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Senior Manager, Technical Accounting
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29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
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27 December 2026
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Job Summary
About Glean:
Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industrys most advanced enterprise search has evolved into a full-scale Work AI ecosystem powering intelligent Search an AI Assistant and scalable AI agents on one secure open platform. With over 100 enterprise SaaS connectors flexible LLM choice and robust APIs Glean gives organizations the infrastructure to govern scale and customize AI across their entire business - without vendor lock-in or costly implementation cycles.
At its core Glean is redefining how enterprises find use and act on knowledge. Its Enterprise Graph and Personal Knowledge Graph map the relationships between people content and activity delivering deeply personalized context-aware responses for every employee. This foundation powers Gleans agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industrys broadest range of data: enterprise and world structured and unstructured historical and real-time. The result: measurable business impact through faster onboarding hours of productivity gained each week and smarter safer decisions at every level.
Recognized by Fast Company as one of the Worlds Most Innovative Companies (Top 10 2025) by CNBCs Disruptor 50 Bloombergs AI Startups to Watch (2026) Forbes AI 50 and Gartners Tech Innovators in Agentic AI Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50 industries and 1000 employees in more than 25 countries were helping the worlds largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.
If youre excited to shape how the world works youll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams Zoom ServiceNow Zendesk GitHub and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. Youll ship agentic capabilities on an open extensible stack with the craft and care required for enterprise trust as we bring Work AI to every employee in every company.
About the Role:
Glean is seeking a Senior Manager Technical Accounting to lead complex accounting analysis policy implementation and controls across finance processes and systems. This role combines strong technical accounting judgment with hands-on execution: assessing new and complex transactions documenting accounting conclusions translating requirements into scalable processes and implementing effective controls across the accounting environment. The successful candidate will partner closely with Accounting Finance Systems Revenue FP&A Tax Legal Sales Operations Procurement auditors consultants and business leaders. This role is well suited to a technically strong accounting leader who can move from accounting conclusion to operational implementation and sustainment.
You will:
- Lead technical accounting assessments and prepare clear well-supported accounting memos under US GAAP and where relevant IFRS.
- Advise on revenue recognition COGS commissions equity and stock-based compensation investments financial statements leases intercompany transactions and other complex accounting matters.
- Evaluate new products contracts commercial arrangements investments and business initiatives for accounting and reporting implications.
- Maintain and improve accounting policies position papers documentation standards and technical accounting playbooks.
- Partner with external auditors and advisors to resolve technical accounting questions and align on conclusions.
- Translate accounting conclusions into practical requirements for close procedures reconciliations reporting systems configuration and control activities.
- Partner with external consultants to develop and implement process narratives risk and control matrices (RACMs) control documentation and testing procedures.
- Lead India IFC readiness including walkthroughs risk assessment control-owner alignment testing support deficiency evaluation and remediation.
- Strengthen business-process and system controls across key accounting areas working with Finance Systems and IT to embed approvals access controls data validations segregation of duties and exception reporting.
- Establish sustainable control ownership monitoring evidence retention remediation tracking and reporting to Finance leadership using automation and AI where appropriate and auditable.
- Define and execute a phased roadmap for building an in-house Internal Audit and Controls function while retaining consultants for specialist and independent support.
- Serve as a trusted accounting advisor to senior Finance and cross-functional leaders driving alignment when priorities or interpretations differ.
- Establish clear governance decision rights operating rhythms and accountability for technical accounting and controls initiatives.
- Coach and develop team members raising the quality of accounting analysis documentation control ownership and execution.
- Communicate risks decisions dependencies and recommendations succinctly to Finance leadership.
About you:
- Chartered Accountant CPA or equivalent professional accounting qualification.
- Typically 812 years of progressive experience in technical accounting controllership financial reporting internal controls or audit preferably in a high-growth technology or SaaS environment.
- Strong working knowledge of US GAAP; practical exposure to IFRS and multi-entity accounting is preferred.
- Big 4 experience is preferred.
- Experience supporting SOX readiness IFC ICFR or controls-based audits.
- Experience implementing controls in a multi-entity multi-system environment.
- Experience with accounting policy implementation following new products acquisitions investments or significant commercial changes.
- Practical experience evaluating AI-enabled finance workflows and establishing human-in-the-loop controls.
- Strong technical accounting judgment written communication stakeholder-management prioritization and execution skills.
- Ability to translate accounting conclusions into scalable practical and auditable operational processes.
Location:
- This role is hybrid (3 days a week in our Bangalore office)
Compensation & Benefits:
Compensation offered will be determined by factors such as location level job-related knowledge skills and final offer will depend on experience internal equity and applicable compensation approvals. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation equity and benefits.
Were committed to building and sustaining a diverse inclusive workplace. We strive to attract and retain people with a wide range of backgrounds experiences and perspectives and we do not discriminate on the basis of gender ethnicity sexual orientation religion civil or family status age disability or race.
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AI-First Mindset at Glean:
At Glean AI fluency is core to how we work and were committed to ensuring every new hire feels confident integrating AI into their everyday work. As part of the interview process youll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion so we can understand how you think about design and use AI to drive impact in your role. Feel free to reference any tools platforms or workflows you use today prior Glean experience isnt required.
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