Senior Manager, Accounting

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This is an opportunity to help shape the next chapter of a growing SaaS business. Reporting to the Assistant Controller, you’ll lead the people and processes behind a reliable, scalable global close—bringing hands‑on ownership to close execution, reconciliations, consolidation, and financial reporting while developing a team that can deliver with confidence. You’ll be the technical accounting leader for complex questions across U.S. GAAP and IFRS, turning sound judgment into clear, consistent policy and practical guidance for partners across the Company.

You’ll strengthen controls and audit readiness, resolve issues at their root, and make the close faster and more dependable through thoughtful standardization, systems improvements, and automation. This role is for a leader who can move comfortably between the detail and the bigger picture: setting clear expectations, coaching people, communicating confidently with stakeholders, and taking ownership until the work is done.

• Plan, schedule, and manage the monthly, quarterly, and annual close calendar across all entities, setting clear deadlines and dependencies for each team member.
• Lead the close process from cutoff through final reporting, identifying bottlenecks and escalating risks to the Assistant Controller before they affect deadlines.
• Coordinate intercompany eliminations, foreign currency translation, and consolidation entries, and confirm that intercompany balances reconcile between entities.
• Prepare and review journal entries, including accruals, deferrals, and adjusting entries, and verify that supporting documentation is complete.

• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations for all general ledger accounts.
• Assess reconciling items for aging, root cause, and appropriateness, and require resolution or documented justification for items that remain open beyond policy thresholds.
• Confirm that reconciliations are performed timely, are complete, and include evidence of preparer and reviewer sign-off.
• Monitor subledger-to-GL tie‑outs.

• Ensure that accounting policies are applied consistently across entities and that differences between U.S. GAAP and IFRS, or between local GAAP and group policy, are identified, documented, and reconciled.
• Maintain accounting policy documentation and technical memos for significant or unusual transactions, including the accounting for leases (ASC 842 / IFRS 16), business combinations, stock‑based compensation, and income taxes.
• Support preparation of statutory financial statements and local filings for international subsidiaries in coordination with local teams or external advisors.

• Design, document, and test key controls over the close and reconciliation processes.
• Serve as support point of contact for external auditors during interim reviews and the annual audit, providing timely PBC responses and resolving audit inquiries.
• Identify control gaps and…