Lead Accountant

Lead Accountant
About this role:
The Lead Accountant owns the execution layer of Hologram's accounting function: the monthly close, balance sheet reconciliations, revenue recognition support under ASC 606, and the full corporate compliance calendar. Reporting to the Associate Controller, you'll run recurring close and reconciliation workstreams end-to-end with light oversight, not close supervision. You'll also own billing, collections, and daily cash across Stripe, Shopify, wire, and ACH for a usage-based business.

What You'll Do:
Close and reporting

Run the monthly close: journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and GAAP financial statements, reviewed and signed off by the Associate Controller
Prepare revenue recognition support under ASC 606 across usage, hardware, and prepaid billing, and surface exceptions early
Prepare supporting schedules for the annual audit, corporate tax filings, and diligence requests, and manage the auditor request cycle
Prepare and file annual 1099s

Corporate compliance

Own the compliance calendar end to end, and build it into a system with named owners, real deadlines, and alerting
Manage Secretary of State annual reports, franchise tax, and local business licenses in partnership with our registered agent
Intake, log, and resolve state and local tax notices, including direct contact with agencies
Coordinate annual business insurance renewals with our broker and issue certificates of insurance to customers, vendors, and lessors
Complete statutory annual filings and surveys
Run point in yearly external audit
Document the work as you go, so every recurring obligation has a runbook someone else could follow

Billing, AR, and cash

Own collections end to end: AR aging, dunning, billing contact follow-up, and at-risk account escalation
Generate customer invoices across Stripe and Shopify, and manage billing schedules, credit memos, and billing adjustments
Manage prepaid top-ups, renewals, and prepaid-to-postpaid conversions
Execute daily cash application and bank reconciliation, and reconcile payments across Stripe, wire, and ACH
Process and route AP invoices, chase missing vendor invoices ahead of close, and keep vendor and customer billing records current
Resolve complex multi-team billing disputes and triage finance tickets in HelpScout and Linear within a 24-hour SLA
Process and systems

Find the manual work that shouldn't be manual and fix it, using the tools available and AI where it fits
Support the NetSuite implementation and ongoing optimization

What We're Looking For:
6+ years of progressive accounting experience
Experience owning full-cycle month-end close
Strong understanding of GAAP, with hands-on experience in revenue recognition, leases, and credit losses
Experience in a startup or high-growth environment where you built processes rather than inherited them
Comfortable owning a wide range of work rather than one narrow lane
Revenue recognition experience (ASC 606) in a usage-based or multi-element billing environment
Multi-state compliance experience: Secretary of State filings, franchise tax, and state and local tax notices
Experience supporting an external financial statement audit as a preparer
Experience making accounting processes faster and more reliable through automation and AI, without compromising controls or accuracy
Produces work that holds up without rework, catching your own errors before they reach review
Advanced Excel and comfort learning new systems quickly

Bonus Points:
Collections or billing experience at a SaaS or usage-based company
ERP implementation or migration experience (NetSuite preferred)
Experience standing up a compliance calendar or corporate compliance function