Accounting Engineer

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At Clay we believe the future of accounting is not just about closing the books accurately; it is about closing them intelligently. Just as we pioneered the Go-To-Market Engineer (GTME) role to reimagine how sales and operations intersect with AI we are now doing the same for finance and accounting.

The Accounting Engineer is a new discipline we are defining from the ground up. It sits at the intersection of three historically separate worlds: accounting finance systems and data. The connective tissue between all three is AI. This is not a hybrid role as an afterthought; it is an intentional choice about how Clays accounting function will scale.

You will own core accounting operations build and optimize the systems that power them and design the automation workflows that make everything faster and more accurate. Beyond the core function you will have a seat at the table on cross-functional projects from product and GTM analytics to finance infrastructure initiatives giving you exposure across the organization that a traditional accounting role simply does not offer.

Accounting Operations

• Own the monthly close end-to-end (journal entries reconciliations flux analysis reporting) and drive finance transformation/automation initiatives across the function

• Support audit readiness as a key point of contact for external auditors exploring real-time audit tooling using AI

Finance Systems

• Own Clays ERP and connected finance systems (payroll expense equity billing) including integrations data pipelines and ongoing implementation efforts

• Evaluate and onboard new finance tooling and maintain system documentation and SOD controls as the stack scales

Automation & AI

• Build AI-powered workflows (Claude Cursor etc.) to automate reconciliations variance analysis and close tasks writing SQL to extract and validate data across systems

• Systematically eliminate repetitive accounting work and build dashboards for real-time financial visibility the goal is a shorter close every quarter

Cross-Functional Special Projects

• Partner with GTM Product and Operations on finance-adjacent projects and support FP&A with data infrastructure and modeling

• Act as the accounting teams connector to the broader org helping shape how the function grows

• 5 years of accounting experience with a mix of public accounting and high-growth startup exposure

• Hands-on operational accounting experience: you have owned a close managed reconciliations and dealt with messy real-world data

• Experience implementing or administering a finance system or ERP

• Proficiency in SQL; comfortable querying large datasets writing joins and debugging data issues independently

• Demonstrated use of AI tools (Cursor Claude ChatGPT or similar) to accelerate and improve accounting or finance work

• CPA license or active pursuit preferred

• Familiarity with billing and revenue platforms (Stripe CPQ and Metering platforms) and their accounting integrations

• Experience building or contributing to financial data models dashboards or BI tooling

Required Experience:

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