Accountant

Cohere in Toronto

Who are we?
We’re a small, diverse team working at the cutting edge of machine learning. At Cohere, our mission is to build machines that understand the world and to make them safely accessible to all. Language is at the crux of this, but it can be difficult and expensive to parse the syntax, semantics, and context that all work together to give words meaning. The Cohere platform provides access to Large Language Models through its APIs that read billions of web pages and learns to understand the meaning, sentiment, and intent of the words we use in a richness never seen before.

We've raised our Series B , signed a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud , and we are focused on bringing our technology to market. We will partner with customers so they can build natural language understanding and generation into their products with just a few lines of code.

We’re ambitious — we believe our technology will fundamentally transform how industries interact with natural language. And we have the technical chops to back it up - Cohere’s CEO, Aidan Gomez, is a co-author of the groundbreaking paper “Attention is all you need” , (over 53k citations) and was previously part of Google Brain. Our entire technical team is world-class.

We are focused on creating a diverse and inclusive work environment so that all of our team members can thrive. We welcome kind and brilliant people to our team, from wherever they come.

Why this role?
We are looking for someone with a strong Finance & Accounting background to join Cohere’s Finance team as an Accountant and help scale our Finance operations. As one of the first few members of our Finance team, you will gain hands-on experience building a successful Finance function in a fast-growing start-up environment.

Please Note: We have offices in Toronto, Palo Alto and London but embrace being remote-first! We are looking for candidates preferably based in Toronto, Canada or in the Bay Area for this role.
If some of the above doesn’t line up perfectly with your experience, we still encourage you to apply! If you consider yourself a thoughtful worker, a lifelong learner, and a kind and playful team member, Cohere is the place for you.

We welcome applicants of all kinds and are committed to providing both an equal opportunity process and work environment. We value and celebrate diversity and strive to create an inclusive work environment for all.

Our Perks:
🤝 An open and inclusive culture and work environment
🧑‍💻 Work closely with a team on the cutting edge of AI research
🍽 Free daily lunch
🦷 Full health and dental benefits, including a separate budget to take care of your mental health
🐣 100% Parental Leave top-up for 6 months for employees based in Canada, the US, and the UK
🎨 Personal enrichment benefits towards arts and culture, fitness and well-being, quality time, and workspace improvement
🏙 Remote-flexible, offices in Toronto, Palo Alto, and London and coworking stipend
✈️ 6 weeks of vacation and shared Canada/US/UK holidays

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    • Manage our accounts payable process workflow from beginning to end; This includes (but not limited to) approvals on vendor bills & expense claims, setting up payments in our payment platforms and recording high volumes of transactions while maintaining our departmental P&L structure
    • Provide support and actively engage with the month-end closing process, prepare recurring month-end adjustment entries and work with Senior members of the Finance team to improve financial closing
    • Maintain reconciliations of general ledgers & key balance sheet accounts monthly
    • Prepare allocation adjustments in P&L to distribute costs, while keeping a stewardship hat on for expenditure by departments
    • Provide insights from expense activities and present results to Senior members of the Finance & Operations teams
    • Assist in developing and managing our accounting tech stack and assist with the selection of and implementation of new accounting tools
    • Assist with compliance related to accounting standards, regulations, and tax requirements
    • Apply FASB / GAAP accounting standards and prepare technical accounting memos and contract reviews to support the company's financing and revenue deals
    • Work closely with Finance to monitor cash inflows and outflows
    • Manage daily accounting activities, including AP, accruals, AR, revenue, deferred revenue, cash, and debt
    • Partner in all financial planning activities, including cash flow projections and strategic planning initiatives
    • Oversee Cohere's first annual audit with external auditors
    • You have a BA or BS in Accounting/Finance, and an active CPA designation with 4+ years of relevant experience in Accounting and Finance processes
    • You have experience using cloud accounting software
    • You have experience with multi-currencies and fx and tax accounting across multiple entities
    • You have strong analytical skills and can work in a fast-changing environment
    • You are comfortable working through ambiguous situations and managing multiple priorities
    • You are detail-oriented with strong project management skills
    • Bonus! You have experience in a startup environment or tech company
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