Accounting Manager

Pulumi is the leading infrastructure-as-code platform, enabling engineering teams to define, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure using the programming languages they already know. Thousands of organizations — from fast-growing startups to global enterprises — rely on Pulumi to ship infrastructure faster and with greater confidence. 

Pulumi is seeking a hands-on Accounting Manager or Senior Accounting Manager to own and evolve our core accounting operations as we continue to scale. This is a high-ownership role suited for someone who thrives in a fast-moving startup environment—someone who can operate independently, build from first principles, and balance rigorous day-to-day execution with longer-term process development. You’ll work closely with the Head of Finance, playing a key role in shaping and scaling core accounting operations.

If you come from a public accounting background, enjoy the operational complexity of a high-growth SaaS environment, and want meaningful ownership over how a finance function is built, this is an opportunity to make a real impact.

While Pulumi is headquartered in Seattle, WA., we are dedicated to being a remote first company. This role can be located remotely in the United States.

• Lead the month, quarter, and year-end close procedures, including preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements.
• Ensure accuracy and completeness of all financial statement line items in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Conduct technical accounting research on complex issues and new pronouncements, assess their impact, and drive implementation. 
• Oversee multi-state and country sales tax compliance, including reconciliation of tax liability accounts to the general ledger and management of filing processes. 
• Establish and maintain a strong internal control environment aligned with public company readiness standards, including documentation of business workflows and accounting policies.
• Oversee accounts payable, accounts receivable, and billing workflows to ensure accurate revenue-related processing and timely collections. 
• Partner with Sales and RevOps to ensure correct recording of revenue transactions under ASC 606. 
• Process payroll for domestic and international employees and contractors, ensuring accurate and timely completion of across jurisdictions.
• Identify gaps and efficiency opportunities across financial systems and workflows; implement scalable solutions and best practices. 
• Leverage modern accounting tools and AI capabilities to increase team efficiency and reporting accuracy. 

• 7 to 12 years of related accounting experience, including meaningful time in public accounting.  
• Startup and/or high-growth tech company experience - ability to build processes under resource constraints and move fast without sacrificing accuracy. 
• Effective operating in fast paced environments, growth mindset, can be comfortable with ambiguity and shifting priorities.  
• Proactively build or improve processes and controls while balancing speed and rigor. 
• Deep expertise in US GAAP, particularly revenue recognition (ASC 606), lease accounting (ASC 842), and internal controls.
• Proven ability to manage audits and own external auditor relationships.
• Experience with accounting systems (Netsuite preferred), advanced proficiency in Excel and/or Google Sheets, and other modern finance tools. 
• Experience with international payroll and multi-entity accounting.
• Ability to communicate complex financial concepts clearly to senior leadership and cross-functional partners.
• CPA strongly preferred but not required

Pulumi is reimagining how teams build cloud software, enabling developers and infrastructure experts to work better together through a unique combination of programming languages, tools, and systems innovation.

Our flagship infrastructure as code technology is open source and our SaaS product, Pulumi Cloud, provides platform teams, secrets management, and cloud management capabilities, and more. We have pioneered leveraging AI across all of these areas with our LLM-powered Pulumi Copilot to push the boundaries of what's possible. At Pulumi, we dream big, in the pursuit of helping our customers out-innovate and win.

Founded in 2017 by industry veterans with over five decades of combined experience building developer platforms, Pulumi now has a global community of more than 350,000 members and serves over 3,250 customers. Despite our rapid growth, we're still only getting started, and are early in our mission to democratize the cloud. If you thrive in a fast-paced, high-performance, we want to work with you to accelerate Pulumi's impact.

At Pulumi, we don't just accept difference, we celebrate, support, and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our customers. Pulumi is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.