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Senior Accounting Manager
| Company | Fermat |
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| Location | New York, NY, USA |
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| Salary | $150000 – $170000 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior |
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Requirements
- Have 5–8 years of experience in accounting, ideally with a mix of Big 4 or public accounting and startup operational experience
- Have owned or significantly contributed to multi-entity month-end closes
- Are fluent in U.S. GAAP and ASC 606, and have experience handling SaaS revenue edge cases
- Are energized by hands-on execution and building systems from scratch
- Are curious about tooling, automation, and where AI can create leverage
- Have a bias toward ownership and are motivated by a clear path to Controller
- Ability to work cross-functionally with GTM, RevOps, and Legal to ensure accounting policies align with contract structure and operational needs
- Thrive in ambiguous, scaling environments and apply sound judgment when balancing accuracy, speed, and scrappiness.
Responsibilities
- Leading and optimizing the month-end close (MEC): Own the close process across the U.S. and India entities, including accruals, deferred revenue, expenses, reimbursements, and payroll journals—delivering accurate 3-statement reporting.
- Establishing revenue recognition and invoicing standards: Make calls on how to represent revenue commitments, discounts, pauses, and contractual changes across contracts to ensure clean ARR and GAAP-aligned reporting.
- Governing our internal controls: Build internal controls that can stand up to audit and govern our internal expense system to be fair and streamlined.
- Building leverage through AI and automation: Continuously improve our financial systems and processes through ERP enhancements, automation, and tooling.
- Preparing the business for audit by 2027: Lay the foundation for clean audits —including documentation, controls, and policy standardization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with our current finops tool stack: QBO, Ramp, Rippling, Carta, SFDC
- Experience with international consolidations, especially U.S./India
- Exposure to audit prep or having supported a financial statement audit, with a working knowledge of internal control frameworks and supporting documentation
- Comfort with equity accounting or working alongside legal/HR on stock comp
