Clay
Accounting Engineer
$130K–$160K
New York · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jul 31, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of accounting experience, with a mix of public accounting and high-growth startup exposure.
About the job
Own Clay’s accounting operations and finance systems while building AI-powered automation and supporting cross-functional finance projects.
What you'll do
- Own the monthly close, including journal entries, reconciliations, flux analysis, reporting, and audit readiness.
- Administer the ERP and connected finance systems, integrations, data pipelines, and finance-tool implementations.
- Build AI-powered workflows and SQL-based automation for accounting tasks, and partner on finance-related projects across the organization.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of accounting experience, with a mix of public accounting and high-growth startup exposure.
- Hands-on operational accounting experience, including owning a close and managing reconciliations.
- Experience implementing or administering a finance system or ERP.
- Proficiency in SQL and demonstrated use of AI tools to improve accounting or finance work.
Nice to have
- CPA license or active pursuit.
- Familiarity with billing and revenue platforms and their accounting integrations; experience with financial data models, dashboards, or BI tooling.
Pay
$130K – $160K (base salary)
Tools
SQL, Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, Stripe, ERP
AI focus
Use AI tools to automate reconciliations, variance analysis, and close tasks; explore AI-enabled real-time audit tooling.
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