Senior Manager, Accounting

1 мес. назад

USASeniorRemote

sox compliancegeneral ledgertreasury managementintercompany accountingcapitalized softwarelease accountingmonth-end close

Lead corporate accounting functions including global month-end close, general ledger operations, and SOX compliance for a global organization.

О компании

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.
Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.
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Обязанности

The Senior Manager, Accounting is a key leader on the Corporate Accounting team responsible for driving an accurate and timely global month-end and quarter-end close, leading broad day-to-day general ledger operations across multiple entities, and maintaining a strong SOX-compliant control environment. This role oversees key areas such as treasury and cash, intercompany, capitalized software, leases, and core close activities, while partnering cross-functionally to support a rapidly scaling global organization. This position reports to the Director, Accounting.
Own the monthly and quarterly close across multiple entities, ensuring close activities are completed on time, reconciliations are fully reviewed and supported, and results are recorded in accordance with U.S. GAAP
Lead end-to-end close execution and review across key GL areas, including cash and treasury, intercompany, software capitalization, leases, and related accruals and reclasses
Manage and maintain the FloQast close checklist, including assignment of tasks, daily status meetings, issue escalation, and final sign-off
Review journal entries, including recurring entries, accruals, reclasses, and manual entries, and ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper support in NetSuite
Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and flux analysis, investigate variances across key accounts, and drive timely resolution of reconciling items
Oversee bank account reconciliations for operating, collection, sweep, and investment accounts, and partner with Tax and Treasury on internal cash transfers, international entity funding, and global cash monitoring
Lead software and development cost capitalization, including review of capitalization workbooks, accounting conclusions, and related journal entries
Lead lease accounting under ASC 842, including review of new and modified lease arrangements, maintenance of lease schedules, and validation of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities
Own key SOX controls across period-end close, treasury, leases, and software capitalization, ensuring documentation, evidence, and testing support are complete and audit-ready
Partner with SOX, Internal Audit, and external auditors on control design, walkthroughs, audit testing, remediation activities, and process enhancements
Identify and drive process improvements and automation within NetSuite, FloQast, and related tools to improve scalability, reduce manual work, and enhance close quality
Collaborate with FP&A, Tax, Supply Chain, Procurement, AP, Payroll, Revenue Accounting, Engineering, and Legal to align on accounting treatment, operational changes, and close deliverables
Manage, mentor, and develop a small team of senior accountants and accountants through goal-setting, coaching, workload prioritization, and performance feedback
Help strengthen close processes for scale, audit readiness, and future public-company readiness

Требования

8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a manager or senior manager role; a mix of public accounting and industry experience is strongly preferred
Proven end-to-end ownership of month-end and quarter-end close and broad day-to-day GL operations across multiple entities
CPA preferred
Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP
Demonstrated experience operating in a SOX environment, including ownership of key controls and support for internal and external audits
Experience leading accounting operations in key areas such as cash and treasury, intercompany, fixed assets, software capitalization, leases, and balance sheet reconciliations
Hands-on experience with a modern ERP, ideally NetSuite, and close management tools such as FloQast
Experience driving measurable process improvements, including close acceleration, reconciliation quality improvements, or automation of manual workflows
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues, assess risk, and deliver clear recommendations
Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively across finance and non-finance stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
Experience in SaaS, hardware, or technology companies strongly preferred
Experience supporting a public-company or IPO-readiness environment is preferred
Familiarity with tools such as Coupa, Navan, AuditBoard, and Jira is a plus
Flexible working hours if located outside the Pacific Time Zone
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