Consultant, Accounting

Founded in 2012, H2O.ai is on a mission to democratize AI. As the world’s leading agentic AI company, H2O.ai converges Generative and Predictive AI to help enterprises and public sector agencies develop purpose-built GenAI applications on their private data. With a focus on Sovereign AI—secure, compliant, and infrastructure-flexible deployments—H2O.ai delivers solutions that align with the highest standards of data privacy and control. Our open-source technology is trusted by over 20,000 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500. H2O.ai powers AI transformation for companies like AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Chipotle, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH. H2O.ai partners include NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), VAST Data and MinIO. H2O.ai’s AI for Good program supports nonprofit groups, foundations, and communities in advancing education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. With a vibrant community of 2 million data scientists worldwide, H2O.ai aims to co-create valuable AI applications for all users. H2O.ai has raised $256 million from investors, including Commonwealth Bank, NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Capital One, Nexus Ventures and New York Life. For more information, visit www.h2o.ai. About This Opportunity We are looking for a hands-on, detail-driven Accounting Consultant on an interim basis for three to six months (3-6 months) to support our finance and accounting team with the opportunity to help scale to a leading edge accounting function. This role will play a critical part in supporting day-to-day accounting operations, including general accounting, compliance, and international subsidiary functions while helping to ensure financial integrity and operational efficiency. There is the possibility of conversion to full-time upon successful completion of interim work. This is a remote position based in the United States, with a preference for candidates in the PST time zone.

What You Will Do

• Support general accounting and month-end close activities
• Prepare timely and accurate journal entries and reconciliations, including in areas such as prepaids, payroll, equity, intercompany, accruals and provide fluctuation analysis on key accounts
• Support additional compliance tasks for US and international subsidiaries include tax and audit including sales tax filings, global payroll, and international filings
• Support special projects such as system optimization/implementation in related areas
• Cross-team support in other general accounting areas for vacation backup such as accounts payable and accounts receivable

What We Are Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
• Public accounting background (Big 4 or equivalent) strongly preferred, or demonstrated technical accounting expertise
• 5+ years of general accounting experience, preferably in the software or technology industry.
• Experience in Accounting systems, such as SAP S/4Hana, NetSuite, Carta, Ariba, Navan, Concur
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and a solid understanding of core accounting principles
• Advanced Excel skills (such as pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, etc.) and comfort with cloud-based financial tools.
• Excellent attention to detail, organization, and time management.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a collaborative environment.

How to Stand Out From the Crowd

• Experience with payroll accounting, equity/stock-based compensation accounting, and tax compliance support (preparing sales tax filings) is a plus
• Experience with multi-entity or international operations.
• CPA or CPA-track is a plus.
• Experience with financial automation or ERP optimization projects.
• Experience with monthly balance sheet and income statement flux analysis
• Experience in public company and/or public accounting where understanding of internal controls and technical accounting experience was obtained is a plus

Why H2O.ai?

• Market leader in total rewards
• Remote-friendly culture
• Flexible working environment
• Be part of a world-class team
• Career growth
• Hourly rate range: $50.00 - 80.00 USD

H2O.ai is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability status or any other legally protected basis. H2O.ai is an innovative AI cloud platform company, leading the mission to democratize AI for everyone. Thousands of organizations from all over the world have used our cutting-edge technology across a variety of industries. We’ve made it easy for people at all levels to generate breakthrough solutions to complex business problems and advance the discovery of new ideas and revenue streams. We push the boundaries of what is possible with artificial intelligence. H2O.ai employs the world’s top Kaggle Grandmasters, the community of best-in-the-world machine learning practitioners and data scientists. A strong AI for Good ethos and responsible AI drive the company’s purpose. Please visit www.H2O.ai to learn more. #LI-Remote Apply tot his job Apply To this Job