Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting

Key Responsibilities

Close Operations (~35%)

• Own a portfolio of accounts through month-end and quarter-end close — reconciliations, journal entries, and variance commentary
• Drive close acceleration by identifying bottlenecks and implementing process changes that reduce cycle time without sacrificing accuracy
• Ensure all close deliverables are consistently audit-ready with clear documentation of positions and supporting evidence
• Oversee SOX control preparation and execution across owned accounts; review control evidence and own timely remediation of gaps

Technical Accounting & Policy (~20%)

• Write, own, and maintain technical accounting policies and SOPs across the domain — drafting, evolving, and operationalising them as the business changes
• Review technical accounting memos prepared by the team; ensure conclusions are well-supported and consistent with US GAAP
• Collaborate with Technical Accounting on new or evolving standards and translate guidance into executable procedures
• Own external audit responses within the domain; ensure timely delivery of supporting schedules and audit-ready workpapers

Process Improvement & Automation (~20%)

• Identify repetitive, rules-based tasks and build scalable solutions — including leveraging Claude — to automate or replace them
• Document workflows and controls in a way that supports knowledge transfer, audit evidence, and system scalability
• Contribute to ERP and systems implementations, translating accounting requirements into clear specifications and test criteria

Team Leadership & Review (~15%)

• Coach and develop a team of highly agile performers with timely, specific feedback that raises the technical and operational bar
• Hire and onboard accountants as the team grows; set clear expectations and build a culture of precision and continuous improvement
• Serve as the first escalation point for complex transactions and accounting judgments across the team’s workstreams

Cross-Functional Partnership (~10%)

• Partner with Finance & Strategy, Tax, People Operations, Procurement, and Facilities to keep accounting aligned with business activity in real time
• Translate complex accounting positions into plain language for non-finance stakeholders
• Support new entity setup and geographic expansion by establishing accounting processes for new jurisdictions

Minimum Qualifications

• Active CPA licence (required)
• Big 4 audit foundation — strong signal of technical depth and audit-readiness standards
• Has managed or meaningfully coached junior accountants; ready for direct reports
• Experience designing and operating controls in a SOX environment
• Hands-on ownership of close: reconciliations, JEs, variance analysis, period-end cut-off
• Depth across several of: ASC 842 leases, ASC 718 SBC, ASC 340-40 commissions, payroll, fixed assets / capitalisation, cash & investments, debt, intangibles, prepaids, accruals
• Player-coach: moves fluidly between reviewing team work and doing the work — equally comfortable in a recon spreadsheet and a review meeting
• Owns policies and SOPs end-to-end: writes them, maintains them, accountable for how the team applies them
• Thrives in ambiguity: structures work, reaches defensible conclusions, documents clearly when the answer isn’t obvious
• Builder mindset: energised by building from scratch rather than maintaining what exists
• Clear POV on how AI tools eliminate low-value accounting work — and wants to put that into practice
• Communicates complex positions in plain language to non-accounting partners

Preferred Qualifications

• ~10 years progressive accounting experience combining public company (audit or in-house) with high-growth / startup
• Public company accounting experience including exposure to financial reporting cycles
• Deep expertise in two or more of: ASC 842, ASC 718, commissions, payroll, or fixed asset accounting
• Led or played a significant role in an ERP implementation in a high-growth environment with evolving requirements
• Built accounting infrastructure from the ground up: chart of accounts, allocation methodology, close cadence
• Familiarity with AI or infrastructure-heavy business models where cost attribution and capitalisation decisions are complex
• Managed accounting through significant change: new entity setup, geographic expansion, or business model evolution

Annual Salary:

$230,000—$300,000 USD

Logistics

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience