Intercompany Accountant

ABOUT THE TEAM OpenAI Finance is responsible for ensuring the organization is set up for success in pursuit of its mission to ensure that artificial general intelligence benefits all of humanity.   ABOUT THE ROLE We are looking for an accountant to own an assigned portfolio of intercompany and investment accounting processes. You will manage recurring reconciliations, coordinate the accounting for intercompany funding, review transfer pricing calculations and journal entries, and partner with Technical Accounting on investments. A fundamental part of the role is understanding OpenAI's group structure, partnering closely with Tax on complex transactions, and providing guidance to the wider accounting group on intercompany flows. You will own work from source data through close, resolve routine issues independently, and improve processes within established policies and approval controls. You will identify matters requiring technical assessment early and bring clear analysis and supporting facts for review. You will be a pivotal interface between global finance teams, treasury, tax, and systems to support our mission-critical financial close and reporting processes.   WHAT YOU WILL DO - Develop and maintain an understanding of OpenAI's group structure, ownership relationships and intercompany arrangements and flows. - Partner with Tax, Technical Accounting and your manager to assess complex intercompany transactions and coordinate implementation of agreed accounting treatments. - Provide guidance to the wider accounting group on intercompany flows, accounting treatments and cross-entity accounting questions. - Own monthly and quarterly close activities for assigned accounts, including reconciliations and resolution of reconciling items. - Coordinate accounting for intercompany funding and settlements with Treasury and Tax, within established approval and execution controls. - Review transfer pricing calculations prepared by the TP team for intercompany accounting accuracy, including entity, account, currency and FX rate treatment. - Prepare and review assigned journal entries for accuracy, supporting evidence and consistency with approved accounting treatments and controls. - Maintain investment accounting records and reconciliations, implement agreed accounting treatments, and partner with Technical Accounting and your manager on new transactions and technical assessments. - Maintain close and audit support, document processes and controls, and work with systems teams to improve accounting workflows and resolve reporting issues. WHAT YOU WILL BRING - Experience owning recurring accounting work through close, including balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and investigation of reconciling items. - A working understanding of US GAAP and multi-entity accounting, with the judgment to distinguish routine application of established policy from matters that need technical review. - Familiarity with intercompany transactions, settlements, and foreign currency accounting. Experience with transfer pricing calculations or investment accounting is relevant to this role. - Careful review habits and the ability to trace a calculation or journal entry to its source, explain discrepancies, and document how they were resolved. - The ability to organize a close calendar, manage dependencies, and communicate clearly with Accounting, Treasury, Tax, and Technical Accounting. You follow through independently and raise issues with enough context for others to act. - Comfort working with spreadsheets and accounting systems. Experience with Oracle FCCS or a similar consolidation system, internal controls, or audit support would be useful. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE - Your assigned close activities are comp