Why This Job is Featured on The SaaS Jobs
This Accounting Engineer role stands out in SaaS because it reflects how modern subscription businesses are rebuilding finance around systems, data, and automation rather than manual close processes. The remit spans ERP ownership, connected tooling for billing and equity, and AI-assisted workflows, all of which are increasingly central as SaaS companies add complexity across pricing, usage, and revenue recognition.
For a SaaS career, the value is in developing fluency across the finance stack and learning how operational accounting decisions translate into reliable metrics and reporting. Experience designing integrations, querying large datasets with SQL, and instrumenting repeatable workflows builds a foundation that transfers well across SaaS operators, from finance systems to analytics-heavy controllership and revenue operations adjacent work. The emphasis on audit readiness and controls also maps to the governance expectations that grow as SaaS companies scale.
This role fits professionals who like being the connective layer between accounting and technical infrastructure, and who prefer building durable processes over running static checklists. It is especially aligned with someone comfortable owning ambiguous problems, documenting systems, and iterating on automation while staying accountable for core accounting outcomes.
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Job Description
About Clay
Our mission is to help organizations turn any growth idea into reality.
We see growth as a creative practice, not a formula. Finding and reaching your best-fit customers takes unique ideas and constant iteration. As AI makes execution faster and tactics easier to copy, creativity is the only lasting advantage. We're already helping thousands of customers — including Anthropic, Notion, Google, and Ramp — go to market with unique data, signals, and AI research.
In 2025, we raised a $100M Series C backed by world-class investors including Sequoia, CapitalG, and First Round — and crossed $100M in revenue.
In 2026, we announced our second employee tender offer in 9 months at a new $5B valuation. We also launched a community equity round, for our customers, agency partners, and club members.
Some things to know about us:
Our community includes 11,000+ customers, 150+ integration partners, 125+ agencies, 50+ Clay clubs, and 30k members on Slack.
Our cultureis unique inside and outside of work. Our team members are also DJs, activists, writers, clowns, marathoners, skydivers, psychedelic therapists, social workers, and more.
All employees can work for free with world-class coaches who specialize in creativity, management, and more.
Our operating principles — including negative maintenance and non-attached action — guide our work. Read more about them here.
Read about us in the NYT, Forbes, First Round Review, and more.
Hear from our employees directly on our Glassdoor page!
Accounting Engineer @ Clay
At Clay, we believe the future of accounting is not just about closing the books accurately; it is about closing them intelligently. Just as we pioneered the Go-To-Market Engineer (GTME) role to reimagine how sales and operations intersect with AI, we are now doing the same for finance and accounting.
The Accounting Engineer is a new discipline we are defining from the ground up. It sits at the intersection of three historically separate worlds: accounting, finance systems and data. The connective tissue between all three is AI. This is not a hybrid role as an afterthought; it is an intentional choice about how Clay's accounting function will scale.
You will own core accounting operations, build and optimize the systems that power them, and design the automation workflows that make everything faster and more accurate. Beyond the core function, you will have a seat at the table on cross-functional projects from product and GTM analytics to finance infrastructure initiatives, giving you exposure across the organization that a traditional accounting role simply does not offer.
What You'll Do
Accounting Operations
Own the monthly close end-to-end (journal entries, reconciliations, flux analysis, reporting) and drive finance transformation/automation initiatives across the function
Support audit readiness as a key point of contact for external auditors, exploring real-time audit tooling using AI
Finance Systems
Own Clay's ERP and connected finance systems (payroll, expense, equity, billing), including integrations, data pipelines, and ongoing implementation efforts
Evaluate and onboard new finance tooling, and maintain system documentation and SOD controls as the stack scales
Automation & AI
Build AI-powered workflows (Claude, Cursor, etc.) to automate reconciliations, variance analysis, and close tasks, writing SQL to extract and validate data across systems
Systematically eliminate repetitive accounting work and build dashboards for real-time financial visibility — the goal is a shorter close every quarter
Cross-Functional Special Projects
Partner with GTM, Product, and Operations on finance-adjacent projects, and support FP&A with data infrastructure and modeling
Act as the accounting team's connector to the broader org, helping shape how the function grows
What You'll Bring
5+ years of accounting experience, with a mix of public accounting and high-growth startup exposure
Hands-on operational accounting experience: you have owned a close, managed reconciliations, and dealt with messy real-world data
Experience implementing or administering a finance system or ERP
Proficiency in SQL; comfortable querying large datasets, writing joins, and debugging data issues independently
Demonstrated use of AI tools (Cursor, Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) to accelerate and improve accounting or finance work
Nice to Haves
CPA license or active pursuit preferred
Familiarity with billing and revenue platforms (Stripe, CPQ and Metering platforms) and their accounting integrations
Experience building or contributing to financial data models, dashboards, or BI tooling
