General Ledger Manager

• Close Management: Orchestrate the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes; develop and manage the close calendar and checklists to ensure all deliverables meet strict deadlines.
• Financial Reporting: Oversee the preparation and distribution of comprehensive internal financial statements in strict accordance with GAAP.
• GL Integrity: Manage all financial transactions-including assets, liabilities, equity, and accruals-while supervising the preparation, coding, and NetSuite upload of all journal entries.
• Revenue & Audit: Partner with Billing and A/R teams to ensure accurate revenue recognition (ASC 606) and lead the coordination with external auditors to ensure seamless annual audits.
• Internal Controls: Design, implement, and maintain robust accounting policies and internal controls to mitigate risk and increase reporting efficiency.
• Treasury Support: Review monthly bank reconciliations and manage non-revenue cash activity to ensure accurate liquidity tracking.
  
  

• Payroll Accounting: Supervise the recording and reconciliation of weekly payroll entries and accruals, ensuring all data aligns with funding reports.
• Cash Flow Coordination: Verify adequate funding for weekly payroll cycles and manage year-end reconciliations of all payroll-related costs.
  
  

• Mentorship: Lead and develop the General Ledger team through active coaching, performance feedback, and professional development initiatives.
• Process Innovation: Drive scalability by identifying opportunities for automation and workflow improvements within the accounting tech stack.
• Operational Management: Manage team administrative needs, including attendance and resource planning, to ensure consistent coverage and high-performance output.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Act as a key advisor to the Controller and Senior Management on special projects and strategic financial initiatives.
  
  

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business (Master's or CPA highly preferred).
• Experience: 5 years of progressive accounting experience. A blend of Big Four public accounting and private industry experience is a significant plus.
• Technical Expertise: * Advanced proficiency in NetSuite (highly preferred) and Microsoft Excel.
  • Deep technical knowledge of GAAP, ASC 606, and tax compliance.
• Leadership: Proven track record of managing and developing an accounting team in a fast-paced environment.
• Skills:
  • Communication: Exceptional verbal and written skills for collaborating with executive leadership and external partners.
  • Execution: Highly organized with the ability to prioritize competing deadlines without sacrificing accuracy.
    
    
    

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact HR@vaco.com .

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

· the individual's skill sets, experience and training;

· licensure and certification requirements;

· office location and other geographic considerations; and

· other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).