Senior Accountant, US Controller
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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 Accountant US Controller who will own key components of the US entity general ledger and close process ensuring accurate timely and US GAAPcompliant financial reporting. This role is a core member of the US Controller team with primary responsibility over accounting of Equity fixed assets investments deposits and other core balance sheet and P&L areas for the US entity.
You will be part of the core team responsible for statutory audit and partner closely with FP&A Tax Payroll and Business Operations to deliver timely book close auditready workpapers insightful variance analysis and strong internal controls in a highgrowth SaaS environment.
You will:
- Own endtoend accounting for assigned US balance sheet and P&L captions including (but not limited to) cash fixed assets investments deposits equity intercompany balances and revaluations.
- Prepare and review journal entries account reconciliations and flux analyses in accordance with US GAAP and company policies.
- Support an accurate timely monthend and quarterend close for the US entity adhering to close calendars SLAs and internal controls.
- Work with the Director of Accounting US Controller & Consolidation to ensure US books tie to consolidated results including eliminations and foreign currency impacts where relevant.
- Maintain the fixed asset register including capitalization disposals transfers and monthly depreciation runs; ensure accurate reconciliation between the fixed asset sub-ledger and the general ledger.
- Ensure appropriate accounting for Equity and SBC as applicable in line with company policy and US GAAP.
- Manage accounting for investments (e.g. equity investments shortterm and longterm instruments) including recognition of interest dividends and fair value changes where relevant.
- Oversee the accounting and reconciliation of deposits and other longterm assets ensuring proper documentation and review of recoverability.
- Prepare monthly quarterly and annual financial reports for US GAAP management reporting including variance analysis vs. budget/forecast for assigned areas with clear visibility into fixed assets investments deposits and equity.
- Maintain auditready workpapers and robust documentation for all assigned accounts and processes including detailed schedules and support required for statutory audits.
- Lead and support internal external and statutory audits by preparing PBCs coordinating with external auditors and technical accounting consultants walking through processes and resolving queries for US entity accounting areas.
- Contribute to the design execution and documentation of key controls over financial reporting including reconciliation controls review controls and segregation of duties.
- Work closely with FP&A Tax Payroll Legal and Business Operations to ensure accurate accounting outcomes and smooth operational handoffs.
- Provide clear businessfocused explanations of financial impacts balance sheet movements and P&L trends to nonfinance stakeholders.
- Support tax and treasury teams with schedules and analyses related to fixed assets investments deposits and other US entity balances.
- Identify and implement process improvements and automation opportunities to shorten close timelines and reduce manual work (e.g. standardized reconciliations templates and checklists).
- Leverage ERP and related finance systems (e.g. NetSuite) to improve data integrity automate recurring entries and enhance reporting.
- Contribute to SOPs and playbooks for US entity accounting activities ensuring consistency scalability and strong controls.
About you:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or related field.
- Active US CPA qualification is mandatory (qualified CPA with current or eligible status).
- Typically 58 years of progressive accounting experience in core accounting/GL roles including: Strong exposure to US GAAP and US entity accounting; and direct responsibility for core GL areas such as equity fixed assets investments deposits and other balance sheet accounts.
- Prior experience in a Big 4 / large public accounting firm or highgrowth technology/SaaS company is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated track record of owning GL areas monthend close and supporting external and statutory audits including preparation of audit-ready schedules and effective coordination with auditors.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP for core balance sheet and P&L areas including fixed assets longterm assets and equity.
- Solid experience with fixed asset accounting including capitalization policies componentization depreciation methods and impairment considerations.
- Experience with investments and deposits accounting including reconciliations and related disclosures.
- Knowledge of equity accounting and disclosure requirements.
- Proficiency with ERP systems (NetSuite strongly preferred) and advanced Excel (lookups pivots modeling reconciliations).
- High attention to detail with a controlsfirst mindset and strong documentation discipline.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills able to explain accounting topics in simple businessoriented language.
- Strong ownership judgment and prioritization skills in a fastpaced highgrowth environment.
- Collaborative team player who can work across time zones and support a USfocused close and audit calendar.
- Experience in a SaaS or multinational environment with multientity structures.
- Exposure to consolidation and intercompany accounting.
- Experience driving process automation and working with finance systems teams on tooling changes or implementations.
Location:
- This role is hybrid (3-4 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 experience. Certain roles may be eligible for variable compensation equity and benefits.
We are a diverse bunch of people and we want to continue to attract and retain a diverse range of people into our organization. Were committed to an inclusive and diverse company. We do not discriminate based on 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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