts, including cash, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accounts payable, accrued expenses, payroll, commissions, and equity-related balances.

Commissions & Bonus Accounting

• Build our commission calculation model from scratch, including plan logic, quota attainment, accelerators, splits, clawbacks, and crediting rules, and own it going forward.
• Build and manage our bonus calculation and accrual process from scratch, with clear inputs, review steps, and reconciliation to payroll and the general ledger.
• Account for capitalized commissions and amortization, and partner with Sales Operations, People, and Payroll to resolve questions and keep plan documents and calculations aligned.

Project-Based Accounting

• Perform estimate-at-completion (EAC) margin calculations for project-based work, and keep revenue, cost to complete, and margin updated each close.
• Partner with Revenue, Delivery, and FP&A to track project costs, billing milestones, and changes in estimates, and explain margin movements clearly.

Equity & Debt

• Own stock-based compensation accounting, the equity rollforward, and reconciliation to the cap table and equity platform.
• Account for debt, warrants, interest, and issuance costs, and monitor covenant and reporting requirements.
• Support option grants, 409A inputs, tender offers, and financing transactions with accurate accounting and tax and payroll withholding coordination.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Operations

• Work across Finance, Sales, People, Legal, and Operations to answer accounting questions, evaluate new arrangements, and translate accounting for non-accountants.
• Oversee AP, expense, and spend management operations, and support cash and bank reconciliations.
• Drive automation and support ERP, billing, and AP system implementations while preserving audit trail and controls.

Mentorship & Leadership

• Mentor and coach our senior and staff accountants through review, feedback, and hands-on guidance, building their technical depth and close ownership.
• Cross-train the team to reduce key-person risk, and set a standard of documented, no-black-box work.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience, including Big Four or national public accounting audit.
• Experience building commission and bonus calculation models from scratch and managing them through close.
• Experience owning a monthly close end to end and working directly with external auditors.
• Strong experience with equity and stock-based compensation, and with debt and warrant accounting.
• Experience in a project-based environment, including EAC or percentage-of-completion margin calculations.
• Strong U.S. GAAP knowledge and a clear sense of what makes support audit ready.
• Experience reviewing others' work and mentoring senior and staff accountants.
• Advanced Excel or Google Sheets skills, strong communication, and a track record of working well across teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a high-growth SaaS, AI, or technology company, ideally venture-backed.
• Experience building or improving a close process, documenting controls, or supporting a first audit.
• Experience with reconciliation cleanup and resolving aged or unsupported balances.
• ERP implementation experience; familiarity with QuickBooks, NetSuite, Campfire, Ramp, Bill.com, Carta, or Salesforce.
• Bonus: SQL or AI tools to automate reconciliations, classifications, and reporting.

Location

San Francisco, CA or New York, NY (hybrid).

Salary Range

$150,000 - $185,000 USD, depending on experience and scope. Equity and full benefits included.

Be Your Best at Snorkel

Join a company with market-proven solutions, robust funding, and rapid growth. You'll shape our accounting infrastructure, influence how we close and report, and help build a world-class finance organization in an environment designed for growth, learning, and shared success.

Snorkel AI is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Snorkel AI embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Snorkel AI prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including skills, qualifications, experience, and geographic location.

Salary range(s) for this role$150,000-$185,000 USD

Be Your Best at Snorkel

Joining Snorkel AI means becoming part of a company that has market proven solutions, robust funding, and is scaling rapidly - offering a unique combination of stability and the excitement of high growth. As a member of our team, you’ll have meaningful opportunities to shape priorities and initiatives, influence key strategic decisions, and directly impact our ongoing success. Whether you’re looking to deepen your technical expertise, explore leadership opportunities, or learn new skills across multiple functions, you’re fully supported in building your career in an environment designed for growth, learning, and shared success.

Snorkel AI is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and is committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Snorkel AI embraces diversity and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. Snorkel AI prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.