Deepgram is hiring a Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting to help prepare the company for its first external audit and, ultimately, for public markets. You'll report directly to the Chief Accounting Officer and work alongside a small, scrappy finance team - owning the technical accounting and financial reporting work that takes a private company from where we are today to audit-ready and IPO-ready. There's a lot to figure out. You'll quarterback the work, set the standards, and be the buck-stops-here technical authority in the room with our auditors, valuation specialists, and external accounting advisors. What You'll Do • Own technical accounting across the topics that will define our audit and S-1, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), stock-based compensation and equity transactions (ASC 718), capitalized software (internal-use and software to be sold), leases (ASC 842), business combinations (ASC 805), and complex financing instruments. • Own GAAP financial statement preparation and footnote disclosures from the ground up, including MD&A and the disclosures required for registration. • Quarterback the external audit - build the policy library, stand up the PBC process, and serve as the primary technical point of contact for auditors. Defend positions independently. • Scope and manage external technical accounting advisors - direct their work, decide when to bring them in versus execute in-house, and hold them to our standards. • Own the relationship with valuation specialists on 409As, purchase price allocations, and intangible asset valuations. • Partner with tax advisors on international transfer pricing and intercompany accounting. • Lay the foundation for SEC reporting (S-1, 10-K, 10-Q) and SOX readiness - design the workflows, controls, and calendars that will support public-company operations. • Develop and document accounting policies that are clear, defensible, and scalable. • Leverage AI aggressively - for research, memo drafting, tie-outs, disclosure benchmarking, and workflow automation - and build your own tooling where it helps. • Build the team as we scale. What You'll Need • Active CPA, with a strong Big 4 or national firm foundation. • 8+ years of progressive experience in technical accounting and/or financial reporting, with deep fluency in US GAAP. • Hands-on technical range across revenue (606), equity comp (718), leases (842), and business combinations (805) - you can take on a gnarly issue and come back with a defensible memo you drafted yourself. • Experience preparing GAAP financial statements and footnotes from scratch, not just reviewing them. • Experience managing external auditors and external accounting consultants - you know how to scope, direct, and push back. • A builder's instinct - comfort with ambiguity, no waiting for playbooks, strong bias to ship. • A demonstrated AI-native working style - you use LLMs daily for drafting, research, and analysis, and can talk concretely about what these tools do well and where they fall short for accountants. • Strong written and verbal communication - you can translate technical accounting for non-accountants without losing precision. • Comfort vibe-coding small scripts or automations (Python, SQL, etc.) to accelerate your own work. • High integrity, high ownership, low ego. It Would Be Great If You Had • Prior experience preparing a company for its first external audit. • Prior experience taking a company public (S-1, IPO readiness, first 10-K). • Capitalized software accounting experience in a SaaS or AI business. • Experience coordinating with valuation specialists on 409As, PPAs, or intangible asset valuations. • Exposure to international transfer pricing or intercompany accounting. • Working knowledge of Workiva, NetSuite, FloQast, or similar tools - and strong opinions about them. Benefits & Perks* Holistic health • Medical, dental, vision benefits • Annual wellness stipend • Mental health support • Life, STD, LTD Income Insurance Plans Work/life blend • Unlimited PTO • Generous paid parental leave • Flexible schedule • 12 Paid US company holidays • Quarterly personal productivity stipend • One-time stipend for home office upgrades • 401(k) plan with company match • Tax Savings Programs Continuous learning • Learning / Education stipend • Participation in talks and conferences • Employee Resource Groups • AI enablement workshops / sessions *For candidates outside of the US, we use an Employer of Record model in many countries, which means benefits are administered locally and governed by country-specific regulations. Because of this, benefits will differ by region - in some cases international employees receive benefits US employees do not, and vice versa. As we scale, we will continue to evaluate where we can create more alignment, but a 1:1 global benefits structure is not always legally or operationally possible.