General Ledger Manager

The role

The GL Manager is a hands-on people leader who manages a team of three to five. This person owns payroll accounting, prepares equity rollforwards, oversees accounts payable, and performs monthly flux and variance analysis.

What you will do

• Manage and develop two Senior GL Accountants and an AP Specialist
• Provide second-level review and sign-off on work performed by GL Accountants
• Set daily and monthly priorities for the team
• Execute all payroll-related journal entries
• Reconcile payroll-related balance sheet accounts monthly
• Oversee AP coding accuracy and payout-related activity
• Perform monthly period-over-period and budget-to-actual flux analysis
• Prepare and maintain monthly equity rollforward schedules
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations and journal entries
• Prepare or review audit schedules and support requests

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• 6-8 + years of progressive accounting experience
• Hands-on experience with month-end close across multiple GL areas
• Experience with payroll accounting, accounts payable, and expense classification (COGS vs. SG&A)
• 2+ years directly managing or supervising accounting staff
• Experience reviewing the work of others and providing constructive feedback
• Experience capitalizing internally developed software required
• Experience with NetSuite or a similar ERP system required
• Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, etc.)
• Experience with high-volume, multi-entity, or multi-processor environments required

Nice to have

• CPA or active pursuit of CPA preferred

Benefits

• Seven Company-paid Holidays
• Generous Family Leave
• Paid time off is front-loaded
• Competitive 401(k) matching
• health, dental, and vision insurance
• Bonus for taking 5 consecutive days of vacation
• Employee referrals are bonused
• Food and groceries budget
• Contributions towards health and wellness

About the company

Topstep is an engaging working environment which ranges from fully remote to hybrid. They foster a culture of collaboration with cameras on during meetings and a robust Slack environment.