About the job
About Cognition: At Cognition, we are pioneering the future of artificial intelligence through our innovative software agents. We proudly introduce Devin, the world's first AI software engineer, alongside Windsurf, our AI-native integrated development environment (IDE). Together, they embody our mission to create collaborative AI teammates, allowing engineers to tackle more engaging challenges and empowering teams to pursue ambitious objectives.
Our dynamic team consists of elite talent, including world-class competitive programmers, seasoned entrepreneurs, and leaders from industry frontrunners in AI such as Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.
While developing Devin and Windsurf is just the beginning, we face even greater challenges ahead. If you're passionate about addressing some of the world's most significant issues and building AI capable of reasoning through real-world tasks, we invite you to apply and join our team.
Job Description: As a vital member of our accounting team, you will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, ensuring adherence to accounting standards, overseeing payroll and procurement operations, and facilitating various audit processes. You will have the freedom to shape our financial practices and will be empowered to optimize and execute responsibilities at a high standard.
Key Responsibilities:
Month-End Close: Lead the monthly financial closing process, including journal entry preparation and account reconciliations.
Financial Reporting: Create and review regular financial statements, including balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements.
Audit Support: Organize and facilitate annual financial audits, tax filings, and various other audits (e.g., financial, tax, workers' compensation).
Full-Cycle Accounting: Oversee the billing process (A/R & subscriptions), accounts payable, accounts receivable, general ledger, and payroll operations.
Process Improvement: Design and implement accounting policies and procedures to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
Tax Compliance: Oversee tax compliance and filing requirements.
Collaboration: Collaborate with Sales, Customer Experience, RevOps, and other departments to establish effective processes and customer engagement standards.
Ad-Hoc Projects: Contribute to special projects and ad-hoc reporting as necessary to drive revenue and cost efficiency.

