Technical Accounting Lead, AI

fal is the generative media ecosystem powering the next generation of AI products. We build the infrastructure, tools, and model access that teams need to move from idea to production, and do it at scale without compromise. For developers and enterprises, fal is the foundation that makes generative media not just possible, but practical: a unified platform where high-performance inference, orchestration, and observability come together to unlock new categories of AI-native products.

As generative media reshapes industries across a market projected to grow by hundreds of billions over the next decade, fal is becoming the ecosystem that ambitious teams build on.

We're hiring a Technical Accounting Lead to own fal's technical accounting agenda and support month end close, composed of both operational and technical entries.

That means two things in practice. First, accounting for the single largest and most complex area of our cost base: compute. GPU capacity is the core of our business, and how we capitalize, depreciate, lease, and expense the infrastructure that powers the platform that drives our unit economics and our results. Second, the technical agenda — revenue contracts, capitalized software, equity and stock-based compensation, consolidation and business combinations, expense classification, and the policies and operational application that support each.

This is a hands‑on, high‑ownership role, with runway to lean on external technical accounting advisors as needed. You'll partner closely with Infrastructure, Procurement, Legal, Strategic Finance, and our external advisors, and use the latest AI tools to work productively.

• Execute our technical accounting agenda by working cross functionally and vertically throughout the organization to establish a rigorous technical accounting discipline
• Work closely with business partners to articulate business requirements to operationalize technical conclusions
• Assess the adequacy of current business systems and identify opportunities to leverage AI in your day to day work
• Set a foundation of best practice internal controls considerations as you complete your technical tasks

• Own the monthly close for all compute‑related accounts: vendor spend, prepaid and capacity commitments, accrued liabilities, fixed assets, and leases — including journal entries, reconciliations, and clearing reconciling items
• Validate vendor invoices against contracted rates, committed capacity, and actual usage; drive billing errors and overages to resolution
• Analyze compute and cloud agreements — commitments, minimums, tiered pricing, credits, prepayments — and apply the correct US GAAP treatment
• Research and document technical positions: lease vs. service contract, embedded leases, capitalization thresholds, impairment, and cost classification (COGS vs. opex vs. capex); write memos that stand up to auditor review
• Evaluate accounting implications of new vendor agreements pre‑signature, partnering with Legal and Infrastructure
• Partner with Strategic Finance to tie compute spend to capacity, utilization, and unit economics
• Design and stand up scalable processes and controls for a rapidly growing and evolving cost base

• Research and advise on revenue accounting for customer contracts

Work cross‑functionally with Sales, Legal, and Deal Desk on non‑standard arrangements to determine appropriate application of GAAP accounting

Determine the appropriate GAAP application for our commission and incentive compensation plans

• Own lease accounting across real estate, colocation space, GPU rental agreements, and equipment
• Abstract new and modified contracts,…