Role Description We’re hiring the first dedicated member of our finance team, reporting to the CFO. This is a hands-on accounting role at its core (you’ll own the books) with the operational range and growth trajectory of an early-stage company layered on top. You’ll run month-end close, own revenue recognition and accruals, and handle the billing, AR/AP, and reporting that keep a lean finance function moving. The strongest fit is an accountant who knows GAAP cold and is happy operating across a wider scope than a pure staff-accountant seat. Much of what you’ll own doesn’t have an end-to-end process or documentation yet. We’re highly automation- and AI-forward, but there’s continued opportunity to streamline the function. You’ll assess how things work today, design the process and stack you think is right, and run it, with a CFO invested in handing you bigger problems as you grow. Note: All Workweek employees may work remotely, all work must be done in English and availability to meet during the Central Time Zone workday is required. What you'll do: - Accounting, month-end close & cash management - Prepare and run month-end close. Our fractional controller reviews and signs off, but you run the calendar, reconciliations, day-to-day transaction accounting, and flux analysis. - GAAP accrual accounting: revenue recognition (ASC 606), deferred revenue, accruals, prepaids, and accurate period cutoffs. - Daily and weekly transaction coding, bank reconciliations, chart-of-accounts maintenance, and clean class/department allocations. - Maintain cash-flow visibility and runway tracking, and flag issues early. - Commission & variable-comp accruals - Own the monthly variable-comp accrual end to end: pull commission data from our sales-comp platform, calculate and verify accuracy, and book the accrual in the correct period. - Maintain performance-based compensation plan documentation and accrual schedules; reconcile payouts to the books. - Billing, AR & AP - Own the AR cycle: invoicing, payment application, collections follow-up, and exceptions. We use an automated collections system; you handle what it can’t. - Handle custom billing, monthly reconciliation, and accurate revenue recognition for milestone- and performance-based products. - AP execution leveraging our AP management platform: vendor invoice routing and coding, bill payments, expense approvals, and vendor onboarding (maintain contract documentation, W-9s, payment setup). - Process, systems & cross-functional ops - Build and document repeatable workflows for the recurring operations above, automating manual steps as you hit them. - Administer the finance stack (QuickBooks Online, AP automation, expense management, billing) and own finance-tool access and vendor renewals. - Run the finance intake channel: triage requests from the exec team, resolve routine items, and escalate judgment calls with context. Qualifications - 4–7 years in accounting or finance operations at an early-stage or high-growth company. You’ve owned work spanning more than one function and preferred the range to a narrow lane. - Strong GAAP accrual accounting. You understand revenue recognition timing, deferred revenue, accruals, prepaids, and period cutoffs — and you catch errors before they compound. - You’ve run a month-end close end-to-end, not just supported one. - Hands-on with AP/AR, billing, and general-ledger review. You know what a clean GL looks like and keep it that way. - Comfortable turning variable-comp / commission data into accruals booked in the right period. - Variance reporting: you can build it and explain what’s driving the numbers. - Proven ability to design processes from scratch, not just follow existing ones. - Experience with standard early-stage accounting stack tools such as Quickbooks Online, Stripe, Ramp, or similar. - Comfortable using AI in your own work and interested in building finance workflows around it. No technical background required. - Strong judgment about when to resolve independently vs. escalate. Requirements - CPA, CMA, BS in Accounting, or similar certification. - Revenue recognition experience in a media, advertising, or sponsorship business. - Experience with an accounting-system or ERP migration. - Experience managing an outsourced accounting team or fractional controller. - Experience building automations (AI workflow tools, Zapier/Make, or light scripting). - Austin, Texas based with the ability to work from our office 2 days per week. Benefits - Competitive pay (we don't pay based on location, we assign value to the role). - Equity in Workweek. - Remote operations with the ability to work in the time zone of your choice (or work IRL in our Austin, TX office). - Unlimited PTO with a minimum of 3 days/quarter used. - 100% health insurance coverage, 75% coverage for dependents, and $150/month towards an HSA (or $150/month health stipend if insurance not used). - 120 days of parental leave to use within one year of childbirth (available 12 months after your start date and only available every 365 days). - 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match. - $500 one-time stipend for any home office needs used after the first 90 days. - 5-week sabbatical after 4 years on staff. - 2 volunteering days per year. - 1x/year in-person team retreat. - $100/month book stipend.