Amplitude is the leading AI analytics platform, helping over 4,700 customers—including Atlassian, Burger King, NBCUniversal, Square, and Under Armour—build better products and digital experiences. With powerful AI Agents embedded across our platform, teams can analyze, test, and optimize user experiences faster than ever. Ranked #1 across multiple categories in G2’s Winter 2026 Report, Amplitude is the best-in-class solution for product, data, and marketing teams. Learn more at amplitude.com.

As an organization, we deliver for our customers by living our values. We operate from a place of humility, take ownership of problems and successes, approach challenges with a growth mindset, and put our customers at the center of everything we do.

Amplitude’s Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI): Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusion—one focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connection—that will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.

About The Role & Team:

Amplitude’s mission is to help companies build better products. By building best-in-class teams, we create best-in-class products that customers love. We approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our work, and maintain a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers.

We’re seeking a Director of Technical Accounting & Reporting to lead our technical accounting and external reporting function. This high-impact leadership role will serve as a cornerstone of our finance team - owning critical technical policies, driving reporting excellence, and serving as the go-to person for U.S. GAAP and SEC compliance.

In this role, you’ll drive the development, implementation, and oversight of our accounting policies, lead technical accounting initiatives, manage SEC filings, and collaborate cross-functionally to ensure financial reporting excellence.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Company’s primary technical accounting expert, providing proactive guidance on complex accounting transactions and ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and SEC regulations.

• Drive technical accounting research and documentation, including drafting technical memos for complex accounting topics.

• Stay current on FASB and SEC developments, assessing and communicating the impact of new pronouncements to the Accounting Team.

• Recommend and implement best practices that enhance financial integrity, reporting quality, and internal controls.

• Lead the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of corporate accounting policies, including interpreting and applying new accounting standards.

• Oversee the preparation and filing of all SEC reporting documents, including 10-Ks, 10-Qs, and other periodic filings.

• Lead quarterly disclosure committee meetings and ensure readiness across internal stakeholders.

• Oversee the Equity Administration function, ensuring accurate equity reporting and compliance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field

• Active CPA license

• 12+ years of progressive experience in technical accounting and financial reporting

• Deep understanding of U.S. GAAP, SEC reporting requirements, and SOX 404 compliance

• 4+ years in a leadership or people management capacity

• Strong track record of researching, analyzing, and documenting complex accounting issues

• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate technical accounting concepts for non-accounting stakeholders

• Meticulous attention to detail and outstanding organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in public accounting and/or leading technical accounting teams at a public company

• Technical expertise in key areas such as revenue recognition, equity compensation, business combinations, and leases

• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams, prioritize multiple initiatives, and drive complex projects to completion

• Proven ability to build, mentor, and lead high-performing teams in a fast-paced environment

Who We Are

The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble, life-long learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset, ownership, and humility are core to the way we work: we’re tenacious in the face of challenges, we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success, and we operate from a place of empathy and openness, seeking to understand many points of view.

The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platform—we help companies capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. We’re super proud of what we’ve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.

We care about the well-being of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers.

Some of our benefit programs include:

• Excellent ​Medical, ​Dental and ​Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee ​Medical, ​Dental,​ ​​​​​​​​Vision on select plans

• Flexible time off, ​p​aid holidays, and more

• Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more

• Excellent Parental benefits including​:​ 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support

• Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)

• Employee Stock Purchase Program​ (ESPP)​

Other fun facts about Amplitude:

• We were recognized in the Newsweek Excellence Index 2024.

• Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 19 quarters in a row on G2.

• We care A LOT about product innovation. Fast Company called us the #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.

• We invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives.

• We give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.

• We were founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.

• We’re a global and fast-growing team! We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ), New York, Vancouver, Amsterdam, London, Paris, Singapore, and Tokyo.

• Our mascot is Data Monster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs. Nom nom.

Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation.

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This role is eligible for equity, benefits and other forms of compensation.

Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range: $240,000 - $360,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission)

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