General Ledger Accountant

About Baseten

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $150M Series D, backed by investors including BOND, IVP, Spark Capital, Greylock, and Conviction. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

We’re hiring our first accounting team member to establish core accounting operations in a fast-growing environment. You will be a key contributor to the monthly close process, assist with developing accounting policies and documentation, and support the preparation for our first annual financial statements audit.

This is a hands-on, build-from-scratch role for someone who thrives in a lean, high-change setting.

Responsibilities

• Execute monthly and quarterly close activities, including reconciliations, journal entries and documentation under US GAAP.
• Support preparation for the company’s first annual financial statement audit, including PBC preparation, and external auditor coordination.
• Key contributor to the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and scalability.
• Assist in developing key accounting workflows, including close checklists, reconciliations, and prepaid and accrual accounting.
• Partner with internal approvers and vendors to manage invoices, payment cycles, and AP support.
• Help implement accounting systems tools to streamline accounting operations and volume and complexity scale.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, PDE/R&D, Legal, and Data to ensure timely information sharing and reduce month-end friction.
• Support technical accounting assessments and memo drafting (stock comp, leases, secondary transactions, etc.).
• Identify process gaps and propose practical improvements to strengthen documentation, accuracy, and scalability.
  
  

Requirements

• 5 years of relevant accounting experience in high-growth or dynamic tech company environments
• Prior experience in startup or growth-stage environments where processes were not yet established.
• Ability to work hands-on and independently while building for scale.
• Comfortable operating with limited resources, competing priorities, and evolving systems.
• Solid grounding in US GAAP with experience drafting policies, memos, and controls.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to drive deadlines across multiple stakeholders.
• Clear, concise communicator who can partner effectively with engineering, finance, product, and operations.
• Experience with modern accounting systems (e.g., NetSuite, FloQast, Stripe, Ramp, etc.). Implementation experience is preferred not required.
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Generous PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
• Paid parental leave
• Company-facilitated 401(k)
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.
  
  

Apply now to embark on a rewarding journey in shaping the future of AI! If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.