Senior Accountant (AI)

Location: Remote; listed locations include the United States and Canada

Salary: Canada CA$150K–CA$195K; USA New York, Washington and California $135K–$175K; USA all other states $105K–$140K; equity offered.

Company

Cohere is a security-first enterprise AI company building foundation models and end-to-end AI products for enterprise customers.

What you will do

• Own journal entries, complex balance-sheet reconciliations, and related internal controls.
• Prepare consolidated financial statements, including cash-flow statements, and support management reporting.
• Analyze fluctuations and variances, explain drivers, and support accounting and finance leaders.
• Manage chart-of-accounts maintenance, account mapping, entity setup, intercompany transactions, eliminations, and foreign-currency remeasurement and translation.
• Lead monthly close activities in Numeric, NetSuite, and related systems; maintain close calendars and identify risks or delays.
• Partner with technology and systems teams to deploy automation and AI-enabled solutions for reconciliations, analysis, exception triage, commentary, and evidence gathering.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including prior leadership in fast-paced environments.
• Hands-on experience with month-end close, general-ledger accounting, and account reconciliations; experience with close-management tools such as Numeric.
• Working knowledge of US GAAP, financial-statement preparation, and ad-hoc financial reporting.
• Experience with multi-entity accounting, intercompany reconciliation, eliminations, and foreign currency.
• Experience using AI tools to improve workflows, operational efficiency, and accuracy.
• Strong problem-solving and process-improvement skills.
• Proficiency with financial systems; NetSuite preferred but not required.
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills; ability to work in high-growth environments with evolving priorities.
• Experience building scalable accounting processes in technology companies.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-friendly work model with offices and coworking support for employees who are not near an office.
• Full health and dental benefits, mental-health budget, RRSP matching, 401(k), and pension scheme.
• Six weeks of paid vacation, parental-leave top-up for up to six months, and annual enrichment benefits.
• Lunch stipend, education and learning stipend, $500 home-office stipend, and travel budget for remote employees to visit other offices.
• AI-enabled tools may be used to screen and assess applications; accommodation support is available during recruitment.