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title: 'Strategic Account Partner at Basis AI'
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# Strategic Account Partner at Basis AI

- **Company:** Basis AI
- **Location:** New York, NY
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-09-14
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/basis-ai/e2579900-e241-4799-a323-5e97b5bebaac

## 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 Basis is seeking an experienced Strategic Account Partner to grow and deepen relationships with our largest and most innovative clients. As a key member of the GTM team, you will serve as the strategic lead for a portfolio of our largest clients. You will help align teams across Basis and each client, lead growth initiatives, and ensure clients realize the full value of their investment. You will build durable executive relationships, establish clear account strategies, and maintain strong partnership health. You will manage a portfolio of high-impact accounts as a trusted partner, with ownership of long-term value creation. You will identify upsell and cross-sell opportunities, drive measurable business outcomes, and help strengthen the Strategic Accounts function through cross-team initiatives. Success in this role requires building relationships across customer organizations; executives, technical experts, legal, operations, and other functions. You will set the vision for each client partnership, earn support for broad adoption, and coordinate Basis teams to deliver against shared priorities. You will report to the Head of Strategic Accounts.

Responsibilities:

- Navigate complex organizations and build consensus across diverse stakeholders with developed multi-threaded executive relationships.
- Design and execute account strategies that meet or exceed retention and growth targets. Analyze each client’s business, priorities, and market context to translate long-term plans into focused account initiatives.
- Lead expansion by identifying new use cases, business units, and stakeholders within assigned accounts. Spearheading the sale for existing contracted areas and working with Account Executive on expanding contract opportunities.
- Build and execute multi-year account plans that align customer goals with Basis growth objectives, clarify ownership, and create accountability across both organizations.
- Orchestrate internal teams (including executive leadership, Account Executives, Solution Consultants, Customer Success, Deployed Intelligence, Partnerships, Marketing, Support, and Revenue Operations) to remove blockers and deliver proactive outcomes.
- Drive retention and expansion strategy, including opportunity development, forecasting, negotiation, and closing.
- Define and manage the executive relationship strategy for each account. Engage Basis leaders as executive sponsors and lead executive business reviews that support retention and growth.
- Represent Basis at customer events, industry forums, and executive gatherings to strengthen our brand and strategic position.

Qualifications:

- 9+ years in technology sales, strategic account management, business development, or equivalent experience.
- Experience working with top 100 accounting firms, Fortune 500 companies, or similarly complex enterprise customers.
- Proven success developing and executing account strategies for large, strategic clients.
- Exceptional relationship-building skills, including the ability to build multi-threaded relationships and align stakeholders across large organizations.
- Experience identifying, developing, negotiating, and closing large, complex technology deals with enterprise customers. Strong consultative selling skills and the ability to become a strategic partner rather than a vendor.
- Executive presence and experience presenting to and negotiating with C-suite leaders, finance, IT, business teams, procurement, legal, and internal stakeholders.
- Experience selling emerging technologies or complex solutions to large enterprises.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration with teams across product, engineering, customer success, partnerships, and other functions.
- Resourceful problem solver who can navigate ambiguity and move complex initiatives forward.
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
- Passion for AI and emerging technologies, with enthusiasm for helping the accounting industry adopt AI responsibly.
- Builder mindset and interest in shaping the playbook for a rapidly scaling function.
- High ownership and urgency; able to move quickly without waiting for perfect information.

## 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 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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