Technical Accounting & Reporting Manager

Technical Accounting & Reporting Manager

Tensor is an American Physical AI company dedicated to building agentic products that empower people. Our flagship product, the Tensor Robocar, is the world’s first personal Robocar and the first AI agentic vehicle — fully autonomous, automotive-grade, and built for private ownership at scale. Founded in 2016 in Silicon Valley, Tensor is headquartered in San Jose, California, with offices in Barcelona, Singapore, and Dubai. At Tensor, we champion personal AI autonomy and ownership. Our vision is to build a future where everyone owns their own Artificial General Intelligence — a personal AGI that enables more time, freedom, and autonomy. We’re forging an alternative path where AGI serves only you, and is controlled solely by you.

We provide a competitive compensation package, opportunities for professional growth, participation in a discretionary equity incentive plan, and access to a comprehensive company benefits program, subject to eligibility requirements.

Join us to shape the future! Work with brilliant minds on technology transforming automotive industry and make a lasting impact.

We are seeking a Technical Accounting & Reporting Manager to be the company's authority on US GAAP and external financial reporting as we scale toward public-company readiness. You will own technical accounting positions on complex matters, build the accounting policy framework, prepare the organization for external reporting, and drive audit quality to public-company standards.

Locations

• San Jose, California, US (Salary Range: $75k—$350k USD)

Responsibilities

• Research, conclude, and document complex accounting matters in audit-ready position memos: revenue (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), stock compensation (ASC 718), inventory (ASC 330), capitalized software (ASC 350/985), business combinations, and equity, warrant, and financing-instrument accounting (ASC 815/480).
• Establish the company's accounting policy framework and a technical accounting review process for new products, contracts, and transactions.
• Build external-reporting readiness: financial statements and footnotes, MD&A, and the processes, calendars, and disclosure controls needed to report on external timelines (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K readiness).
• Prepare financial statements and supporting schedules for financing and strategic transactions, and coordinate related workstreams with legal and outside advisors.
• Manage the external audit day to day; elevate current and prior-period audits to public-company standards and clear open items on schedule.Partner with the Accounting Manager on close-process improvements needed to meet accelerated external reporting deadlines.Coordinate internal-control (SOX-style) readiness for the financial reporting cycle and implement disclosure management tooling (e.g., Workiva).Own segment reporting, going-concern, and other judgmental disclosure areas; support audit committee and board reporting materials.Manage outside advisors (Big 4 accounting advisory, valuation specialists) efficiently against fixed deadlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting; active CPA required.
• 10+ years spanning Big 4 public accounting and public-company external reporting or technical accounting.
• Experience preparing a company for public-company reporting, including external financial statements, footnotes, and MD&A.
• Expert command of US GAAP and SEC reporting rules (Regulation S-X, S-K), including disclosure requirements for early-revenue companies.
• Hands-on experience with complex equity, warrant, financing-instrument, and business-combination accounting.
• Proven ability to write clear, defensible technical memos and defend positions with auditors.Ability to operate across parallel workstreams against hard external deadlines.

Preference

• Experience in automotive, hardware, or other capital-intensive manufacturing businesses.
• Experience standing up SOX 404(a)/(b) programs in a first year of public-company reporting.
• Experience supporting audit committee reporting and materials.

We appreciate your interest in joining Tensor. Tensor is an equal employment opportunity employer, dedicated to fostering a respectful, supportive, and inclusive workplace for all. We do not discriminate against, and strictly prohibit harassment of, any applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, national origin, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Tensor also considers qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable laws. We are committed to providing equal opportunities for qualified individuals with disabilities. Tensor is an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Designed in California.
Available around the world.