At Cypress, We aim to make software testing faster and more reliable, improving the efficiency and quality of software development. Used by hundreds of thousands of developers across 90+ countries and 30,000+ organizations, Cypress helps teams write better code and release with confidence. Cypress customers include names like Zendesk, Indeed, Splunk, Square, and Patreon. With a culture rooted in passion, collaboration, and curiosity, our fully remote team is on a mission to positively impact the developer community.
About the Role
We are looking for a motivated Staff or Senior Accountant with 5–7 years of experience — ideally including a foundation in public accounting — to join our finance team. This is a high-ownership role at a growing SaaS company where you will take on meaningful responsibility across monthly close, revenue, compliance, and systems. A CPA license or active candidacy is a strong plus.
You will work closely with our Controller and cross-functional partners in RevOps and Sales to ensure our financial data is accurate, our processes are scalable, and our systems are being used to their fullest potential. We are also actively investing in AI-enabled finance workflows,and we want someone eager to be part of that journey.
What You'll Do
Monthly Accounting & Close
• Own or co-own a significant portion of the monthly close process, including journal entries, reconciliations, and variance analysis
• Help oversee the quote-to-cash process, including revenue accounting and operating within our CRM and billing systems to support monthly reconciliation and reporting.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting
• Identify opportunities to improve close efficiency and reduce cycle time
Compliance & Audit
• Support the annual audit process, including preparation of schedules, workpapers, and PBC requests
• Assist with tax compliance deliverables and coordination with external advisors
• Help ensure adherence to internal controls and accounting policies
Systems & Implementation, AI & Automation in Finance
• Participate in and help drive system implementation and improvement projects within the finance tech stack
• Partner with the Controller and broader finance team to test and deploy AI-enabled workflows
Quote-to-cash
• Help manage billing/deal desk queue: review, validate, and process incoming deal requests.
• Perform reconciliations between billing system (Chargebee) and CRM (Salesforce) validating accuracy of deals.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Sales, Legal, and Data to ensure billing and revenue recognition are correctly captured.
What We're Looking For
Experience & Education
• 5–7 years of accounting experience; public accounting background (Big 4, regional firm, or similar) strongly preferred
• CPA license or active CPA candidacy is a meaningful plus
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• Familiarity with SaaS revenue recognition concepts (ASC 606)
Systems
• Chargebee: hands-on experience preferred
• Salesforce: comfort navigating and querying data within the platform preferred
• Revops.io or comparable revenue operations tooling: prior experience a plus
• Proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets
Skills & Mindset
• Strong attention to detail with a process-oriented, ownership mentality
• Comfort operating in a fast-moving SaaS environment with evolving tools and priorities
• Clear written and verbal communication skills — able to partner cross-functionally with
non-finance stakeholders
• Genuine curiosity about AI and automation and how they apply to finance
• Self-starter who can manage competing priorities with limited supervision in a fully
remote setting
Nice to Have
• Experience supporting or leading system implementation projects (ERP, billing, revenue)
• Prior experience working in a high-growth startup or scale-up environment
Compensation: $115,000-$120,000
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Although we list out what we generally look for, we are very likely missing other attributes and skills that you have that could make you a great fit, and are not currently listed. Research has shown this especially applies to women and other marginalized groups, who tend to apply if they check 100% of every box, versus men who apply if they hit roughly 60%. The point we’re getting at, it doesn’t hurt to take a chance and apply!
We are an inclusive employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Skills Required
- 3-4 years of accounting experience
- Foundation in public accounting (Big 4, regional firm, or similar)
- CPA license or active CPA candidacy
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Familiarity with SaaS revenue recognition concepts (ASC 606)
- Chargebee hands-on experience
- Salesforce comfort navigating and querying data
- Revops.io or comparable revenue operations tooling experience
- Proficiency in Excel / Google Sheets
- Experience supporting or leading system implementation projects (ERP, billing, revenue)
- Prior experience working in a high-growth startup or scale-up environment
Cypress.io Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cypress.io and has not been reviewed or approved by Cypress.io.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as equitable and substantial for all parents from day one, with additional time after a year of service. Family-oriented extras for newborn care further reinforce the support for caregivers.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as comprehensive and inclusive, spanning medical, dental, vision, and transgender-inclusive benefits. Additional supports like mental-health and fertility coverage are also highlighted.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Remote-first support includes meaningful home-office and coworking stipends that enable effective distributed work. These lifestyle-oriented perks are positioned to make day-to-day remote work more sustainable.
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What We Do
Web development has advanced in leaps and bounds in the last decade, but front-end testing has not. Testing sucks. It’s the part that every developer dreads. It’s often harder to write a passing test than an actual feature. We want to spend our time building cool things, and we need tools that match how we build modern applications. Therefore we built a revolutionary new testing tool from the ground up. We have created a product that we love and actually use ourselves. Our team is highly experienced and passionate about solving problems. We’re lucky enough to have some of the best minds in the industry. Being open source, Cypress is evolving faster and better than if we worked on it alone. Now developers can ship their software faster and more consistently, with confidence. We believe testing needs a lot of love, and we are here to foster a tool, a service, and a community that can teach and benefit everyone.
