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Numeral

Numeral

Comprehensive sales tax management for ecommerce

Accounting Manager

Full-Time
$140k - $180k/yr

+ Equity

Senior
San Francisco, CA, USA
Hybrid

About the job

Requirements
  • 5–8+ years of progressive accounting experience.
  • Strong working knowledge of United States generally accepted accounting principles, Accounting Standards Codification 606, subscription billing, and month-end close processes.
  • Knowledge of accounts receivable, accounts payable, billing, invoicing, collections, and order-to-cash processes.
  • Experience supporting audits and preparing clean, well-documented workpapers.
  • Experience using enterprise resource planning systems and modern finance tools such as NetSuite, Rillet, Campfire, QuickBooks, Ramp, Brex, Stripe, Salesforce, HubSpot, or Orb.
  • Advanced Excel and Google Sheets skills, including comfort working with large datasets.
  • High attention to detail and a strong focus on clean documentation, clear ownership, and repeatable processes.
  • Ability to operate in ambiguity, prioritize competing deadlines, and improve processes while completing the close.
  • Ability to use artificial intelligence to build workflows and accelerate the close process.
  • Clear communication skills and the ability to work effectively with non-accounting stakeholders.
Responsibilities
  • Own key parts of the monthly close process, including the close calendar, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, flux analysis, and supporting schedules.
  • Prepare balance sheet reconciliations across cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, prepaid expenses, accruals, deferred revenue using Accounting Standards Codification 606, fixed assets, payroll-related accounts, and other general ledger accounts.
  • Use artificial intelligence to unblock work and create process flows, solving problems and presenting solutions with minimal oversight.
  • Partner with the Controller to improve close quality, reduce manual work through artificial intelligence and automation, and move toward a faster, more predictable monthly close.
  • Own accounts receivable, accounts payable, billing, invoicing, and collections workflows, ensuring transactions are accurate, timely, and well documented.
  • Work cross-functionally with Sales and Customer Success to resolve billing questions, contract changes, and collections matters.
  • Partner with the Controller on finance systems migration and audit preparedness.
  • Take on ad hoc projects as needed.
Desired Qualifications
  • CPA license is a plus.
  • Experience combining public accounting and high-growth software-as-a-service company experience is ideal.

About the company

Numeral provides a subscription-based sales tax management platform for ecommerce businesses. It connects all sales channels, continuously monitors for economic nexus, flags when tax collection is required, and automates monthly remittance, while also offering resolution services and educational resources. The platform aggregates data from various sales channels, applies state tax rules to determine nexus, and handles tax remittance on a recurring schedule, backed by CPAs, former product managers, and ecommerce operators. Its goal is to simplify and automate sales tax compliance across multiple states, reducing risk and helping ecommerce businesses stay compliant.

Company Size

51-200

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$53.6M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2023

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What believers are saying

  • Numeral raised $35 million from Mayfield in September 2025, reaching $57 million total.
  • Revenue grew 3.5x year over year while active customers surpassed 2,000 brands.
  • The company keeps expanding globally, adding product surface area and upsell opportunities in 2026.

What critics are saying

  • Avalara, Anrok, TaxJar, and Vertex pressure pricing and win enterprise replacements in 2026.
  • Sales tax filing errors trigger audits, penalties, and immediate churn from merchants.
  • A major AI compliance failure destroys trust and forces customers back to incumbents or accountants.

What makes Numeral unique

  • Numeral automates nexus tracking, registrations, filings, remittance, and exemption management end-to-end.
  • It serves e-commerce and SaaS brands across 60+ countries with AI workflows.
  • It combines expert-backed service with software, processing $5 billion and 150,000 returns.

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Remote Work Options

Flexible Work Hours

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

1%

1 year growth

1%

2 year growth

-8%
SuperbCrew
Sep 21st, 2025
Numeral Raises $35M In Series B Funding Round Led by Mayfield

Numeral, the AI-powered sales tax compliance platform for ecommerce and SaaS businesses, raised $35 million in a Series B funding round, led by Mayfield with participation from Benchmark, Uncork Capital, Y Combinator, and Mantis.

TechCrunch
Sep 18th, 2025
Numeral raises $35M to automate sales tax with AI

On Thursday, Numeral announced that it raised $35 million in Series B funding, valuing the two-year-old company at $350 million.

TechCrunch
Sep 18th, 2025
Numeral raises $35M for AI sales tax

Numeral, a sales tax compliance startup founded by Sam Ross, raised $35 million in Series B funding, valuing the company at $350 million. The funding round was led by Mayfield, with participation from Benchmark, Uncork Capital, Y Combinator, and Mantis. Ross, inspired by his experiences managing sales tax for his e-commerce businesses, aims to automate sales tax management using AI. This funding comes just six months after Numeral's $18 million Series A round.

Beamstart
Sep 18th, 2025
Numeral Secures $35M to Revolutionize Sales Tax Compliance with AI Technology

Earlier this year, Numeral raised $18 million in a Series A round led by Benchmark Capital, a stepping stone that fueled its rapid development and market expansion.

Venture Capital
Sep 18th, 2025
Numeral Raises $35M in Series B Funding, Led by Mayfield

Numeral raises $35M in Series B funding, led by Mayfield.