Accounting Manager

ACCOUNTING MANAGER

SNAPSHOT OF CURVION BLUE

Curvion Blue is a high-performance RevOps and sales augmentation company that helps businesses build and operate better revenue engines. Behind every strong revenue operation is strong financial visibility, and that’s where our accounting team comes in.

We work with multiple businesses and clients, which means our accounting team operates in a multi-company environment. Our Accounting Managers aren't responsible for just one set of books, one leadership team, or one monthly close. They are managing multiple clients, priorities, deadlines, accounting systems, and stakeholders at the same time.

That environment requires more than strong accounting fundamentals. It requires organization, judgment, communication, ownership, and the ability to keep a lot of moving pieces moving in the right direction.

POSITION OVERVIEW

We’re looking for an Accounting Manager who can own the accounting function across multiple assigned clients while leading and developing Staff Accountants.

This is a hands-on accounting leadership role. You’ll oversee day-to-day accounting activity, review Staff Accountant work, manage month-end close, review financial statements, maintain accounting controls, identify issues, and work closely with Controllers to ensure they have accurate and reliable financial information.

Experience managing accounting for multiple companies at once is extremely important for this role.

The ideal candidate has worked in a fractional accounting, outsourced accounting, public accounting, CAS, accounting firm, or similar multi-client environment where managing several sets of books simultaneously was part of the normal workflow.

You should be comfortable jumping between different businesses, accounting systems, stakeholders, deadlines, and financial situations without losing the plot.

Basically: if you like one set of books, one close calendar, and one predictable workflow, this probably isn't your dream job.

YOU SHOULD APPLY IF

• You have experience managing accounting for multiple companies or clients simultaneously
• You have worked in a fractional, outsourced, public accounting, CAS, accounting firm, or agency environment
• You have strong full-cycle accounting experience and understand GAAP-based accrual accounting
• You have experience owning or managing month-end close
• You have experience reviewing the work of Staff Accountants, Bookkeepers, or other accounting professionals
• You can manage competing deadlines across multiple businesses without needing someone to constantly tell you what to do next
• You are highly organized and naturally keep track of outstanding items, deadlines, and follow-ups
• You are comfortable communicating with Controllers, leadership, clients, and accounting team members
• You can identify accounting issues before they become bigger problems
• You enjoy coaching and developing accounting professionals
• You naturally look for ways to improve processes rather than accepting "that's how we've always done it"
• You are comfortable working in multiple accounting systems and learning new tools quickly
• You take ownership when something goes wrong and focus on solving the problem rather than assigning blame

YOU SHOULD NOT APPLY IF

• Your experience has been exclusively within a single company's accounting department and you've never managed multiple companies or clients at once
• You need a highly predictable workload with one set of books and one consistent workflow
• You prefer purely transactional accounting and don't enjoy reviewing or developing other accountants
• You struggle to prioritize when multiple deadlines compete for your attention
• You tend to wait for someone else to identify accounting issues before addressing them
• You aren't comfortable communicating directly with Controllers, leadership, or clients
• You don't enjoy process improvement or building better ways of doing things
• You need significant oversight to stay organized and manage your workload

WHAT YOU'LL OWN

CLIENT ACCOUNTING & FINANCIAL REPORTING

• Own the accounting function for assigned client accounts
• Maintain accurate, complete, and timely financial records
• Perform and oversee full-cycle accounting processes
• Review financial statements and supporting schedules prepared by Staff Accountants
• Review and approve journal entries prepared by Staff Accountants
• Perform P&L scrubs and balance sheet reviews
• Ensure financial statements and supporting information are accurate and complete
• Review financial notes and financial packages
• Ensure KPIs, executive summaries, charts, graphs, and footnotes align with the underlying financial information
• Identify discrepancies, accounting issues, and potential risks and communicate them promptly to the Controller
• Maintain confidentiality of client financial information

MONTH-END CLOSE

• Own the month-end close timeline and checklist for assigned clients
• Review Staff Accountant work throughout the close process
• Complete required technical QA through the Month-End Workbook
• Ensure accuracy of balance sheet workbooks
• Perform source document filing spot checks
• Review the final P&L scrub
• Review and approve journal entries
• Review and finalize financial statements and supporting schedules
• Ensure financial information is ready for Controller review

TEAM LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

• Lead, mentor, and develop Staff Accountants
• Review Staff Accountant work and provide meaningful technical feedback
• Help Staff Accountants strengthen their technical accounting skills
• Prepare team members for expanded responsibilities
• Own performance management for direct reports, including coaching, corrective action, documentation, and escalation when necessary
• Create an environment where team members can raise professional challenges and ask for help
• Participate in semiannual performance reviews
• Participate in weekly team meetings and drive follow-through on action items
• Maintain clear communication with the accounting team, particularly during month-end

WEEKLY ACCOUNTING RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review customer invoicing
• Review vendor bills and submit payments
• Approve and submit payroll
• Perform P&L scrubs
• Review cash flow forecasts
• Resolve collections issues
• Manage recurring accounting processes as directed by the Controller
• Monitor outstanding accounting items and follow up as needed
• Communicate progress, risks, and issues proactively

COMPLIANCE & TAX

QUARTERLY

• Complete 941 reconciliations
• Prepare and submit sales tax returns with Controller approval

ANNUALLY

• Coordinate, review, and submit 1099s
• Review the chart of accounts
• Reclassify contributions and distributions from the balance sheet and income statement to retained earnings
• Prepare and submit client personal property tax filings for Controller review

SYSTEMS, PROCESSES & CONTROLS

• Develop, improve, maintain, and document full-cycle accounting processes
• Set up and sync accounting programs and tools
• Review third-party applications for accuracy and proper mapping
• Maintain accounting controls and procedures
• Monitor for potential fraud and escalate concerns immediately
• Review accounting processes and procedural documentation
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, scalability, cost savings, and profitability
• Recommend process improvements to Controllers and leadership

COMMUNICATION & CLIENT MANAGEMENT

• Maintain consistent communication with Controllers, client stakeholders, and the accounting team
• Communicate effectively through Slack, email, text, meetings, and other appropriate channels
• Tailor communication to different audiences
• Respond to communications within one business day, even when the complete answer is still in progress
• Proactively communicate issues, delays, risks, and outstanding items
• Provide regular updates on client accounting activity and priorities
• Keep stakeholders informed rather than waiting to be asked for updates

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

YOU OWN YOUR CLIENTS

Controllers and stakeholders know they can trust you to stay on top of the accounting for your assigned clients. You know what is happening, what's outstanding, what's coming next, and where there may be a problem.

THE BOOKS ARE RIGHT

Financial statements are accurate, complete, and properly supported. You don't simply approve the work that comes across your desk. You understand it well enough to catch inconsistencies, ask the right questions, and make sure the numbers tell the right story.

MONTH-END DOESN'T BECOME MONTH-END MAYHEM

You manage the close process proactively. Deadlines are clear, Staff Accountants know what needs to happen, issues are escalated early, and Controllers aren't finding surprises at the end of the process.

YOUR STAFF ACCOUNTANTS GET BETTER

You aren't just reviewing work. You're developing people. Your Staff Accountants become more technically capable, more independent, and better equipped to take on additional responsibility.

MULTIPLE CLIENTS DON'T BREAK YOUR BRAIN

You can move between multiple companies, accounting systems, priorities, and stakeholders while maintaining organization and attention to detail.

This is one of the biggest differentiators for this role.

We aren't looking for someone who can manage one company's accounting really well. We're looking for someone who can manage multiple companies really well.

YOU IMPROVE THE MACHINE

You identify repetitive problems, inefficient processes, and opportunities for improvement. You don't just work within the system. You help make the system better.

QUALIFICATIONS

REQUIRED

• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Strong full-cycle accounting experience
• Strong understanding of GAAP and accrual accounting
• Experience with month-end close and financial statement preparation
• Experience reviewing accounting work completed by others
• Strong Excel/Google Sheets skills
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Strong written and verbal communication
• Ability to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines independently

HIGHLY PREFERRED

Experience managing multiple companies or clients simultaneously.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience in:

• Fractional accounting
• Outsourced accounting
• Public accounting
• Client Accounting Services (CAS)
• Accounting firms
• Bookkeeping or accounting agencies
• Fractional CFO/accounting firms
• Multi-entity accounting environments
• Managing accounting for multiple small and mid-sized businesses

If you've had 5, 10, or 20 sets of books on your plate at the same time, we want to hear about it.

BONUS POINTS

• Experience working with multiple accounting platforms
• Experience with QuickBooks Online and other cloud-based accounting systems
• Experience managing and developing Staff Accountants
• Experience working directly with Controllers or CFOs
• Experience building or improving accounting SOPs
• Experience with accounting automation and integrations
• Experience in a high-growth or rapidly changing environment
• Experience supporting clients across different industries

THE PERSON WE'RE LOOKING FOR

We're looking for someone who is technically strong, highly organized, and comfortable owning a lot of moving pieces at once.

You're the person who can look at a portfolio of clients and immediately know what needs attention, what can wait, and what absolutely cannot fall through the cracks.

You don't need to be chased down for updates. You don't wait until month-end to discover a problem that could have been caught two weeks ago. And when a Staff Accountant makes a mistake, your response isn't just to fix it. You figure out why it happened and how to prevent it from happening again.

Most importantly, you're comfortable operating in a multi-client environment.

Because around here, you're not managing one company's accounting.

You're managing accounting for multiple businesses, while helping the people around you get better at their jobs.

That's the job.

Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-6pm US Time Zones