Senior Accountant

Location: New York

Who are we?

Cohere is the leading security-first enterprise AI company. We build cutting-edge foundation AI models and end-to-end products that are designed to solve real-world business problems.

We’re training and deploying frontier models for enterprises who are building AI systems. We believe that our work is instrumental to the widespread adoption of AI and we are looking for folks that want to be part of that.

We obsess over what we build. Each one of us is responsible for contributing to increasing the capabilities of our models and the value they drive for our customers. Cohere is a team of researchers, engineers, designers, and more, who are all passionate about their craft.

We are a global technology company headquartered in Toronto with key offices in London, New York City, San Francisco, Montreal, Paris, Berlin and Seoul. Join us!

About the Role:

Cohere is at the forefront of AI innovation, building cutting-edge language models and AI systems. Our Finance team plays a critical role in supporting our rapid growth and ensuring operational excellence. We value technical expertise, collaborative problem-solving, and a commitment to accuracy and compliance.

This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact on our financial infrastructure while working at the intersection of finance and transformative technology. As we scale our business and navigate an evolving financial landscape, you'll play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence and serving as a key partner on accounting implications of major business  this role, you will:

Own assigned areas, including journal entries and complex balance sheet reconciliations, together with the related internal controls.

Prepare the consolidated financial statements, including the statement of cash flows, and support various management reporting requirements

Analyze fluctuation and variances and explain drivers and methodology to accounting leaders and finance partners

Maintain the chart of accounts, supporting account mapping, entity setup, and system changes

Record and reconcile intercompany transactions, including recharges, loans, and cost allocations

Run monthly intercompany matching and settlement, and resolve differences with counter parties across entities

Support eliminations in consolidation, and foreign currency remeasurement and translation, ensuring Net Suite processes operate correctly

Serve as the operational lead for close activities in Numeric, Net Suite, and related systems, maintain the close calendar and checklist, and flag risks or delays to the accounting leaders early

Partner with technology and systems teams to identify, pilot, and deploy automation and AI-enabled solutions across reconciliations, recurring analyses, exception triage, flux commentary, and evidence gathering.

Implement and maintain robust accounting policies, procedures, systems, and internal controls

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure financial accuracy and support business growth

Leverage technology solutions to enhance accounting efficiency and accuracy

You may be a good fit if you:

Have 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with prior leadership in fast-paced environments

Hands-on experience with month-end close, GL accounting, and account reconciliations, using close management tools such as Numeric Working knowledge of US GAAP, with experience preparing financial statements and supporting ad-hoc financial reporting requests

Experience with multi-entity accounting, including intercompany reconciliation, eliminations, and foreign currency

Experience with leveraging AI tools to build and improve workflows to achieve operational efficiency and accuracy

Demonstrate excellence in problem-solving and process improvement…