Full-Time

Account Executive

Posted on 10/31/2025

Central

Central

Autonomous back-office platform for startups

Compensation Overview

$140k - $160k/yr

+ Equity

No H1B Sponsorship

Remote in USA

Remote

U.S. work authorization required; no visa sponsorship.

Category
Sales & Account Management (1)
Required Skills
Hubspot
Requirements
  • Minimum 2 years of experience as an SDR/Account Executive at a Seed or Series A startup
  • Consistent experience hitting quota
  • Must be able to take calls during Pacific time
Responsibilities
  • Close and onboard customers
  • Follow up and chase down leads
  • Prospect manually to drive pipeline
  • Master the product and competitive landscape
  • Serve as a consultant and give advice on best practices
  • Manage pipeline in Hubspot and maintain accurate records
  • Capture and share objections, feature gaps and notes from prospects with the rest of the team
Desired Qualifications
  • Experience as a founder
  • Experience at a hyper growth startup at the early stage
  • Great LinkedIn/Twitter presence

Central provides back-office automation for startups by combining a SaaS platform with AI agents and human specialists to run payroll, benefits, accounting, taxes, and compliance. Its Slack integration lets founders manage tasks through simple messages, while the service handles multi-state registrations, tax filings, and government communications, for both US and international workforces. It also offers bookkeeping, investor-grade financial reporting, and R&D tax credit studies. Central differentiates itself by acting as an outsourced back-office partner that actually executes the work, enabling founders to scale without adding full-time HR or finance staff.

Company Size

N/A

Company Stage

Early VC

Total Funding

$8.7M

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Founded

2023

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Processed over $80M payroll, serving 500+ customers with $9.2M revenue.
  • 30% customers switched from Rippling, Gusto, and Deel to Central.
  • Raised $8.6M seed in August 2025 led by First Round Capital.

What critics are saying

  • Rippling's AI innovations erode Central's base within 6-12 months.
  • Gusto copies Slack AI features, luring customers in 12-18 months.
  • California AI regulations mandate oversight, exhausting runway in 3-6 months.

What makes Central unique

  • Central automates back-office tasks using AI agents and human experts for startups.
  • Slack integration enables payroll and onboarding via simple messages.
  • Consolidates payroll, accounting, taxes, and compliance across 50 states.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Remote Work Options

Company News

Wow Partners, Inc.
Oct 19th, 2025
Central Secures $8.6M Seed Funding

Central, an AI-driven autonomous back-office platform for startups, has secured a $9 million seed investment led by First Round Capital. Other investors include Y Combinator, Ritual Capital, and Multimodal Ventures, along with angel investors like Kulveer Taggar of Zeus, JJ Fliegelman of WayUp, and Richard Aberman of WePay. Central aims to automate administrative tasks such as payroll, tax filing, and benefits management, freeing founders from these responsibilities.

Central
Aug 29th, 2025
Central raises $8.6M from First Round Capital & YC

We’re excited to announce that we’ve raised $8.6M in funding led by First Round Capital, with participation from Y Combinator, Ritual Capital, Multimodal Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Surgepoint Capital, and several prominent founders.

FinSMEs
Aug 27th, 2025
Central Raises $8.6M in Seed Funding

Central raises $8.6M in Seed funding.

Axios
Aug 27th, 2025
Central raises $8.6M for HR chatbot

Central has secured $8.6 million in seed funding to develop an AI agent for automating payroll and HR tasks, as reported by CEO Josh Wymer to Axios.

PR Newswire
Mar 27th, 2025
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