Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
Amplitude is a mature, public SaaS company, and that context shapes this accounting leadership role in a meaningful way. Corporate accounting in a subscription software business has to handle recurring revenue patterns, period-end rigor, and audit scrutiny while still keeping reporting usable for decision-making. The listing also signals an emphasis on modernising core finance operations, including bringing automation and AI into the close, which reflects where many SaaS finance teams are heading.
For a SaaS career, this position sits at a useful intersection of controllership fundamentals and systems-led improvement. Ownership of the close, controls, and audit readiness builds durable experience that translates across SaaS companies, particularly those operating with SOX expectations. Cross-functional partnership with FP&A, Tax, Legal, and AP also mirrors how SaaS finance teams influence planning, compliance, and operating cadence beyond the general ledger.
This role is best suited to an accounting professional who prefers a player-coach mix of hands-on execution and process design. It will fit someone who enjoys turning ambiguity into repeatable workflows, communicating clearly with non-accounting partners, and taking a practical approach to automation rather than treating it as a separate initiative.
The section above is editorial commentary from The SaaS Jobs, provided to help SaaS professionals understand the role in a broader industry context.
Job Description
About The Role & Team
Amplitude’s Corporate Accounting team is at the center of ensuring accurate, scalable, and insight-driven financial operations as we continue to grow. We’re looking for a player-coach Accounting Manager to join our San Francisco-based controllership team—someone who can balance hands-on execution with driving smarter, faster processes. This role will play a key part in modernizing our close, including embedding AI into core accounting workflows. If you enjoy rolling up your sleeves while building what “great” looks like for the future, you’ll fit right in.
As an Accounting Manager, you will:
- Own and run the full close cycle across the general ledger—including journal entries, consolidations, intercompany, reconciliations, and flux analysis—while continuously improving the speed, accuracy, and predictability of monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting
- Strengthen and scale accounting policies, processes, and internal controls to support a public company environment, ensuring compliance while building a foundation that can keep up with company growth
- Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Tax, Legal, and AP to drive a seamless close process, proactively resolve issues, and ensure financial data aligns with broader business objectives
- Lead audit readiness and execution end-to-end, managing external auditors, owning the PBC process, and ensuring deliverables are organized, timely, and audit-ready (not the night-before scramble kind)
- Identify and implement opportunities to automate and accelerate accounting workflows—including embedding AI into routine processes—to improve efficiency, reduce manual work, and increase overall data reliability
You'll be a great addition to the team if you have:
- You’ve helped build or transform accounting processes in a high-growth or evolving environment—we value people who make things better, not just maintain them
- You’re naturally curious about how AI and automation can improve accounting workflows, and you’re excited to experiment and implement
- You operate with a high level of ownership and accountability, and we can rely on you to drive outcomes without constant direction
- You’re a strong communicator who can break down complex accounting concepts and build trust across teams
- You enjoy mentoring others and raising the bar for the team around you
At a minimum, you need to have:
- You bring 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a mix of public accounting and industry experience (ideally in SaaS or tech)
- You have a strong foundation in US GAAP and can apply it practically in a fast-paced environment
- You hold a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA is a plus)
- You have experience owning close processes and working with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred)
- You’re comfortable working in a SOX-compliant environment and understand the importance of strong internal controls
Our values:
At Amplitude, our values guide how we show up for one another and for our customers:
- Humility: We operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.
- Ownership: We take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared company success.
- Growth Mindset: We’re tenacious in the face of challenges and seek feedback in order to grow ourselves and others.
- Customer Centricity: We put the customer at the center of everything we do and are deeply committed to their success.
We care about the well-being of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers.
Some of our benefit programs include:
- Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
- Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
- Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
- Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
- Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
- Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
Other fun facts about Amplitude:
- Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 23 quarters in a row on G2.
- We care a lot about product innovation. We've made significant investments in talent and infrastructure to build the most powerful AI analytics platform on the market.
- We invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives.
- We give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.
- We were founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
- We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo.
- Our mascot is Data Monster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.
Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.
Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $167,000 - $251,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)
