Director, Accounting Operations

Tenstorrent$100K — $500K *
Legal & Accounting
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting operations or corporate accounting, ideally in high-growth or multinational environments.
  • Strong technical understanding of US GAAP, with expertise in key accounting areas like close, reconciliations, and accruals.
  • Leadership experience in operational accounting processes, preferably with ERP transformation exposure.
  • Ability to delegate and develop a team while enhancing communication across departments.
  • A CPA credential is strongly preferred, especially for those with backgrounds in complex product-based industries.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and scale various accounting operations, ensuring accuracy and discipline.
  • Improve the monthly and quarterly close process while enhancing accountability and documentation.
  • Strengthen internal controls and improve ERP processes in line with IT and Finance System teams.
  • Develop a high-performing accounting organization to manage global complexity across various entities and jurisdictions.
  • Build relationships with auditors, consultants, and outsourcing partners to facilitate seamless operations.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with flexibility in location (Santa Clara, Austin, Boston, Toronto).
  • Opportunities for professional growth and learning in a fast-paced environment.
  • Possibility of experiencing high-level finance and accounting processes that scale from startup to enterprise.
  • Engagement with a broader business execution context, influencing various operational areas.
Full Job Description
Tenstorrent is seeking a Director of Accounting Operations to lead and scale the company's core accounting operations function. This leader will build a disciplined, accurate, audit-ready, and scalable organization that can support rapid growth, global expansion, increasing transaction complexity, and future public-company requirements. In this role, you will oversee day-to-day accounting operations across AP, AR, payroll accounting, fixed assets, accruals, reconciliations, and close operations while partnering across global finance functions.

This role is hybrid, based out of Santa Clara,CA; Austin,TX; Boston, MA; or Toronto, ON.

We welcome candidates at various experience levels for this role. During the interview process, candidates will be assessed for the appropriate level, and offers will align with that level, which may differ from the one in this posting.

Who You Are
  • An experienced accounting operations leader who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments and brings strong technical accounting judgment, operational discipline, and a builder's mindset.
  • Equally comfortable solving detailed accounting issues and designing scalable processes, systems, and controls, with a strong foundation in US GAAP, close, reconciliations, accruals, AP, AR, payroll accounting, fixed assets, internal controls, and audit support.
  • Able to tell what good looks like in an accounting function, have experience improving close timelines and control discipline, and are a strong people leader who communicates clearly and partners effectively across Finance and business operations.
  • Bringing 10+ years of progressive experience in accounting operations, controllership, or corporate accounting, including leadership in high-growth or multinational environments, ERP transformation experience, and strong knowledge of operational accounting processes; CPA and experience in complex product-based industries are strongly preferred.

What We Need
  • Lead and scale accounting operations across AP, AR, payroll accounting, fixed assets, accruals, reconciliations, and close operations in a way that supports accuracy, discipline, and growth.
  • Own and improve the monthly and quarterly close process, driving stronger accountability, documentation, and cycle-time improvements.
  • Strengthen internal controls, documentation, segregation of duties, and system-based controls while partnering with Finance Systems and IT to improve ERP processes, automation, integrations, and reporting.
  • Build and develop a high-performing accounting operations organization, support global accounting complexity across entities and jurisdictions, and manage key relationships with auditors, consultants, and outsourced partners.

What You Will Learn
  • How to build accounting processes that scale from startup-stage operations to enterprise-grade infrastructure.
  • How global entity operations, inter-company processes, foreign currency activity, statutory reporting support, and international accounting complexity come together in practice.
  • How accounting operations connect directly to broader business execution in a product-based technology company, including procurement, supply chain, leases, capital equipment, payroll, equity, R&D, and commercial operations.
  • How to lead finance transformation, develop a high-performing team and operating model, and help shape the systems, controls, and processes needed for the company's next stage of growth.


Compensation for all engineers at Tenstorrent ranges from $100k - $500k including base and variable compensation targets. Experience, skills, education, background and location all impact the actual offer made.

Tenstorrent offers a highly competitive compensation package and benefits.

About Tenstorrent

Tenstorrent is a semiconductor company that designs and develops computer processors for artificial intelligence and machine learning applications. The company's processors are designed to be energy-efficient and scalable, and are used by a range of businesses, from small startups to large enterprises. Tenstorrent was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.
Learn more about Tenstorrent
Size
51 employees
Industry
Founded
2016

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