Accounting Senior Manager - CPG Team Lead

Overview

This role ensures high-quality, consistent client delivery across an assigned team focused on consumer packaged goods (CPG) engagements. The Accounting Senior Manager — CPG Team Lead combines delivery leadership with people leadership, including formal performance reviews, career coaching, and development planning.

This is a fully remote, client-facing professional services position supporting monthly accounting delivery for CPG clients.

Responsibilities

Team Enablement & Oversight

• Coach Client Leads on solution design, client management, delivery approach, and professional judgment across CPG engagements
• Review engagement approaches for technical risk and complexity—particularly around trade promotion accounting, inventory, and multi-channel revenue
• Serve as the first escalation point for delivery challenges, CPG-specific technical questions, and team capacity problems
• Ensure team work meets quality standards before it reaches clients

People Leadership

• Conduct formal performance reviews and ongoing career development conversations with direct reports
• Identify CPG accounting capability gaps and address them through coaching, targeted training, or resourcing decisions
• Build an environment where Client Leads operate with confidence and accountability—not dependency

Capacity & Quality Management

• Balance workload across Client Leads and adjust resourcing to manage close peaks, seasonal CPG demand cycles, and coverage risks
• Drive execution consistency across the CPG client portfolio without creating bureaucratic overhead
• Ensure no CPG client engagement is a single point of failure through cross-training and documentation

Client Execution (Selective)

• Maintain a purposefully limited personal CPG-focused client book
• Use direct execution to stay current on CPG accounting complexity, model team standards, and remain credible as a coach and escalation resource

Cross-Team Coordination

• Partner with Standards and Technology teams to translate firm-wide standards into practical, CPG-ready execution within your team
• Surface recurring CPG delivery issues, client patterns, and improvement opportunities to the Director proactively

Client Interaction

• Not a primary client contact under the standard operating model
• Engage directly with CPG clients during escalations, complex onboarding, or real-time coaching for Client Leads on high-stakes situations
• Maintain professional presence, CPG industry fluency, and technical credibility during senior client conversations

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required; CPA required
• 7–10 years of accounting experience, including at least 2 years in a client lead, manager, or team leadership role; public accounting (Manager level) or outsourced accounting leadership experience strongly preferred
• Demonstrated CPG accounting experience is required, including the ability to speak specifically to:
  • trade promotion accounting
  • inventory reconciliation
  • landed cost
  • multi-channel COGS in a CPG context
• Familiarity with CPG-specific platforms and operational systems including QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Cin7, Shopify, and 3PL management systems preferred
• Deep working knowledge of GAAP with direct experience navigating startup-specific accounting complexity: SAFEs, convertible instruments, ASC 606, equity compensation, and more
• Ability to manage both a team and a client portfolio simultaneously without sacrificing quality
• Strong coaching and feedback skills; experience developing junior accounting professionals
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with executive presence in client-facing situations
• Experience working in a remote professional services environment strongly preferred

Compensation & Benefits

Pay

• 117,104 - 137,769 USD per year

Benefits & Perks

• Health & Wellness: Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage; 100% of the employee’s health insurance premium is covered
• Financial Security: Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance
• Work/Life Balance: Generous Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO), 11 Paid Company Holidays, and comprehensive Paid Parental Leave
• Remote Work Setup: Fully remote role with company-provided technology equipment and a $250 technology stipend for a home office setup
• 401k: With a company match

Location

Remote (United States)

Preferred Qualifications

• Public accounting (Manager level) or outsourced accounting leadership experience
• Familiarity with CPG-specific platforms and operational systems including QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Cin7, Shopify, and 3PL management systems
• Experience working in a remote professional services environment