Staff Accountant (AI2562) San Jose, California
San Jose, CAFull-time$105–130K/yrPosted 1w agoStill listed 1 day ago
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The Staff Accountant will support daily accounting and monthly close activities while helping SiMa.ai improve efficiency and accuracy through AI, automation, and data analysis. The role includes close, payroll, payables, receivables, billing, expense reviews, intercompany accounting, and inventory reconciliations. As the company grows, the position will evolve and calls for adaptability, ownership, curiosity, and a willingness to contribute across changing priorities.
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Description
Job Title: Staff Accountant Job Location: San Jose, CA (This position requires a full-time, on-site presence in our San Jose, CA office) Job ID: AI2562 Description: We are seeking a Staff Accountant who combines strong accounting fundamentals with curiosity about technology and a proactive approach to improving how work gets done. You will support daily accounting and the monthly close while helping us use AI, automation, and data analysis to improve efficiency and accuracy. As the company grows and matures, this role will evolve. We’re looking for someone who is adaptable, flexible, and brings a positive attitude—a team player who takes ownership, embraces new challenges, and has a “no task too big or too small” mindset. Responsibilities:
- Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules for monthly and annual close.
- Support payroll, accounts payable, accounts receivable, customer billing, employee expense reviews, intercompany accounting and inventory reconciliations.
- Identify opportunities to reduce manual work, improve controls, document processes, and support system enhancements.
- Use Excel, approved AI tools, and automation to streamline data preparation, reconciliations, and recurring reporting
- Analyze financial data, investigate discrepancies, and communicate findings clearly.
- Assist with financial reporting, audits, and additional projects as business needs evolve.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4+ years of relevant accounting experience and a working knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
- Strong Excel skills and comfort working with accounting systems and data from multiple sources.
- Familiarity with AI and automation tools, with an interest in applying them thoughtfully to accounting workflows.
- Strong attention to detail, critical thinking, and communication skills.
- A willingness to learn, adapt to changing priorities, ask questions, and contribute wherever needed.
Personal attributes: Can-do attitude. Strong team player. Curious, creative and good at solving problems. Execution and results-oriented, Self-driven, Thinks Big and is highly accountable. Good communication skills. No task too big or too small” mindset The annual salary for this position ranges from $105,000 - $130,000. The actual annual salary offered will depend on several factors, including - among others - job-related skills, experience, technical expertise, qualifications, work location, and business needs. The annual salary range for this position is subject to change and may be adjusted in the future. In addition to base salary, this role is also eligible for private company equity, and a comprehensive package of employee benefits. Please note that the salary ranges listed for U.S. roles reflect base salary only and do not include equity or other forms of compensation. EEO Employer: SiMa is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,856 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 5, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$105–130K/yr
- California median$125–171K/yr318 salary ranges
- US median$94–135K/yr2,384 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $118K, is 22% below the California median midpoint ($150K) — in the middle half of Accounting salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 488 open Accounting jobs in California and 4,856 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Robert Half Finance & Accounting54 open
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,562 postings).
- Education
- 2,407 of the 4,856 open Accounting jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 5, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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