Director of Accounting

Overview

This role is a build-focused Director of Accounting position responsible for owning the organization’s accounting function. The work includes cleaning and structuring historical books migrated from QuickBooks and Sage into NetSuite, running a reliable monthly close across the parent company and acquired subsidiaries, and leading accounting integration for each acquisition.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you will perform key accounting work and lead an offshore accounting team to meet quality and close timelines.

Responsibilities

• Own the month-end close across the parent company and subsidiaries, completing within 10 business days.
• Reconcile and clean up historical balances, bringing legacy QuickBooks and Sage data into a consistent structure in NetSuite.
• Redesign and own the chart of accounts and segment structure across business units and revenue centers.
• Fix deferred revenue and determine whether NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management is the appropriate long-term tool.
• Lead accounting integration of acquired subsidiaries into NetSuite OneWorld, including intercompany and consolidation.
• Lead the offshore accounting team day to day: assign work, review deliverables, and maintain the quality bar.
• Own accounting policies and controls to keep the books audit ready, including ownership of the external auditor relationship.
• Own accuracy of inventory, WIP, COGS, and project costing.
• Partner with the Finance Operations Manager on AP, AR, billing, and project costing.
• Partner with the NetSuite owner on configuration and ensure NetSuite remains the system of record rather than spreadsheets.

Qualifications (Must Haves)

• 6 to 10 years of accounting experience, including owning a month-end close end to end.
• Experience personally cleaning up or rebuilding messy books, ideally including a QuickBooks or Sage migration into NetSuite.
• Experience managing accountants, including outsourced or offshore teams in other time zones.
• Multi-entity accounting experience, including intercompany, consolidation, and integrating acquired companies into an existing chart of accounts.
• Inventory and COGS accounting experience in a company that moves physical product.
• Deferred revenue and revenue recognition experience for product or project businesses.
• Hands-on NetSuite experience across parent and subsidiaries.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, active or previously held.
• Experience leading or participating in a financial audit.
• Experience integrating acquired companies into an existing accounting system.
• Experience with NetSuite OneWorld or Advanced Revenue Management.
• Experience with Sage or Great Plains.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $140K to $195K
• Equity options package
• Unlimited PTO and a flexible schedule
• 401k matching
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Volunteer tree planting days

Location

• Remote within the US
• Periodic travel to San Francisco (roughly monthly at first)
• SF Bay Area, Duluth MN, Baltimore MD, or New London CT a plus

Reporting Line

• Reports to: VP Finance

Additional Information

• Role is available immediately.
• The organization is committed to building an inclusive organization that reflects diverse communities. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered.