Manager, Corporate Development Accounting

Manager, Corporate Development Accounting

Location:

New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Dallas, TX. Salary range: $115k – $153k.

Core Weave is a publicly traded AI‑cloud infrastructure provider focused on delivering high performance infrastructure to AI labs, startups, and enterprises. The Corporate Development Accounting team supports finance and accounting functions for Core Weave’s inorganic growth opportunities, primarily owning the accounting and reporting of M&A transactions and strategic investments. This manager will own the valuation workstream, drive purchase price allocations, fair‑value measurements, intangible asset and goodwill impairment analyses, and the valuation of privately held strategic investments.

In addition, the role champions AI‑powered productivity tools across the CAO organization to streamline accounting and finance workflows.

• Lead the execution of purchase price allocations under ASC 805 by managing third‑party valuation specialists, compiling significant inputs from internal stakeholders, and critically reviewing delivered reports for accuracy, completeness, and methodological soundness.
• Own fair‑value measurements for intangible assets, contingent consideration, and other acquired assets and liabilities, ensuring alignment with ASC 820 and internal documentation standards.
• Drive quarterly and annual intangible asset and goodwill impairment analyses under ASC 350 and ASC 360, including qualitative assessments, triggering‑event identification, reporting‑unit selection, and quantitative model preparation.
• Lead valuation exercises for Core Weave’s portfolio of privately held strategic investments, including option pricing models, scenario‑based analyses, and market approach benchmarking under ASC 321 and ASC 323.
• Build, maintain, and enhance financial models (e.g., discounted cash flow, multi‑period excess earnings, relief‑from‑royalty, with‑and‑without) used for acquisition accounting, impairment testing, and investment valuations.
• Prepare and organize valuation work papers and supporting schedules that meet SOX documentation requirements and facilitate external audit review.
• Monitor the financial performance of strategic investments and lead quarterly impairment analyses, including observable price‑change identification and quantitative assessments under ASC 321.
• Analyze complex security structures, including preferred‑equity instruments and embedded derivatives, and assess the appropriateness of valuation methodologies applied.

• Reconcile goodwill, intangible asset, and investment balances to Net Suite quarterly, investigating and resolving variances between valuation deliverables, journal entries, and the general ledger.
• Coordinate with the Financial Reporting team to prepare and review related disclosures for 10‑Q and 10‑K filings, including goodwill and intangible asset roll forwards, fair‑value measurement disclosures, and investment schedules.
• Prepare monthly internal presentations with concise materials and slide decks summarizing transaction activity, investment performance, and impairment monitoring results.
• Execute and document review controls over valuation‑related balances, providing evidence of management’s review and ensuring significant inputs agree to supporting documentation.

• Serve as the go‑to resource for AI‑powered productivity tools, such as Claude for Excel and other emerging applications, providing hands‑on support, troubleshooting, and training.
• Develop and share best practices, templates, and use cases for leveraging AI tools to improve efficiency in accounting and finance workflows (e.g., data extraction, memo drafting, reconciliation, model review).
• Stay current on developments in AI tools relevant to accounting and finance, evaluate new capabilities, and recommend adoption where appropriate.
• Collaborate with IT and other stakeholders to address technical issues, provide feedback to tool providers, and help shape the organization’s AI adoption roadmap.
• Support ad hoc AI‑related projects and requests from across the broader CAO organization as they arise.