Senior Accounting Manager

Summary

Join CareMessage, a technology non-profit, as our Senior Accounting Manager! Reporting to the Senior Director of Finance, you will oversee accounting and financial operations, leading financial close processes, external audits, and tax filings. Manage accounts payable, optimize internal controls, and partner with finance leadership. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of accounting and finance experience, including 2+ years in a senior accounting role, and a CPA certification. This role offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible work hours, paid parental leave, generous health insurance, and professional development opportunities. We are committed to health equity and offer a supportive and inclusive work environment.

Requirements

• You have 5+ years of accounting and finance experience, with 2+ years in a senior accounting role (Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller, Controller, or equivalent) and have the CPA certification
• You have strong understanding of GAAP and financial controls, including ASC 606 revenue recognition
• You have experience managing financial operations
• You are proficient in Quickbooks, Excel, and Google Suite and are familiar with or able to quickly learn other financial and accounting tools (Brex, Tipalti, Mosaic, etc.)
• You are highly organized and detail-oriented
• You are proactive and driven to learn about CareMessage’s operations and identify ways to help it scale
• You have strong communication skills and are able to collaborate effectively across the organization

Responsibilities

• Lead the accounting function, including executing month-end close and producing timely and accurate financial statements in accordance with US GAAP
• Track deferred revenue, software development capitalization & amortization, and temporarily restricted net assets (TRNA)
• Supervise the accounting, invoicing, and collections activities performed by the Finance and Operations Associate
• Own the accounts payable function and new vendor onboarding
• Complete quarterly revenue share reconciliations for industry partners
• Manage our annual external financial audit and tax filings and ensure timely completion
• Collaborate with department heads to ensure expenses are properly tracked and categorized for budget purposes
• Ensure adherence to internal controls
• Identify and implement new systems and processes, to streamline and automate financial processes and reporting to support growth
• Gain a foundational understanding of our business, customers, vendors, and partners
• Meet key internal stakeholders and begin to understand existing processes
• Transition financial close responsibilities from current fractional controller
• Fully own accounting at CareMessage
• Have the financial statements audit-ready
• Transition accounts payable function and quarterly reconciliations from the Senior Director of Finance
• Become an internal resource to department heads for finance and accounting questions
• Understand the different reporting needs of our internal and external stakeholders and develop different reporting packages to satisfy them
• Identify and start implementing process and tool improvements to automate, streamline, and strengthen accounting operations and internal controls
• Branch out into other adjacent areas like payroll, treasury, budgeting, grant operations, etc. to enhance your understanding and impact

Preferred Qualifications

• You have experience working in audit at a Big 4 or other large accounting firm
• You have experience working in B2B SaaS or technology at a startup
• You have knowledge of nonprofit accounting or are excited to learn it

Benefits

• Flexible work hours; fully remote team
• Paid parental leave for biological and adopted children
• Half-day Fridays, every Friday
• 18 paid company holidays, including a one week mid-year and one week end-of-year break
• 9 wellness days to be used for self-care- or anything that comes up in life
• 15 days of PTO
• 1-month (20 working days) paid sabbatical after the 4-year anniversary, and every 4 years thereafter
• Generous medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
• Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401k retirement plan
• Short & long-term disability insurance
• $100 per employee yearly wellness budget, with flexibility to spend on physical, emotional, and mental wellness resources
• PerkSpot: Instant access to discounts on products & services from hundreds of vendors
• Annual budget for professional and personal development (webinars, online courses, books, and more)