Manager, Technical Accounting and Reporting

Overview

The organization is seeking a Manager, Technical and Corporate Accounting to join its Controllership Team. This is a fully remote role.

This position combines technical accounting expertise with hands-on operational execution. You will partner with the Corporate Accounting team to own key areas of the monthly close, prepare technical accounting analyses, support financial statement audits, and help establish scalable accounting processes and internal controls.

Responsibilities

• Own financial reporting preparation, including statement of cash flows each month-end and quarter-end.
• Own accounting for equity and other compensation awards; partner with Equity Administration to ensure accurate and timely treatment.
• Lead resolution of technical accounting matters, operationalizing conclusions through:
  • technical memos
  • accounting policies
  • journal entries
  • financial statement presentation
  • footnote disclosures
  • reconciliations
  • process documentation
• Serve as the primary accounting contact for external auditors, including facilitating PBC requests, preparing memorandums, drafting financial statements and accompanying footnotes, and managing tie-outs.
• Act as the subject matter expert for complex U.S. GAAP technical accounting matters (classification, measurement, presentation, disclosure) and recurring close processes.
• Support month-end and quarter-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet account reconciliations.
• Maintain accounting policies and memorandums to support consistent application across the organization.
• Perform monthly flux/variance analysis and explain material movements to finance leadership.
• Monitor emerging accounting standards and translate new guidance into policies, implementation plans, disclosures, reporting calendars, and scalable processes.
• Apply AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) to streamline technical accounting workflows, automate recurring processes, and accelerate the close.
• Partner with FP&A, Legal, Revenue, People, and Operations to support new initiatives and ad hoc finance needs.

Requirements

• BA/BS in Accounting or Finance, or equivalent experience.
• Active CPA license required.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in technical accounting, accounting advisory, corporate controllership, or complex financial reporting; Big 4 or national firm experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated broad U.S. GAAP expertise, including:
  • revenue
  • leases
  • stock-based compensation
  • capitalized internal-use software
  • fixed assets and intangibles
  • impairment
  • financial statement presentation
  • consolidations
  • intercompany
  • multi-entity/currency structures
• Experience with equity accounting, capitalization tables, and equity rollforward.
• Proficiency with NetSuite (or similar ERP), as well as close management tools (FloQast, Numeric) and equity administration systems (Carta, Slice).
• Ability to draft and review audit-ready technical memorandums, implement conclusions in recurring operations, collaborate constructively with external auditors, and support conclusions with evidence, economic substance, and authoritative guidance.
• Demonstrated experience across close, technical accounting, and reporting, with understanding of how technical decisions flow through journal entries, reconciliations, disclosures, controls, financial statements, significant estimates, and external reporting.
• Advanced Excel proficiency (large datasets, pivot tables, advanced formulas).
• Hands-on proficiency with AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, or similar) applied to accounting workflows preferred.
• Strong attention to detail; ability to independently reconcile and resolve discrepancies.
• Demonstrated track record of ownership and self-motivation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Big 4 or national firm experience (strongly preferred).
• Hands-on AI tool proficiency applied to accounting workflows (preferred).

Compensation & Benefits

• Flexible Time Off
• Parental Leave
• Health and Dental Insurance (where applicable)
• Retirement Savings + Employee Incentive Plan

Location

• Fully remote