--- title: 'Senior Accountant at AlphaSense' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/senior-accountant-alphasense-chicago-gz0693ep4j59' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-29' --- # Senior Accountant at AlphaSense - **Company:** AlphaSense - **Location:** Chicago, IL / New York, NY / -, United States - **Compensation:** $79k–$109k - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-10-26 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-29 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/alphasense/jobs/8904986002 ## Job description About AlphaSense: AlphaSense is the AI platform redefining market intelligence and workflow orchestration, trusted by thousands of leading organizations to drive faster, more confident decisions in business and finance. The platform combines domain-specific AI with a vast content universe of over 500 million premium business documents — including equity research, earnings calls, expert interviews, filings, news, and internal proprietary content. Purpose-built for speed, accuracy, and enterprise-grade security, AlphaSense helps teams extract critical insights, uncover market-moving trends, and automate complex workflows with high-quality outputs. With AI solutions like Generative Search, Generative Grid, and Deep Research, AlphaSense delivers the clarity and depth professionals need to navigate complexity and obtain accurate, real-time information quickly. For more information, visit [www.alpha-sense.com](http://www.alpha-sense.com). Come join us. About the Team: The AlphaSense Finance team is responsible for efficiently driving the creation of enterprise value by supporting capital allocation decisions across the business. We exist to help the company make intelligent, data-driven decisions through financial analysis; scenario modeling; tracking, interpreting and disseminating key performance indicators; and by serving as a critical thought partner to senior leadership. About the Role: The Senior Accountant will own key areas of the monthly close including COGS, cost allocations, and various accruals. You will work as part of a growing team at a well-funded growth-stage, pre-IPO tech company with significant opportunities for rapid career advancement. Who You Are: - 3-5+ years of accounting experience, preferably at a SaaS or technology company - Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance - Experience with a Big 4 or public accounting firm preferred - A self starter who can operate independently and manage multiple deadlines during a fast-paced month end close process - Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to partner with FP&A and other stakeholders - Advanced excel skills required - Working knowledge of US GAAP, including accrual accounting, multi-entity, and intercompany accounting - Exposure to usage-based or technology vendor costs a plus - Hands on experience with NetSuite and FloQast or similar ERP and close management tool preferred What You’ll Do: - Ensure timely and accurate income statement recognition in accordance with US GAAP - Own key areas of the monthly COGS close, including cost allocations and related accruals - Prepare monthly accruals and reversals for content, technology, and other vendor costs - Maintain COGS summary analysis for manager review - Prepare intercompany entries and reclasses across multiple entities - Reconcile accrued expense and payable accounts, and prepare flux explanations for the monthly close review - Prepare journal entries in conformity with established procedures - Prepare and review analysis of various balance sheet and P&L accounts - Prepare month end journal entries and support the monthly close process to ensure timely and accurate monthly reconciliation of accounts for the various entities under the AlphaSense umbrella - Liaise closely with internal departments to ensure all monthly transactions are properly booked - Understand internal control design concepts sufficient to assess the effectiveness of controls in their area and to design new processes and controls for emerging and growing business activities - Ability to identify and implement process improvement and automation opportunities, including AI-enabled workflows, to drive positive change across the organization - Lead delivery of accounting tasks and projects - Assist with audit requests (Quarterly/Annual Audit, Stat Audit, and Sales Tax Audit) For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below. You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program. Base Compensation Range $79,000—$109,000 USD AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination. In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works. Recruiting Scams and Fraud We at AlphaSense have been made aware of fraudulent job postings and individuals impersonating AlphaSense recruiters. These scams may involve fake job offers, requests for sensitive personal information, or demands for payment. Please note: - AlphaSense never asks candidates to pay for job applications, equipment, or training. - All official communications will come from an @[alpha-sense.com](http://alpha-sense.com/) email address. - If you’re unsure about a job posting or recruiter, verify it on our [Careers page](https://www.alpha-sense.com/careers/). If you believe you’ve been targeted by a scam or have any doubts regarding the authenticity of any job listing purportedly from or on behalf of AlphaSense please contact us. Your security and trust matter to us. ## About AlphaSense ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: AlphaSense operates an AI-powered market intelligence and search platform that helps business professionals make faster, more confident decisions by synthesizing insights from a vast library of curated public and private content. - **Entity Type**: Private (Series G, last raised ~1 month ago) - **Headquarters**: New York, NY (441 Ninth Avenue 4th Floor, New York, 10001) - **Founded**: 2011 - **Founders**: Jaakko (Jack) Kokko and Raj Neervannan ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Market Intelligence, Enterprise AI, Financial Data & Analytics - **Target customers**: B2B – serving Investment Banking, Hedge Funds, Private Equity, Asset Management, Consulting, Life Sciences & Healthcare, Tech/Media/Telecom, Energy, Industrials, Consumer Goods & Retail - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Empower professionals to make smarter business decisions with confidence and speed.” [[glassdoor.com]] ## Products & Services - **AlphaSense Core Search (newest release: AlphaSense X)**: AI-driven search engine that surfaces insights from millions of premium financial and business documents (company filings, broker research, expert transcripts, private data, internal content). Includes generative search with sentence-level citations and no hallucinations. Multi-agent architecture automates repeatable research tasks and synthesizes findings into reports and slides. [[alpha-sense.com]] - **Acquired Assets (Tegus, BamSEC, Canalyst, Sentieo)**: Integrated expert call transcripts, SEC filing analytics, financial models, and quantitative data to deepen the content library. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company); total raised is **$1.747B** (Series G as of mid-2025). [[cbinsights.com]] - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $1.747B. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not listed in provided sources; partner recognition includes Cerebras Systems for accelerated AI inference. [[alpha-sense.com/about/]] - **Growth Signals**: Trusted by 7,000+ of the world’s largest enterprises; headcount of 1,001–5,000 employees (Glassdoor); new headquarters in Hudson Yards; multiple acquisitions (Tegus, BamSEC, Canalyst, Sentieo) over the past five years; partnership with Cerebras for faster AI. ## Competitive Advantages - **Curated & exclusive content**: Access to Tegus expert transcripts, broker research, private financial data, and company filings that competitors may lack. - **Trusted AI**: “Sentence-level citations and no hallucinations” – GenAI outputs grounded in reliable sources with full auditability. - **Unified workflow**: Combines discovery, reasoning, and output generation in a single platform – eliminating fragmented tools. - **Patents**: Filed 40 patents related to computational linguistics, natural language processing, and data management. [[cbinsights.com]] ## Strategic Focus - **Next-generation Generative Search**: Multi-agent architecture that automates research tasks and produces executive-ready reports. - **Content expansion**: Continues to acquire and integrate high-value data sources (expert transcripts, financial models, etc.). - **AI reliability**: Emphasizing hallucination-free outputs and sentence-level citations to maintain trust with decision-makers. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Described as “product-led, growth mindset, people first.” Emphasis on empathy, inclusion, psychological safety, and work-life balance. [[alpha-sense.com/careers/]] - **Benefits**: Comprehensive medical coverage, mental health support, wellness programs, retirement plans, stock options, financial consulting, generous time-off, volunteering opportunities, and family-friendly programs. - **Growth**: Continuous learning, mentorship, leadership access, and career mobility across teams and regions. - **Work environment**: “You’ll be surrounded by smart, supportive teammates” – autonomy with collaboration, fast-moving, trust-based. Offices in 7 locations; hybrid/remote policy not explicitly stated in provided sources. ## Sources 1. [alpha-sense.com](https://www.alpha-sense.com/) 2. [alpha-sense.com/careers/](https://www.alpha-sense.com/careers/) 3. [alpha-sense.com/about/](https://www.alpha-sense.com/about/) 4. [glassdoor.com](https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-AlphaSense-EI_IE1664354.11,21.htm) 5. 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