Senior Accounting Manager

Senior Accounting Manager (Gross Margins)

The Senior Accounting Manager (Gross Margins) leads the end-to-end gross margin close process and elevates the quality, accuracy, and consistency of accounting operations. This role suits a highly technical, execution-focused accounting leader who serves as a key quality control layer, ensuring robust controls, precise financial reporting, and continuous process improvement in a high-growth environment.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and ensure the accuracy and completeness of the monthly close process for gross margin accounts.
• Review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations, establishing and maintaining strong execution controls.
• Ensure proper general ledger accuracy, including account coding, classification, and the integrity of financial reporting for gross margins.
• Provide leadership and oversight to the accounting team, including effective delegation, review of work, and coaching on best practices.
• Act as the primary point of escalation for accounting issues, discrepancies, and inconsistencies related to gross margins and related accounts.
• Independently run the close process with minimal oversight, proactively identifying risks, issues, and process gaps.
• Partner with Senior leadership to identify, design, and implement process improvements and operational efficiencies in accounting operations.
• Support system enhancements and automation initiatives, including Oracle, EPM, and related integrations, to streamline the close and reporting processes.
• Apply a deep understanding of debits, credits, and journal entry review to strengthen controls and improve financial statement quality.
• Support financial reporting and analysis activities related to gross margins, revenue recognition, and overall financial performance.
• Contribute to the organization's readiness for large-scale transactions or potential IPO by improving close quality, controls, and documentation.
• Promote a culture of high accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement within the accounting function.

Essential

Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (required).
• Approximately 6–10+ years of accounting experience, including strong general ledger accounting and close ownership.
• 2–4 years of Big 4 or public accounting experience (preferred).
• 4–6+ years of industry experience with increasing responsibility.
• Proven ability to independently run the month-end close process with minimal oversight.
• Deep understanding of debits, credits, and journal entry review.
• Strong experience in general ledger accounting, month-end close, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Demonstrated ability to review, refine, and improve accounting processes and controls.
• Experience in complex or high-growth environments (preferred).
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to identify issues quickly and accurately.
• High accountability, reliability, and an ownership mindset in managing deliverables and deadlines.
• Execution-focused leadership style, with a hands-on approach rather than purely strategic oversight.
• Strong management skills, including team leadership, delegation, and review.
• Experience with gross margins, revenue recognition, financial reporting, and financial analysis.
• CPA designation strongly preferred.

Additional Skills &

Qualifications:

• Experience working with Oracle or similar enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
• Familiarity with enterprise performance management (EPM) tools and related integrations.
• Background in supporting system enhancements and automation initiatives within accounting.
• Experience in organizations preparing for large-scale transactions or an IPO.
• Positive, high-energy, and team-oriented approach to collaboration.
• Ability to partner effectively with Senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Comfort operating in a high-growth, dynamic environment with evolving processes.
• Interest in career development and internal mobility within a growing organization.

Work Environment:

This role follows a hybrid work model with two days per week in the office, offering a balance of in-person collaboration and remote work. The position reports into Senior operational accounting leadership…