Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Role Description

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.

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)
  • 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.

Qualifications

• 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).
• Experience preparing GAAP financial statements and footnotes from scratch, not just reviewing them.
• Experience managing external auditors and external accounting consultants.
• 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.
• Strong written and verbal communication.
• Comfort vibe-coding small scripts or automations (Python, SQL, etc.) to accelerate your own work.
• High integrity, high ownership, low ego.

Requirements

• 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.

Benefits

• 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