Overview
This role manages multiple accounting teams or a single complex functional area, overseeing the full general ledger close cycle and providing technical accounting leadership across a broad portfolio of responsibilities. You will lead a team, drive effectiveness and consistent close quality, and apply control discipline and process rigor across managed groups. The Senior Manager, Accounting partners cross-functionally to clarify business needs, negotiate priorities, and drive continuous improvement in accounting operations, serving as a key point of escalation.
Responsibilities
Multi-Team Leadership & Manager Development
- Manage a team of accounting personnel; orient new team members, empower them with appropriate autonomy, and hold them accountable for team outcomes.
- Build team capability through regular coaching, honest performance feedback, and deliberate development conversations; identify succession candidates and create growth opportunities.
- Align team priorities, resourcing, and workflows across managed groups; make resource allocation decisions and escalate when capacity or skill gaps put close quality at risk.
- Create a high-accountability, high-support team culture that values accuracy, transparency, and continuous improvement.
Close Oversight & Technical Accounting
- Provide technical oversight of close activities across all managed teams; review complex journal entries, reconciliations, and financial schedules for assigned functional areas.
- Serve as a key escalation point for accounting questions across managed teams; research complex or non-standard transactions and recommend well-supported accounting positions.
- Build consensus on accounting approaches across teams; negotiate priorities and resolve cross-team dependencies that affect close timing or accuracy.
- Ensure all close deliverables across managed areas meet quality, accuracy, and timeliness standards; proactively address systemic issues.
SOX Compliance & Audit Leadership
- Oversee SOX documentation and testing for managed control areas; coordinate with internal audit on walkthroughs and remediation of identified deficiencies.
- Serve as the primary management contact for external auditors on assigned scope; ensure timely delivery of complete, accurate audit packages.
- Maintain a strong control environment across managed teams; proactively identify and remediate control weaknesses before they become audit findings.
Process Improvement & Cross-Functional Partnership
- Lead close process improvement initiatives across managed teams; drive automation, standardization, and efficiency gains that reduce close timelines and improve data quality.
- Partner with the Controller, FP&A, tax, legal, and operational teams on accounting implications of business changes, new programs, and significant transactions.
- Support accounting system initiatives including ERP enhancements and integrations with operational data sources.
- Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.
Qualifications
- Typically, 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 3+ years managing managers or multiple accounting teams, or equivalent work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field; Master’s degree or MBA a plus.
- CPA license strongly preferred.
- Experience in a public company environment with direct Big 4 audit coordination.
- Prior experience leading accounting system implementation or improvement projects.
- Track record of developing accounting managers and building high-performing accounting teams.
- Equivalent education or training in accounting, finance, or a related field (e.g., professional certification, graduate-level coursework, or demonstrated expertise through sustained management leadership) accepted in lieu of a formal degree.
- Strong technical knowledge of US GAAP across a broad range of general accounting areas including ASC 360, ASC 842, and financial close.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple accounting teams, develop managers, and drive cross-team accountability in a close-cycle environment.
- Deep experience with SOX 404 compliance, including control design, documentation, testing, and remediation.
- Proficiency in ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite) and strong data analysis skills.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills; ability to build consensus across teams and cross-functional partners.
- Up to 15% travel may be required for cross-functional meetings, auditor engagements, or leadership offsites.
Compensation & Benefits
Pay range
- 110,700 - 138,400 USD per year(US)
Additional compensation
- Discretionary target cash bonuses
- Restricted stock units (subject to Board Approval)
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage, plus mental wellbeing support and wellness programs
- 401(k), Health Savings Account (HSA), and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for medical and dependent care, life and disability insurance
- Uncapped paid time off, enhanced parental leave, and Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Access to Health Advocate services for help with claims, provider searches, and care decisions
- Telehealth services for convenient, low-cost access to care
- Mentorship programs and opportunities for career growth and internal mobility
- Monthly Tech Stipend, one-time home office setup reimbursement, Volunteer time off, commuter benefits, and employee-focused programs
Location
Equal Opportunity and Accommodations
The organization is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodation is available for individuals with disabilities.