Accounting Manager

Overview

This role is an Accounting Manager position (full time, remote) with a focus on technical accounting, full-cycle audit and financial processes, and grant revenue management. The finance department is transitioning from existing systems to new systems, so resilience and attention to detail are essential.

Location

• Full-time, 100% remote position in the U.S. (from home or co-working space)
• Occasional travel once every 2–3 months

Responsibilities

Systems, Processes, and Documentation

• Support the Senior Accounting Manager with transactions for the Central Team and Partners in NetSuite.
• Continuously assess the control environment to mitigate risks and optimize financial workflows.
• Conduct regular internal reviews of accounting documentation, processes, and general ledger schedules (prepaid expenses, fixed assets, accruals).
• Support the Director of Finance in creating and managing robust internal controls to ensure data integrity.
• Identify financial control gaps and recommend actionable improvements to systems and procedures.
• Design and execute corrective action plans when necessary.
• Manage, update, and enforce accounting methods and organizational policies.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and IRS guidelines, specifically regarding nonprofit financial statement presentation and internal control frameworks.

Revenue Recognition & Grant Management

• Oversee technical accounting across non-profit grants and for-profit earned revenue.
• Ensure proper revenue recognition under ASC 958/ASC 606.
• Track fund restrictions and support potential sales tax compliance.
• Partner with development and program teams to monitor grant spending.
• Ensure compliance with donor-imposed restrictions.
• Maintain schedules for tracking net assets released from restrictions.

Leadership and Collaboration

• Serve as the primary Finance liaison to the Payroll department, focusing on multi-entity allocations (C3, C4, P.B.C.).
• Collaborate on reconciling payroll registers to the general ledger.
• Manage intercompany allocations and ensure accurate benefits and tax accounting.
• Provide strategic guidance to the Director of Finance on complex technical accounting, internal audit findings, and evolving regulatory matters.
• Work closely with other departments across Finance, People, and Development to address rapidly changing network needs.
• Lead internal audit preparation and collaborate with external auditors and the Senior Accounting Manager on annual audit and tax filing requests (Form 990, K-1).
• Ensure schedules and narratives are delivered seamlessly.
• Remove barriers and hold the Finance team accountable to standards that center equity, belonging, and service to diverse constituents.
• Support other manager-level Finance work as needed in a dynamic startup environment.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience managing full-cycle accounting processes.
• Ideally, experience with internal audit and process improvement.
• Specific expertise in grant revenue recognition and payroll-accounting reconciliation.
• Strong attention to detail with a track record of delivering error-free work.
• Ability to provide clear written and verbal updates to key stakeholders.
• Comfort with a mix of focused time on financials and time in meetings.
• Strong commitment to compliance—capable of finding a compliant path to “yes” while meeting standards and requirements.
• Interest in digital media and its role in organizing and social change.

Preferred Qualifications

• Interest and experience connected to digital media platforms and community engagement (e.g., TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Facebook Messenger, podcasts, streaming shows).

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $85,000–$115,000 (exact salary depends on experience; new staff rarely start at the top of the range)
• Work flexibility: standard 40-hour weeks, with occasional sprints that require more time in a week; schedule is flexible as long as required meetings are attended
• Health care: available at the beginning of employment with individual premiums fully covered; cost-share for dependents
• Vision and dental plans: available at-cost to the individual
• Paid time off: 15 paid vacation days, 6 paid holidays, 3 paid floating holidays each year, and 7.5 paid sick days each year
• Professional development funds with renewal each fiscal year
• Cell phone and internet reimbursement (or co-working reimbursement for monthly co-working costs)
• Need-based educational loan assistance after 3 months
• 401K contributions and matching program available at the beginning of employment
• Annual office closure during the last week in December

COVID-19 Requirements

• Employees must follow COVID-19 safety protocols and be fully vaccinated and boosted.
• Accommodations are provided to the extent required by law.
• For employees based in the state of Florida and Texas, the COVID-19 vaccine is encouraged, but not required due to Florida and Texas laws.

Equal Opportunity

Equal opportunity employer. Applicants are strongly encouraged from people with identities from marginalized communities, including people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQIA+ people.