Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Plaid is a company dedicated to empowering financial transformation by building tools for developers. As the Accounting Manager, you will lead a team of accountants, oversee financial operations, ensure compliance with accounting standards, and drive automation and efficiency within the accounting processes.
Responsibilities
- Lead AP and T&E operations, ensuring expense accuracy and timely accruals
- Oversee a timely, accurate and efficient month-end close process
- Maintain strong internal controls and accounting policies
- Streamline accounting processes; ensure compliance with GAAP, including complex areas such as accruals, leases, and investments
- Mentor, coach, and grow a high-performing accounting team, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and accountability
- Recruit, onboard, and develop talent to meet evolving business needs
- Own Procure-to-Pay and T&E systems; evaluate, implement, and optimize systems to drive automation and efficiency
- Leverage AI to improve close accuracy — surfacing issues promptly, deepening flux and variance analysis, and building out checklists and controls documentation that raises the bar
- Partner closely with Corporate Finance, Strategic Finance, Legal, Engineering, and other teams to support strategic initiatives, operational scaling, and high-quality financial insights
- Provide accounting guidance to business partners to inform decision-making
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 6+ years of progressive experience in accounting/finance, including 2+ years at big 4 +
- Experience leading AP, T&E and/or accounting operations
- Proficiency in ERP systems (NetSuite preferred), plus experience with complementary finance tools such as Numeric, Zip, Brex, treasury platforms, and AI-driven process tools
- Deep expertise in U.S. GAAP, including consolidations, leases (ASC 842), fair value investments, accruals, and foreign currency accounting
- 2+ years of proven experience managing and developing team members
- Hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves approach with the ability to dive into details, operate with an IC mindset when needed, and maintain a strong can-do attitude
- Proven track record of driving change, improving processes, implementing systems, and scaling operations
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments with a growth mindset
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, able to collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- CPA certification
- Experience at a public company in tech industry
- Exposure to treasury operations and banking platforms
- Experience designing cost allocation or expense attribution frameworks across departments or entities
- Experience with Brex (T&E) and/or Zip (P2P)
Benefits
- Offers equity (dependent on the position offered)
- Comprehensive benefit plan, including medical, dental, vision, and 401(k)
Company Overview
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