Corporate Accounting Manager

The role

The Corporate Accounting Manager will take full ownership of employee-compensation accounting including payroll, commissions, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and benefits. This leader will manage team members, ensure accurate financial closes, and drive operational improvements through automation and AI.

What you will do

• Own payroll accounting and the payroll close process end to end.
• Review commission, bonus, sign-on, and retention accounting.
• Own stock-based compensation and equity accounting under ASC 718.
• Review benefits and other employee-related accounting.
• Own the 409A valuation process and international pension coordination.
• Lead equity administration and compensation-system projects.
• Review payroll and compensation journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Design, document, and maintain internal controls in accordance with Sarbanes-Oxley.
• Manage internal and external inquiries and prepare audit support.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and train team members preparing payroll and compensation entries.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of related work experience.
• Big 4 or large regional public accounting firm experience is required.
• At least 1 year of hands-on experience in a people manager or team lead role.
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP as it applies to compensation.
• Hands-on experience with payroll, commission, and bonus accounting.
• Strong MS Office Suite skills, including intermediate to advanced Excel.
• Analytical, skeptical, and curious.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Highly organized and self-directed.
• Concise and effective communicator.
• Reliability with a strong work ethic, maturity, and professionalism to handle confidential data.

Nice to have

• Prior experience at a SaaS and/or public company.
• CPA license.
• Experience with equity administration platforms (e.g., Carta), 409A valuations, and international pension or benefits accounting.
• Experience with commission management tools and ASC 340-40 capitalization.
• Proficiency using NetSuite with multi-entity and multi-currency, and experience with close management tools (e.g., Numeric or FloQast).
• AI fluency: comfort using AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini) to improve productivity, analyze data, and streamline accounting workflows.

Before you apply

• As part of our interview process, you'll complete a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion.

About the company

Benchling is the AI platform for biotech R&D. Over 200,000 scientists around the world trust Benchling to power their most important work.