Contract Accountant, Compute & Infrastructure Accounting

📋 Job Overview

The Compute & Infrastructure Accounting team supports accounting and financial reporting for OpenAI’s rapidly evolving cloud computing, data center, server, equipment, colocation, software and data, and other AI infrastructure arrangements. We’re seeking a hands-on Contract Accountant to support recurring close and day-to-day operational accounting for these costs.

🏢 About [Company]

Greenlight Workforce Solutions is a staffing agency providing talent for various industries, including technology and finance.

🎯 The Role

The contractor will translate contract terms, pricing, delivery, usage, invoices, and operational data into accurate accruals, true-ups, journal-entry support, reconciliations, and variance explanations. This role works closely with Compute & Infrastructure Accounting, Technical Accounting, Procurement, Strategic Finance, Data Engineering, and external vendors to resolve exceptions and keep accounting outputs timely, complete, and audit-ready. The contractor will use approved AI tools to reduce manual effort, strengthen analysis, improve documentation, and create scalable operating leverage.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and support assigned month-end and quarter-end close activities, including accruals, true-ups, journal entries, reconciliations, rollforwards, balance-sheet substantiation, and flux or variance analysis.
• Prepare journal-entry support and submissions, including account and cost-center coding; monitor approval, posting, and rejection status and coordinate timely follow-up with authorized employees.
• Perform vendor- and contract-level reconciliations, monitor actuals against accruals, resolve differences, and support recurring management reporting.
• Support lease, fixed-asset, construction-in-progress, and related infrastructure accounting as assigned, including data capture, schedule maintenance, modifications, and period-end entries.
• Maintain complete and accurate contract and pricing records across new agreements, amendments, credits, delivery or drawdown changes, extensions, and terminations.
• Translate commercial terms into accounting inputs and operating workflows and ensure relevant changes are reflected in recurring accounting processes.
• Validate vendor invoices and operational data against rates, usage, commitments, delivery, resource attributes, and accounting mappings.
• Investigate exceptions, document root causes and resolutions, track open items and bottlenecks, and coordinate follow-up through completion.
• Follow established accounting policies, standard operating procedures, close calendars, review requirements, and approval workflows.
• Execute control procedures over source data and workpapers, including completeness and accuracy checks, evidence retention, and reviewer-ready documentation.
• Respond to audit and control requests by assembling tie-outs, schedules, explanations, and source evidence.
• Partner with Compute & Infrastructure Accounting, Technical Accounting, Procurement, Strategic Finance, Finance Systems, Data, Engineering, and external vendors to resolve accounting and operational blockers.
• Communicate requirements, status, outstanding items, and accounting implications clearly to finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Identify recurring data-quality issues, process delays, and control gaps, and surface trends and recommended improvements to the appropriate team lead.
• Write clear requirements, test system or process changes, and validate downstream accounting outputs before operational use.
• Improve recurring workflows through standardization, documentation, automation, and tooling; maintain clear procedures and handoffs.

📌 Required Qualifications

• Progressive experience in accounting, audit, advisory, or a related finance function, including hands-on operational accounting.
• Strong month-end and quarter-end close experience involving accruals, journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and workpaper preparation.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal controls, with the judgment to recognize and escalate matters requiring technical accounting review.
• Experience interpreting contracts, invoices, and large operational datasets and translating them into accurate accounting outcomes.
• Advanced spreadsheet and data-analysis skills and experience using an ERP or comparable finance system.
• Demonstrated ability to use AI tools to reduce manual effort, strengthen analysis, improve documentation, and create scalable operating leverage.
• Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, clear documentation habits, and the ability to independently manage high-volume, deadline-driven work.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to coordinate effectively across Finance, Procurement, Engineering, external vendors, and other stakeholders.

⭐ Desirable Experience

No specific desirable experience mentioned.

🎁 Benefits

Benefits information not specified in the job posting.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

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