Founded in 2012, H2O.ai is on a mission to democratize AI. As the world’s leading agentic AI company, H2O.ai converges Generative and Predictive AI to help enterprises and public sector agencies develop purpose-built GenAI applications on their private data. With a focus on Sovereign AI—secure, compliant, and infrastructure-flexible deployments—H2O.ai delivers solutions that align with the highest standards of data privacy and control.
Our open-source technology is trusted by over 20,000 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500. H2O.ai powers AI transformation for companies like AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Chipotle, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH.
H2O.ai partners include NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, Deloitte, Ernst & Young (EY), Snowflake, AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), VAST Data and MinIO. H2O.ai’s AI for Good program supports nonprofit groups, foundations, and communities in advancing education, healthcare, and environmental conservation. With a vibrant community of 2 million data scientists worldwide, H2O.ai aims to co-create valuable AI applications for all users.
H2O.ai has raised 256 million from investors, including Commonwealth Bank, NVIDIA, Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Capital One, Nexus Ventures and New York Life.
For more information, visit www.h2o.ai.About This Opportunity
We are looking for a hands-on, detail-driven Accountant to join our growing finance and accounting team reporting to our Accounting Manager. The ideal candidate has experience with ERP systems, procurement, payables systems, the General Ledger (GL), and reconciliations and thrives in a fast-paced, scaling AI software/technology environment.
This role will play a critical part in supporting day-to-day accounting operations, including accounts payable, travel & expense, cash management, prepaids, and accruals, while helping to ensure financial integrity and operational efficiency.
This is a temporary role with the potential to convert to full-time employment.
What You Will Do
- Perform general accounting and month-end close activities, including preparation of journal entries and account reconciliations (i.e. prepaids and accruals).
- Prepare supporting schedules and analysis for financial statement disclosures and footnotes, or external audit requests
- Support the accounts payable process end-to-end, including invoice entry, approval workflows, and timely payments using systems, such as Bill.com and SAP S/4 Hana.
- Support the travel & expense reimbursement process, helping to enforce our travel and expense policies, and perform the reconciliations for the associated accounts using systems such as Navan, Concur, Bill, Expensify, Ramp, NetSuite, and SAP S/4 Hana.
- Support cash activity, including uploading bank statements, cash match and bank reconciliations.
- Maintain accurate vendor records and assist with 1099 reporting.
- Partner with internal teams (e.g., Engineering, Sales, FP&A, People Ops) to ensure accurate classification of expenses and timely processing of invoices.
- Assist with financial audits and compliance initiatives as required.
What We Are Looking For
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- Public accounting background (Big 4 or equivalent) strongly preferred, or demonstrated technical accounting expertise
- +4 years of general accounting experience, preferably in the software or technology industry.
- Experience in ERP systems, such as SAP S/4 Hana, NetSuite and procure-to-pay systems, such as Bill.com, Ariba, Navan, Concur.
- Strong knowledge of US GAAP and a solid understanding of core accounting principles
- Intermediate Excel skills (such as pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIF, etc.) and comfort with cloud-based financial tools.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and time management.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally in a collaborative environment.
- Experience with multi-entity or international operations.
- CPA or CPA-track is a plus.
- Experience with financial automation or ERP optimization projects.
- SaaS (Software as a Service) experience
- Experience with monthly balance sheet and income statement flux analysis
Why H2O.ai?
- Market leader in total rewards
- Remote-friendly culture
- Flexible working environment
- Be part of a world-class team
- Career growth
H2O.ai is an innovative AI cloud platform company, leading the mission to democratize AI for everyone. Thousands of organizations from all over the world have used our cutting-edge technology across a variety of industries. We’ve made it easy for people at all levels to generate breakthrough solutions to complex business problems and advance the discovery of new ideas and revenue streams. We push the boundaries of what is possible with artificial intelligence.
H2O.ai employs the world’s top Kaggle Grandmasters, the community of best-in-the-world machine learning practitioners and data scientists. A strong AI for Good ethos and responsible AI drive the company’s purpose.
Please visit www.H2O.ai to learn more.
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H2O.ai Mountain View, California, USA Office
2307 Leghorn Street, Mountain View, CA, United States, 94043
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