Sr. Manager - Accounting and Finance

Position Overview

The Senior Manager reports directly to the Controller and serves as a senior technical and operational leader within the Accounting & Finance function. This role is designed to bring immediate accounting depth and senior judgment to the team, absorb key accounting decisions currently held at the Controller level, and drive process improvement across the department. The Senior Manager also carries direct ownership of the payroll function and helps drive the growth of the finance function.

This role operates as a peer to the existing Senior Manager, with a distinct and complementary scope. Rather than owning the close execution team, this position focuses on technical accounting leadership, process ownership, payroll oversight, and Controller-adjacent decision-making. Over time, the role is expected to expand toward finance leadership as the organization builds its FP&A function with primary focus on enhancements to the executive reporting package, reductions in complexity of consolidations, and growth of corporate analytics and modeling.

• Serve as the primary technical accounting resource for the department, owning complex accounting judgments on matters including revenue recognition, accruals, reserves, intercompany transactions, and GAAP application.
• Absorb and own accounting decisions currently escalated to the Controller, exercising independent judgment within established frameworks.
• Prepare and review technical accounting memos and position papers as needed, particularly for new or evolving business activities.
• Monitor emerging accounting standards and advise the Controller on their applicability and implementation requirements.
• Support the ongoing use and optimization of the Zuora Revenue platform, including reconciliation of revenue system output to the general ledger.

• Own the payroll function end-to-end, including oversight of payroll processing, journal entries, reconciliations, and compliance with multi-state payroll requirements.
• Ensure accurate and timely payroll execution across all employee populations, partnering with HR on policy changes, compensation updates, and new hire onboarding.
• Maintain payroll-related internal controls and documentation, identifying improvement opportunities as the function scales.
• Serve as the primary accounting point of contact for payroll-related audits, tax filings, and regulatory inquiries.
• Assume oversight of commissions, incentives, and other off-cycle pay categories.

• Manage and develop a remote staff accountant, providing clear direction, ongoing feedback, and a structured growth path.
• Establish working rhythms and communication norms that support effective remote collaboration and accountability.
• Review work product prepared by the direct report, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and alignment with accounting standards.
• Partner with the Controller to identify opportunities to expand the direct report’s scope as capability develops.

• Serve as a primary driver of process improvement initiatives across the accounting function, identifying inefficiencies, redundancies, and manual workarounds that can be eliminated or automated.
• Partner with the Controller, peer Senior Manager, and project management resources to document current-state workflows and design improved future-state processes.
• Take ownership of improvement initiatives from identification through implementation, including change management and team training.
• Evaluate existing close procedures, payroll workflows, and reporting processes for accuracy, timeliness, and scalability.
• Collaborate with technology and operations stakeholders to ensure system capabilities are fully utilized and aligned with accounting requirements.

• Own designated areas of the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process, including journal entry preparation, account reconciliations, and variance analysis. These areas will be identified by the Controller in collaboration with the current Senior Manager.
• Review close work product within assigned areas and…