Accounting Manager

About Obvio AI

Each year, more than 40,000 people in the U.S. leave home and never make it back due to traffic crashes. At Obvio, we believe these deaths are preventable. We deploy solar-powered, AI-assisted cameras to enforce traffic laws where pedestrians are most vulnerable, automating enforcement in ways that traditional systems cannot. Our approach has already led to a 50% reduction in reckless driving in early partner cities.

Founded by the team behind Motive's AI dashcam and backed by Bain Capital Ventures and Khosla Ventures, we are building the intelligence layer for safer streets globally.

We're hiring Obvio's first in-house accounting hire — an Accounting Manager who will take ownership of a function that has been run by an outsourced accounting firm and bring it in-house as we scale. This is a builder's role: you'll stand up the systems, controls, and processes a growing hardware-enabled-services company needs, while managing the day-to-day close, reporting, and compliance work yourself.

You'll be the first full‑time accountant in the building, working directly with Finance leadership to design how Obvio's books get run for the next several years — not just maintain what's already there.

You'll be a strong fit if you've done this transition before (outsourced to in-house), you're comfortable being a hands‑on doer and a systems builder, and you're excited by the accounting complexity of a company that sells enforcement‑as‑a‑service to municipalities — recurring, revenue‑share, and multi‑year government contracts across dozens of jurisdictions.

• Own the transition from outsourced to in‑house accounting — take over books, processes, and vendor relationships (bookkeeping firm, tax preparer) currently run externally, and rebuild them as an internal function with proper controls.

• Run month‑end and year‑end close — journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, and a close calendar that gets faster and tighter each cycle.

• Lead implementation of Campfire as our accounting system of record — chart of accounts design, data migration, integrations, and internal training, following a project plan you help define.

• Manage revenue recognition for Obvio's municipal contracts — including revenue‑share arrangements and percentage‑of‑completion structures that don't fit off‑the‑shelf SaaS revenue models, in partnership with Finance leadership.

• Own AP, AR, and payroll processing — vendor payments, municipal billing and collections, expense management, and payroll/benefits administration (directly or via a payroll provider).

• Prepare accurate, timely financial statements — P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow, with account‑level detail Finance leadership can trust for board and investor reporting.

• Build the internal controls and documentation a growing company needs — policies, SOPs, and audit‑ready work papers ahead of Obvio's first financial statement audit.

• Partner cross‑functionally with Finance, Sales, and Operations to track unit economics and contract terms across Obvio's growing footprint of municipal ATE programs.

• Manage sales/use tax and multi‑jurisdiction compliance as Obvio's municipal footprint expands across states.

• 5–10 years of progressive accounting experience, including time in an Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant, or Controller‑track role.

• Direct experience transitioning a company's books from an outsourced provider to an in‑house function — you've done this before and know where the landmines are.

• Hands‑on ERP/accounting system implementation experience (Campfire, Net Suite, Sage Intacct, Quick Books Online, or similar) — chart of accounts design, migration, and rollout.

• Full‑cycle month‑end close ownership, from journal entries through…