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# Member of Accounting Staff at Basis AI

- **Company:** Basis AI
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-05-20
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-04
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/basis-ai/bf7e34d6-e678-491b-87ee-e7c1f3e0384f/application

> Join Basis’s Deployed Intelligence team as an Accounting Staff member to help build AI‑powered agents that transform accounting workflows.

## Job description

## About Basis

Basis builds real agents that do real work in the real economy. Our agents operate for hours at a time, performing end-to-end work for some of the largest accounting firms in the world.

We recently raised $100M at >$1B valuation and are racing to deploy the most advanced applied ML at production scale.

Our investors include: Khosla Ventures (Keith Rabois & Vinod Khosla), Accel (Miles Clements), Google Ventures, Nat Friedman & Daniel Gross, Adam D'Angelo, Jeff Dean, Jack Altman, Noam Brown, Kyle Vogt, Amjad Masad, Clem Delangue and many other operators/technical leaders.

"Basis is on the frontier of building production-grade, long-horizon agents. They've pushed the limits of what we thought our models could do on real-world, economically valuable, complex accounting tasks. They've been a great collaborator in helping us shape what the future of agents looks like." — Prashant Mital, Applied AI Lead, OpenAI

## About the Team

Accounting post-Basis looks different. You will be part of a specialized team that will lead the charge into this new reality by building our core product. While you won't be doing accounting for clients in this role, you will work closely with both Basis' customers and our engineering team to build a product which will transform accounting workflows. The key to success on this team is being able to see around corners and think about how accounting processes should evolve in an AI world - rather than being limited to what they are today. You’re a good fit for this role if you’ve thought deeply about how your current work might look different in just a few years time and want to help usher in this transformation. This requires a clear conception of the fundamentals of accounting, an ability to quickly understand disparate workflows, and the vision to redefine the current process.

📍 Location: NYC, Flatiron office. In-person team.

## What you’ll be doing

You’ll work closely with our engineering and design teams to build out new features and capabilities, rigorously think through edge cases, and prioritize diligently to ship what matters. You’ll listen to users and translate their needs into workflows that help them do their best work with AI—while also drawing on your own knowledge and experience to anticipate requirements and proactively shape the product. You’ll partner with the ML team to develop agent capabilities, learn new things quickly (e.g., reading and pushing code), and practice hands-on prompt engineering—defining rules and behaviors for the LLM to deliver reliable outcomes.

## What you’ll bring

- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- One of the following: CPA license or Master’s degree in Accounting
- 4 - 10 years in audit and/or tax at a top public accounting firm
- Experience auditing financial statements end-to-end (cash through operating expenses), including financial statement preparation.
- Experience working with many distinct clients across a variety of industries.
- Exceptional attention to detail; delivers accurate, high-quality work.
- Proactive, high-energy presence; takes ownership and drives outcomes.
- Excellent communication skills—able to translate complex accounting concepts into clear, concise verbal and written explanations for non-experts.
- Strong prioritization skills; able to manage a growing to-do list and consistently focus on the highest-impact tasks to work efficiently.

## What we’d love to see

- Demonstrated interest in mentorship—eager to learn from and support teammates.
- Enjoys being in the weeds on complex, non-client-facing work.
- Strong curiosity about partnering with engineers to build from first principles—comfortable operating without a playbook.
- High social fluency and cross-functional collaboration skills; integrates quickly and works smoothly across teams.

What success looks like

- Process-oriented: Skilled at breaking down complex problems into clear, repeatable steps and managing execution.
- Strong communicator: Clear in explaining concepts and comfortable collaborating across all levels of seniority.
- First-principles reasoner: Question assumptions and apply lessons creatively to new situations.
- Company-builder: Eager to lay groundwork both technically and culturally as we rapidly scale.
- Office lover: Prefers face-to-face interactions in our NYC office.
- All-in: Driven to seize a massive opportunity, accelerate growth, and commit deeply to Basis’s success.

## Benefits at Basis

We offer a competitive and thoughtful benefits package designed to support your physical, mental, and financial well-being:

- Health & Wellness: Premium Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage; Life Insurance; and 6 coaching & 6 therapy sessions through Spring Health.
- Basis will cover 100% of your [Wellhub Gold](https://wellhub.com/en-us/employees/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwy5rUBhB5EiwAIoAtCixehqvud1v9ahoeOFqYnuIiBWAVW73IQK_ysAVP8wl75ukUUW-myBoCDlcQAvD_BwE&utm_campaign=us_b2c_google-search-brand-plans-pricing-wellhub__el_con_ongoing_all_signup_0425&utm_content=181565584554&utm_id=22473088932&utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_term=wellhub+gold+plan_801285082537) membership.
- Wellhub gives you access to gyms like Lifetime, SoulCycle, NYSC and so many more - as well as access to wellness apps like Strava & Headspace!
- Time off: Unlimited PTO + 12 paid company holidays.
- In-Office Perks: Daily meal stipends, a fully stocked kitchen, and $300 toward your custom desk setup.
- Financial Benefits: Pre-tax commuter benefits and 401(k) retirement plan
- Team Culture: Monthly office activities and frequent optional team happy hours.
- Parental Support: Access to Carrot Fertility and paid parental leave.

## About Basis AI

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Basis AI builds autonomous AI agents that execute end-to-end accounting workflows for professional accounting firms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: New York, United States
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Mitchell Troyanovsky (Co-Founder), Matt Harpe (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Accounting Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise SaaS
- **Target customers**: B2B — Top accounting firms in the United States (CAS, Tax, Audit, Advisory practices)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "The next era of accounting" — transforming knowledge workers from doers into reviewers by deploying agents that autonomously complete work.

## Products & Services
- **Basis Platform**: An AI agent platform that runs in the background executing accounting workflows end-to-end. Core modules built for CAS, Tax, Audit, and Advisory practice areas. Agents conform to a firm’s standards, adapt to specific engagement context, and deliver finished work ready for review. Runs across cloud and on-premise accounting systems. [getbasis.ai](https://www.getbasis.ai/)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: $1.15 billion (post Series B in February 2026) [getbasis.ai/careers](https://www.getbasis.ai/careers)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised — $137.6 million (across 4 rounds: Seed, Series A, Series B) [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-basis-ai)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Accel (lead, Miles Clements), GV (Google Ventures), Khosla Ventures (Vinod Khosla and Keith Rabois), BoxGroup, Better Tomorrow Ventures, Avid Ventures, Lloyd Blankfein (former CEO Goldman Sachs, lead Series B), Adam D’Angelo (CEO Quora), Nat Friedman (former CEO GitHub), Jeff Dean (Chief Scientist Google DeepMind), Noam Brown (OpenAI o1 co-creator), Amjad Masad (CEO Replit), Eric Wu (CEO Opendoor), and many other prominent angel investors.
- **Growth Signals**: 253.7% year-over-year headcount growth (95 employees as of mid-2026, up from ~27 a year prior). Active in 10 countries. Expanded from CAS into Tax and Audit verticals. 26 active job postings as of mid-2026. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-basis-ai)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Deep domain accuracy**: Built on foundational accounting principles, not a generic chatbot — agents understand the logic of the work itself and adapt to firm-specific standards.
- **End-to-end execution**: Agents run autonomously for hours, collaborating with accountants at key decision points, rather than just generating text suggestions.
- **Early market leadership**: Already deployed with the largest accounting firms in the country, with partners calling it the "most exciting new technology" they’ve seen in their careers.
- **Applied ML at scale**: Hundreds of agents behind every accountant, performing real, economically productive work for paying customers today. [getbasis.ai/about](https://www.getbasis.ai/about)

## Strategic Focus
- **Scaling across practice areas**: Expanding from CAS into Tax, Audit, and Advisory modules. A new "New Vertical" product design role is explicitly listed.
- **Building for a generational company**: "We believe the marginal cost of intelligence will trend toward zero… accounting is among the most important and foundational — and might happen the fastest." [getbasis.ai/about](https://www.getbasis.ai/about)
- **Deepening trust and governance**: Hiring Intelligence Architects and GRC specialists, indicating a focus on compliance, security, and enterprise-grade controls.
- **International expansion**: Already operating across 10 countries, with hires in Brazil, India, Argentina, and the UK. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-basis-ai)

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & intensity**: "The whole team in one room. Not a lot of formal meetings, but interesting conversations happening constantly… The standards are high and the feedback is frequent. People here are kind and fun, but they also push each other to be better." [getbasis.ai/careers](https://www.getbasis.ai/careers)
- **Engineering-centric**: Technical roles account for ~20% of headcount. Operating principles emphasize clear thinking and are referenced every day. Whiteboards everywhere.
- **Perks**: Premium Medical, Dental, Vision; Life Insurance; 6 coaching & 6 therapy sessions via Spring Health; unlimited PTO + 12 paid holidays; daily meal stipends; fully stocked kitchen; $300 custom desk setup; pre-tax commuter benefits; 401(k); paid parental leave.
- **Remote/office policy**: Office-first culture — "most of the team eats lunch and dinner together." Based in a dedicated office at 20 W 22nd St, New York (Flatiron district). No mention of fully remote roles in current postings.
- **Growth trajectory**: From ~27 to 95 employees in one year. Over 85% quarterly growth in job postings. Employees report huge responsibility from day one. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-basis-ai)

## Sources
1. [getbasis.ai](https://www.getbasis.ai/)
2. [getbasis.ai/careers](https://www.getbasis.ai/careers)
3. [getbasis.ai/about](https://www.getbasis.ai/about)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/get-basis-ai)
5. [jobs.ashbyhq.com](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/basis-ai)

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