General Accountant

About H2O.ai

H2O.ai, founded in 2012, builds AI solutions with a focus on making advanced intelligence accessible to organizations everywhere. The company combines generative and predictive AI to help enterprises and public-sector teams create customized GenAI applications using their own private data. Its Sovereign AI approach emphasizes secure, compliant, and flexible deployment environments that support strong data privacy and control.

Its open-source platform is used by more than 20,000 organizations across the world, including over half of the Fortune 500. Customers and users include AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Chipotle, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH. H2O.ai also works with partners such as NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, Deloitte, EY, Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, VAST Data, and MinIO. Through its AI for Good initiative, the company supports nonprofits, foundations, and communities working in education, healthcare, and environmental protection. H2O.ai has a global community of 2 million data scientists and has raised 256 million from investors including Commonwealth Bank, NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Capital One, Nexus Ventures, and New York Life.

Role Overview

This opening is for a detail-oriented, hands-on accountant to join the finance and accounting team and report to the Accounting Manager. The position suits someone who has worked with ERP platforms, procurement and payables tools, general ledger activity, and reconciliations, and who is comfortable in a fast-moving technology business that is scaling quickly.

The role supports the company’s day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts payable, travel and expense processing, cash handling, prepaids, and accruals, while helping maintain strong financial accuracy and efficient workflows. This is a temporary position with the possibility of becoming full-time.

Responsibilities

• Manage general accounting tasks and month-end close work, including posting journal entries and completing account reconciliations such as prepaids and accruals.
• Prepare backup schedules and analysis for financial statement footnotes, disclosures, and external audit requests.
• Oversee the accounts payable workflow from invoice entry and approvals through to on-time payment, using tools such as Bill.com and SAP S/4 Hana.
• Assist with travel and expense reimbursements, enforce T&E policy compliance, and reconcile related accounts using systems such as Navan, Concur, Bill, Expensify, Ramp, NetSuite, and SAP S/4 Hana.
• Support cash operations, including bank statement uploads, cash matching, and bank reconciliations.
• Keep vendor records accurate and help with 1099 reporting.
• Work with internal stakeholders such as Engineering, Sales, FP&A, and People Ops to ensure expenses are classified correctly and invoices are processed promptly.
• Contribute to audit support and compliance efforts when needed.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• Prior public accounting experience, ideally at a Big 4 firm or similar, or equivalent technical accounting depth.
• At least 4 years of general accounting experience, preferably in software or technology.
• Practical experience with ERP systems such as SAP S/4 Hana and NetSuite, plus procure-to-pay tools like Bill.com, Ariba, Navan, and Concur.
• Strong command of US GAAP and core accounting principles.
• Intermediate Excel ability, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, and comfort using cloud-based finance tools.
• Excellent accuracy, organization, and time management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across functions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with multi-entity or international operations.
• CPA qualification or active CPA track is an advantage.
• Exposure to financial automation or ERP improvement initiatives.
• Background in SaaS companies.
• Experience performing monthly balance sheet and income statement flux analysis.
• Previous use of travel and expense systems such as Navan, Expensify, or Concur.

Why Join

• Competitive total rewards package.
• Remote-friendly work culture.
• Flexible working setup.
• Opportunity to work with a high-caliber team.
• Room for professional growth and career development.

Equal Opportunity

H2O.ai is committed to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified candidates are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic.