# Senior Manager, Accounting

**Company:** [Motive](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/motive)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Finance & Accounting
**Salary:** $129k – $177k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** U.S. Gaap, Sox, NetSuite, Floqast, Asc 842, Treasury Accounting, Lease Accounting, Software Capitalization, Financial Close, Journal Entries, Balance Sheet Reconciliation, ERP Systems, CPA
**Posted:** 2026-07-15

> Senior Manager of Accounting leading global month-end and quarter-end close, GL operations, SOX controls, and key areas including treasury, intercompany, software capitalization, and leases in a scaling SaaS/tech company. Requires 8+ years accounting experience with management background, U.S. GAAP and SOX expertise, and ERP/close tool proficiency.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

- Own the monthly and quarterly close across multiple entities, ensuring close activities are completed on time, reconciliations are fully reviewed and supported, and results are recorded in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
- Lead end-to-end close execution and review across key GL areas, including cash and treasury, intercompany, software capitalization, leases, and related accruals and reclasses.
- Manage and maintain the FloQast close checklist, including assignment of tasks, daily status meetings, issue escalation, and final sign-off.
- Review journal entries, including recurring entries, accruals, reclasses, and manual entries, and ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper support in NetSuite.
- Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and flux analysis, investigate variances across key accounts, and drive timely resolution of reconciling items.
- Oversee bank account reconciliations for operating, collection, sweep, and investment accounts, and partner with Tax and Treasury on internal cash transfers, international entity funding, and global cash monitoring.
- Lead software and development cost capitalization, including review of capitalization workbooks, accounting conclusions, and related journal entries.
- Lead lease accounting under ASC 842, including review of new and modified lease arrangements, maintenance of lease schedules, and validation of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities.
- Own key SOX controls across period-end close, treasury, leases, and software capitalization, ensuring documentation, evidence, and testing support are complete and audit-ready.
- Partner with SOX, Internal Audit, and external auditors on control design, walkthroughs, audit testing, remediation activities, and process enhancements.
- Identify and drive process improvements and automation within NetSuite, FloQast, and related tools to improve scalability, reduce manual work, and enhance close quality.
- Collaborate with FP&A, Tax, Supply Chain, Procurement, AP, Payroll, Revenue Accounting, Engineering, and Legal to align on accounting treatment, operational changes, and close deliverables.
- Manage, mentor, and develop a small team of senior accountants and accountants through goal-setting, coaching, workload prioritization, and performance feedback.
- Help strengthen close processes for scale, audit readiness, and future public-company readiness.

## What We're Looking For

- 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a manager or senior manager role; a mix of public accounting and industry experience is strongly preferred.
- Proven end-to-end ownership of month-end and quarter-end close and broad day-to-day GL operations across multiple entities.
- CPA preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
- Demonstrated experience operating in a SOX environment, including ownership of key controls and support for internal and external audits.
- Experience leading accounting operations in key areas such as cash and treasury, intercompany, fixed assets, software capitalization, leases, and balance sheet reconciliations.
- Hands-on experience with a modern ERP, ideally NetSuite, and close management tools such as FloQast.
- Experience driving measurable process improvements, including close acceleration, reconciliation quality improvements, or automation of manual workflows.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues, assess risk, and deliver clear recommendations.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively across finance and non-finance stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience in SaaS, hardware, or technology companies strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting a public-company or IPO-readiness environment is preferred.
- Familiarity with tools such as Coupa, Navan, AuditBoard, and Jira is a plus.
- Flexible working hours if located outside the Pacific Time Zone.

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