Fal
Cost Accounting Manager, Compute
San Francisco
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 12 days ago
Cloud PlatformsComplianceStakeholder ManagementAccountingAuditingProcurementERPCommunicationGAAPInternal AuditNetSuite
About the role
- GPU capacity is the core of our business, and getting its accounting right - how we capitalize, depreciate, lease, and expense the infrastructure that powers our platform - is mission-critical to how we understand our unit economics and report our results.
- This is a hands-on, high-ownership individual-contributor role.
Responsibilities
- Own the accounting for the company's compute costs, including GPU capacity, cloud/data-center spend, colocation, power, and networking.
- Build and maintain accruals, prepaid amortization schedules, and reserve estimates for compute commitments and consumption.
- 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.
- Own lease accounting for data-center, colocation, equipment, and real estate arrangements.
- Maintain the lease subledger - ROU assets, lease liabilities, remeasurements - and prepare related journal entries and disclosures.
- Ensure completeness of the lease population and own the lease accounting system.
- Own the fixed asset lifecycle: capitalization, depreciation, transfers, impairments, and disposals, with a focus on compute hardware and infrastructure.
- Maintain the fixed asset register and roll-forward, and track construction/assets in progress (CIP) for GPU deployments and data-center buildouts through to in-service capitalization.
- Recommend and document capitalization and useful-life policies in partnership with Finance leadership.
Requirements
- 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience in cost accounting, lease accounting, fixed asset accounting, or technical accounting.
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Hands-on expertise across cost accounting, lease accounting (ASC 842), and fixed asset accounting.
- Strong understanding of US GAAP as it applies to capitalization, depreciation, leases, and accruals.
- Ability to read and interpret vendor and commercial agreements and independently determine the appropriate accounting treatment.
- Experience supporting audits and operating in a SOX-like control environment.
- Experience with ERP systems.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
- High agency - you set your own priorities, make decisions independently, and drive work to completion in an environment where processes and reporting lines are still evolving.
Nice to have
- CPA or equivalent certification.
- Experience at a high-growth software, cloud infrastructure, AI, or other capital-intensive technology company.
- Experience accounting for technology infrastructure assets such as servers, GPUs, or networking equipment.
- Genuinely comfortable adopting AI tools to automate reconciliations, analyze large usage/spend datasets, and streamline the close.
- Experience with NetSuite
Skills
- fal is the generative media ecosystem powering the next generation of AI products.
Compensation
- Competitive base salary
Benefits
- Meaningful equity in a rapidly growing AI company
- Comprehensive benefits package (health, dental, and vision)
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