About Virtue AI
Virtue AI sets the standard for advanced AI security platforms. Built on decades of foundational and award-winning research in AI security, its AI-native architecture unifies automated red-teaming, real-time multimodal guardrails, and systematic governance for enterprise apps and agents. Deploy in minutes—across any environment—to keep your AI protected and compliant. We are a well-funded, early-stage startup founded by industry veterans, and we're looking for passionate builders to join our core team.
About the Role
As the Accounting Lead at Virtue AI, you won't just be managing books—you will be the primary architect of our financial foundation and the engine behind our fiscal scaling.
You are joining at a pivotal moment as we scale our team to meet the demand for AI security, governance, and adversarial safety.
As our first dedicated in-house accounting hire, you will have a blank canvas to build the accounting function from the ground up.
You will partner directly with our founders and leadership team to establish world-class financial operations across every department, from R&D to GTM.
What You’ll Do
Build the Accounting Machine: Establish our internal accounting "operating system" by transitioning functions from QuickBooks and our outside consultants (Pilot) to an in-house model.
Full-Cycle Infrastructure: Own the end-to-end setup and management of our initial accounting, order-to-cash (O2C), and payroll functions. This person will help with collections and accounts receivables to ensure that our cash balance is healthy.
Strengthen Finance process: Lead the preparation for future public markets, including implementing GAAP-compliant processes, robust internal controls, and audit readiness.
Strategic Partnering: Act as a financial consultant to the leadership team, providing real-time market data on spend, headcount planning, and fiscal trends in the AI sector.
Process Implementation: Define monthly close loops, create financial rubrics, and train team leads on how to manage their budgets effectively.
Vendor & Consultant Management: Partner closely with our outside consultants to bring as much work in-house as possible while maintaining high standards of integrity.
Financial Visibility: Use financial data to track the health of our operations and communicate progress and bottlenecks to the executive team.
Requirements
Experience: 8+ years of accounting experience, with a significant portion spent in-house at a high-growth startup (Series A through C).
IPO Track Record: Proven experience navigating IPO readiness, S-1 preparation, or operating within a public-company accounting environment.
Operational Grit: You have a proven track record of building financial processes and scaling functions from the ground up.
Full-Stack Versatility: You are equally comfortable managing a complex payroll run as you are architecting a multi-year order-to-cash strategy for enterprise SaaS deals.
Independence: You are comfortable being a "department of one" and managing multiple high-priority financial roles simultaneously.
Technical Fluency: You understand the financial nuances of AI/ML software and can credibly "pitch" our fiscal strategy to internal and external stakeholders (nice to have).
Closing Prowess: You are a "closer" of the books. You know how to navigate complex reconciliations and equity explanations in a highly competitive market.
Nice to Haves
AI/SaaS Network: An existing understanding of the financial landscapes within the AI safety, cybersecurity, or enterprise SaaS ecosystems.
Tooling Expertise: Experience transitioning from QuickBooks/Pilot into a broader ERP tech stack (e.g., NetSuite) integrated into a modern software environment.
Agency & In-House Mix: A background that includes both rigorous public accounting (Big 4) and strategic in-house financial management.
Why Join Virtue AI?
Unmatched Impact: You will personally build the systems that define the financial future of AI security.
Direct Influence: Your fingerprints will be on every financial process and team we build.
Foundational Role: As our first accounting hire, you will have an outsized influence on the company’s trajectory and culture, with the opportunity to build and lead a team as we continue to scale.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of accounting experience, with significant in-house experience at high-growth startups (Series A-C)
- Proven experience with IPO readiness, S-1 preparation, or operating within a public-company accounting environment
- Proven track record building financial processes, implementing controls, and scaling accounting functions
- Ownership of full-cycle accounting including order-to-cash, payroll, collections, and accounts receivable management
- Ability to operate independently as a department of one and manage multiple high-priority financial roles
- Experience with complex reconciliations and equity accounting / closing the books
- Implement GAAP-compliant processes, internal controls, and audit readiness
- Technical fluency with financial nuances of AI/ML software and ability to communicate fiscal strategy
- Experience transitioning from QuickBooks/Pilot to a broader ERP tech stack (e.g., NetSuite)
- Background combining public accounting (Big 4) and strategic in-house financial management
What We Do
Virtue AI is an AI-native security, compliance, and governance platform dedicated to building scalable, trustworthy, and responsible AI systems. Its architecture unifies automated red-teaming, real-time multimodal guardrails, and policy-driven governance to safeguard enterprise agents, models, and apps across text, code, image, video, and audio in over 100 languages, detecting risks in sub-10 ms.
