The ad says“Strong technical accounting knowledge with hands-on ownership of ASC 606, ASC 842, and ASC 718; familiarity with ASC 808 and ASC 350-40 a plus”
The ad says“Strong technical accounting knowledge with hands-on ownership of ASC 606, ASC 842, and ASC 718; familiarity with ASC 808 and ASC 350-40 a plus”
The ad says“Strong technical accounting knowledge with hands-on ownership of ASC 606, ASC 842, and ASC 718; familiarity with ASC 808 and ASC 350-40 a plus”
The ad says“Experience supporting external audits and preparing high-quality accounting documentation”
The ad says“Experience preparing financial statements and footnote disclosures”
The ad says“Experience documenting processes through flowcharts, narratives, and control matrices, and using that documentation to strengthen controls”
The ad says“Demonstrated ability to write clear, well-reasoned technical accounting memos”
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The ad says“Strong technical accounting knowledge with hands-on ownership of ASC 606, ASC 842, and ASC 718; familiarity with ASC 808 and ASC 350-40 a plus”
The ad says“Strong technical accounting knowledge with hands-on ownership of ASC 606, ASC 842, and ASC 718; familiarity with ASC 808 and ASC 350-40 a plus”
The ad says“Identify opportunities to automate reporting and documentation workflows using ERP functionality, SQL, and AI-enabled processes”
The ad says“Strong systems orientation, including experience with ERPs such as NetSuite and comfort working with large datasets”
The ad says“Identify opportunities to automate reporting and documentation workflows using ERP functionality, SQL, and AI-enabled processes”
Fireworks AI is looking for an experienced Financial Reporting Manager to own and scale the company’s technical accounting and financial reporting function as the business grows rapidly
This role will be responsible for the technical accounting positions, financial statements, and documentation behind some of the most complex areas of our business — leases and data center arrangements, equity, revenue, strategic partnerships, and hardware and compute costs, while building the processes, documentation, and controls needed to support a high-growth AI infrastructure business
The Financial Reporting Manager will also own end-to-end process documentation, building the flowcharts, narratives, and control matrices that strengthen our control environment as we scale
This person will partner closely with Accounting Operations, FP&A, Legal, Tax, Infrastructure, Engineering, Revenue Operations, and Business Development to ensure that complex transactions are understood, documented, and reported correctly
The ideal candidate is technically deep, writes clearly, and is comfortable forming and defending accounting positions in a rapidly changing industry
Manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting process, ensuring timely and accurate reporting
Own technical accounting research, conclusions, and memo documentation across the company’s most complex and judgmental areas, including revenue, leases, equity, partnerships, and infrastructure arrangements
Own lease accounting under ASC 842 end to end, including new lease setup, modifications, disclosures, and related reconciliations
Evaluate infrastructure and compute-related spend, including cloud hosting, GPU capacity, data center costs, prepaid commitments, vendor accruals, and other cost-of-revenue and operating expense activity
Own accounting for strategic partnership, reseller, and marketplace arrangements, including gross versus net presentation, revenue share, and consideration payable to a customer
Own revenue recognition under ASC 606, including partnering with Deal Desk, Revenue Operations, and Legal on non-standard contract review
Own equity and share-based payments accounting, including the equity rollforward and other related disclosures
Build and maintain end-to-end process flowcharts, narratives, and risk-and-control matrices across key financial reporting cycles, documenting systems, data flows, handoffs, and control points
Support the design and implementation of SOX-ready controls as the company matures, including preparation, review, approval, and evidence standards
Monitor new accounting pronouncements and evolving industry practice, assess applicability to Fireworks, and lead adoption planning and implementation
Serve as a primary point of contact for external auditors on technical accounting areas, preparing audit-ready memos, schedules, and supporting documentation
Develop and maintain accounting policies across revenue, leases, equity, capitalization, and partnership arrangements, and socialize them with cross-functional stakeholders
Partner with Engineering and Data teams where accounting depends on operational data, ensuring usage, consumption, and infrastructure data used in reporting is complete, accurate, and reproducible
Identify opportunities to automate reporting and documentation workflows using ERP functionality, SQL, and AI-enabled processes
Assist with tax, insurance, compliance, due diligence, and other accounting projects as needed
—-What Success Looks Like—-
—-In the first 6–12 months, this person will have:
Deepened the technical accounting documentation behind our most complex arrangements, spanning revenue, partnerships, leases, equity, and infrastructure costs
Scaled lease accounting alongside our growing data center and GPU capacity footprint, including a clear framework for evaluating new arrangements
Kept equity accounting and disclosures audit-ready as the company grows
Become the partner Business Development, Deal Desk, and Legal bring non-standard arrangements to before terms are finalized
Brought clarity and consistency to how hardware and compute costs are treated and presented
Documented our financial reporting cycles end to end, strengthening the control environment as we scale
Elevated the quarterly and annual reporting package, including footnotes and disclosure support; and
Built a reporting environment that absorbs rapid growth without a proportional increase in manual effort
Preferred experience
Experience supporting external audits and preparing high-quality accounting documentation
Experience developing and improving accounting and reporting processes in a fast-growing organization
Comfortable working in an environment with rapidly evolving systems and changing business requirements
Experience analyzing non-standard commercial arrangements and partnership or revenue share structures and translating them into supportable accounting conclusions
Experience preparing financial statements and footnote disclosures
Demonstrated ability to write clear, well-reasoned technical accounting memos
Strong technical accounting knowledge with hands-on ownership of ASC 606, ASC 842, and ASC 718; familiarity with ASC 808 and ASC 350-40 a plus
Strong systems orientation, including experience with ERPs such as NetSuite and comfort working with large datasets
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. CPA or CPA eligibility preferred
Strong cross-functional communication skills and experience partnering with FP&A, Legal, Tax, Engineering, Revenue Operations, and business teams on transactions before they close
Experience documenting processes through flowcharts, narratives, and control matrices, and using that documentation to strengthen controls
6–10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including technical accounting and external reporting; public accounting background preferred
