***Accounting Manager | Hybrid in Waltham, MA***

***Accounting Manager***

***Hybrid in Hybrid Waltham, MA - 02451***

***6-months contract (Potential temp-to-hire position)***

About the role:

The Accounting Manager is responsible for leading accounting, financial reporting, reconciliation, and month-end close activities for assigned business units and accounting processes. This role combines ownership of complex accounting activities with leadership of a team of accounting professionals and is accountable for delivering accurate, timely, and well-controlled financial results in accordance with IFRS, company policies, and internal control requirements.

As part of the Finance Shared Services (FSS) organization, the Accounting Manager oversees key accounting processes, financial reporting deliverables, account reconciliations, audit support activities, and process improvement initiatives. The role partners closely with FP&A, business stakeholders, Corporate Accounting, Tax, and Internal Audit to resolve accounting and reporting matters, support financial reporting requirements, and drive operational excellence.

The Accounting Manager applies strong technical accounting expertise, professional judgment, and leadership capabilities to maintain the integrity of financial reporting, foster a strong control environment, develop team capabilities, and drive continuous improvement across assigned areas of responsibility. This role operates within a highly accelerated close environment, with reporting timelines aligned to a 3-day close cadence.

Success in this role requires strong technical accounting expertise, sound judgment, leadership capability, accountability for results, and the ability to manage competing priorities while maintaining high standards of quality, compliance, and operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and execute assigned aspects of the month-end close and reporting process, ensuring timely completion in accordance with the Corporate Reporting calendar.
• Maintain ownership of assigned accounting areas and ensure transactions are recorded, analyzed, and reported accurately, completely, and timely.
• Review and approve balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring timely investigation and resolution of reconciling items with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Identify, assess, and resolve accounting issues, risks, and variances, providing technical guidance, recommendations, and escalation as appropriate.
• Prepare and review financial analyses, supporting schedules, management reporting deliverables, and ad hoc reporting with audit-ready documentation.
• Lead the preparation and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting deliverables, including variance analysis and management reporting.
• Maintain and enhance accounting process documentation, desktop procedures, and control documentation to support consistency, standardization, and audit readiness.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, accounting policies, and close procedures while maintaining a strong control environment.
• Review financial results, trends, and account balances to identify risks, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Partner cross-functionally with Accounting, FP&A, business stakeholders, Corporate Accounting, Tax, and Internal Audit to resolve issues, support decision-making, and deliver actionable insights.
• Manage team deliverables, priorities, and ad hoc requests, ensuring accountability, quality, and adherence to deadlines.
• Lead and support process improvement, automation, and transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, scalability, reporting quality, and control effectiveness.
• Coach, develop, and provide technical guidance to accounting staff while fostering a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence.
• Support internal and external audits, including coordination of audit requests, preparation of supporting documentation, and resolution of audit inquiries.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
• 8-10 years of progressive, relevant accounting or audit experience.
• 5-7 years of recent hands-on general ledger experience in an RTR environment, including ownership of month-end close and financial reporting activities.
• 3+ years of people management experience, including responsibility for coaching, developing, and evaluating accounting staff.
• Experience reviewing accounting deliverables, providing technical guidance, and leading accounting processes or teams.
• Prior experience in a shared services, multinational, or global corporate environment.
• Experience operating within a controlled close and audit environment.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel and strong analytical capabilities.

Preferred/Highly Desirable Experience:

• CPA
• Public accounting or external audit background.
• Experience with revenue recognition (IFRS 15 / ASC 606).
• Hands‑on experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP, NetSuite, SAP, or similar ERP systems.
• Experience with BlackLine or similar financial close and reconciliation tools.
• Strong financial reporting, analytical, and data interpretation capabilities.
• Outsourcing experience from both customer and service provider perspectives.
• Experience with accounting for publishing, information services, software, and subscription-based business models.
• Experience leading process improvement, automation, or finance transformation initiatives.
• Experience working in a fast-paced close environment (e.g., accelerated close cycles).

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:

• Strong technical accounting knowledge and sound accounting judgment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to assess risks and recommend solutions.
• High attention to detail with accountability for the accuracy and quality of individual and team deliverables.
• Ability to balance hands-on accounting responsibilities with leadership responsibilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight deadlines in a controlled close environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership, coaching, and talent development capabilities.
• Demonstrated ownership mindset, with accountability for results and consistent follow-through on commitments.
• Ability to build effective partnerships across accounting, finance, and business organizations.
• Ability to operate effectively in a mix of automated and manual processes while identifying opportunities for improvement, standardization, and efficiency gains.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and drive issue resolution independently.

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco/Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to the individual’s skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, office location and other geographic considerations, as well as other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco/Highspring notes the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses, and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company’s 401(k) retirement plan. Additional disclaimer: Unless otherwise noted in the job description, the position Vaco/Highspring is filing for is occupied. Please note, however, that Vaco/Highspring is regularly asked to provide talent to other organizations. By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. 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. Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase within Vaco/Highspring will be otherwise assessed by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco/Highspring does not have knowledge of the tools used by its clients in making final hiring decisions and cannot opine on their use of AI products.

Equal Opportunity Notice

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.

Representation Notice

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.

Pay Transparency Notice

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).