Director of Accounting

About Glean:

Glean is the Work AI platform that helps everyone work smarter with AI. What began as the industry’s 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 Glean’s agentic capabilities - AI agents that automate real work across teams by accessing the industry’s 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 World’s Most Innovative Companies (Top 10, 2025), by CNBC’s Disruptor 50, Bloomberg’s AI Startups to Watch (2026), Forbes AI 50, and Gartner’s Tech Innovators in Agentic AI, Glean continues to accelerate its global impact. With customers across 50+ industries and 1,000+ employees in more than 25 countries, we’re helping the world’s largest organizations make every employee AI-fluent, and turning the superintelligent enterprise from concept into reality.

If you’re excited to shape how the world works, you’ll help build systems used daily across Microsoft Teams, Zoom, ServiceNow, Zendesk, GitHub, and many more - deeply embedded where people get things done. You’ll 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 Director of Accounting – US Controller & Consolidation. The Director of Accounting – US Controller & Consolidation will be responsible for leading all US entity accounting, including monthly and quarterly close, external audit, technical accounting, and internal controls for the US books and the global consolidation. This role will serve as the US Controller and a key partner to Finance, FP&A, Tax, Legal, and Business Operations, ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting in accordance with US GAAP and company policies. The ideal candidate has deep experience in US GAAP, multinational consolidations, and scaling processes and systems in a high-growth environment.

You will:

• Lead all aspects of US entity general ledger accounting, including revenue, OPEX, payroll, equity, assets, liabilities, and intercompany.

• Drive an accurate, timely, and well-controlled monthly, quarterly, and annual close for the US entity, with clear calendars, ownership, and SLAs.

• Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and close analyses prepared by the team; ensure high-quality documentation and audit-ready workpapers.

• Partner with FP&A to align on cut-off, accruals, and variance explanations to support internal reporting and management reviews.

• Own the global consolidation process, including elimination entries, foreign currency translation, and intercompany reconciliations.

• Design and maintain a robust consolidation framework across all entities, ensuring consistent application of policies and chart of accounts.

• Prepare and review consolidated financial statements and supporting schedules for internal and external stakeholders.

• Partner with regional controllers/accounting leads to ensure timely and accurate local closes feeding into the group consolidation.

• Act as the primary point of contact for external auditors on US entity and consolidated financial statements; manage PBC lists, walkthroughs, and issue resolution.

• Maintain and enhance internal controls over financial reporting, including key controls relevant for potential future SOX-readiness.

• Ensure ongoing compliance with US GAAP, company policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.

• Identify and address technical accounting issues (e.g., revenue recognition, equity, leases, consolidations, intercompany arrangements) and document conclusions with appropriate memos.

• Evaluate and continuously improve close and reporting processes to shorten timelines, increase automation, and reduce manual work.

• Partner with the systems/IT/Finance Ops teams to optimize ERP and consolidation tools (e.g., NetSuite and any consolidation/reporting modules).

• Establish and maintain standard operating procedures (SOPs) and playbooks for US accounting and consolidation activities.

• Build, lead, and develop a high-performing US accounting team, providing clear expectations, coaching, and growth opportunities.

• Collaborate closely with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Legal, HR/Payroll, and Business Operations on initiatives that impact accounting and reporting.

• Support strategic projects such as new entity setups, M&A integration, policy implementation, and potential future capital markets or financing activities.

About you:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

• CPA (active or inactive) strongly preferred.

• Advanced degree (e.g., Master’s in Accounting/Finance) is a plus.

• 12–15+ years of progressive accounting experience, including significant time in a US Controller, Director of Accounting, or equivalent leadership role.

• Strong background in US GAAP, including experience with:

• Consolidations & foreign currency

• Equity and share-based compensation, intercompany, and other complex areas

• Prior experience in a high-growth technology/SaaS or multinational environment is strongly preferred.

• Proven track record of leading month-end close, audit, and cross-entity consolidations in a scaled, repeatable way.

• Experience working with Big 4 or large public accounting firms, either as an auditor or client, is highly desirable.

• Strong technical accounting and policy implementation capabilities.

• Hands-on, detail-oriented operator who is also able to design scalable processes and think strategically.

• Demonstrated ability to lead and develop teams, set priorities, and drive accountability in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; able to explain complex accounting matters in clear, business-focused language.

• Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite) and strong Excel/financial modeling skills; experience with consolidation/reporting tools is a plus.

• High integrity, strong judgment, and a focus on controls and compliance while enabling the business to move quickly.

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 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. We're 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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