Senior Accountant
Decagon is hiring a Senior Accountant in San Francisco, United States. It pays $100k-$135k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Decagon.
Level's read on this job
- Uses AI ●●○○ is how Level rates this accountant role: an ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include AI Assisted Tools, AI agents and general ledger.
- Level classifies it as a senior role.
- Level lists 133 other open roles at Decagon.
AI in this role
Own core accounting operations, month-end close, and financial reporting while leveraging AI-assisted tools for workflows.
About Decagon
Decagon is the leading conversational AI platform empowering every brand to deliver concierge customer experiences.
Our technology enables industry-defining enterprises like Avis Budget Group, Block’s Cash App and Square, Chime, Oura Health, and Hunter Douglas to deploy AI agents that power personalized, deeply satisfying interactions across voice, chat, email, SMS, and every other channel.
We’re building a future where customer experiences are being redefined from support tickets and hold music to faster resolutions, richer conversations, and deeper relationships. We’re proud to be backed by world-class investors who share that vision, including a16z, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Coatue, and Index Ventures, along with many others.
We’re an in-office company, driven by a shared commitment to excellence and velocity. Our values — Just Get It Done, Invent What Customers Want, Winner’s Mindset, and The Polymath Principle — shape how we work and grow as a team.
About the Team
The Accounting team at Decagon is at the center of our growth, building the financial foundation that powers a rapidly scaling startup. We ensure accurate, timely financial reporting in accordance with U.S. GAAP while designing scalable processes and strong controls that support expansion across teams and geographies. Partnering closely with Sales, People, Legal, and Operations, we drive thoughtful spend management, contract oversight, and operational excellence—balancing precision with agility in a fast-moving environment where our work directly enables the company's next stage of growth.
About the Role
We're looking for a detail-oriented Senior Accountant to help build and run the day-to-day accounting engine that keeps our company scaling. This is a high-impact individual contributor role that owns core accounting operations across the general ledger, month-end close, accounts payable and receivable, and travel and expense. You'll produce accurate, GAAP-compliant financials while helping design the scalable processes and controls a rapidly growing organization needs.
In this role, you will
Own key areas of the month-end close, including journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations, leveraging AI-assisted tools to draft entries, flag anomalies, and accelerate reconciliation review to help deliver accurate, timely financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP
Maintain the general ledger and supporting schedules, using AI-powered analysis to investigate and resolve discrepancies faster, while preserving strong documentation and internal controls
Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable, ensuring timely processing, accurate GL coding, and proper approvals while managing vendor payments, cash application, and aging reports
Prepare documents supporting internal and external audits, using AI tools to organize evidence and surface exceptions proactively, and ensure the successful completion of those audits
Partner cross-functionally with Finance, People, and Operations to support company growth, and actively identify, pilot, and champion AI and automation opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and scalability across owned functions
Your background looks something like this
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA or in the process of working towards one is preferred
3+ years of relevant accounting experience, public accounting and industry experience preferred
Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and month-end close processes
Hands-on experience with the general ledger, reconciliations, AP/AR, and T&E operations
Must be highly proficient in Excel.
Strong attention to detail and the ability to independently reconcile and resolve discrepancies
A proactive, ownership-driven mindset with comfort operating in a fast-moving startup environment
Even better if you have
Direct accounting experience for the following areas: accruals, prepaids, investment, internally use software, ASC 842 leases, revenue, foreign currency and/or consolidation.
Experience at a high-growth or hyper-growth company
Familiarity with modern accounting and expense tools (e.g., ERP systems, corporate card/expense platforms)
Compensation
$100K - $135K + Offers Equity
Benefits
We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees:
Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
Parental Leave
Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best
Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave)
These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon’s policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.
How we rate this
Senior Accountant at Decagon rates 45 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Uses AI (AI Level 2 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Uses AI. An ordinary role that requires AI tools.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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Pay
- This job starts at
- $100k
- Typical accountant job
- $110k
This posting starts 9% below the typical accountant job. See accountant jobs
Questions you could be asked
- How do you decide when an AI agent can act on its own versus asking for approval first?
- Tell me about a project where general ledger was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where month end close was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where gaap was part of your work. What did you do?
- Tell me about a project where reconciliations was part of your work. What did you do?
Adapt your resume
- List these exact terms on your resume: AI agents, General Ledger, Month End Close, Gaap, and Reconciliations. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
- Attach one line of real, concrete experience to at least one of them. A tool named with nothing behind it rarely survives a human read.
- Put the AI tool in a bullet point about what you did, not just in a skills list. This role treats it as a required part of the job.
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