Accounting Manager - San Francisco

The role

You will own accounting for a newly acquired operating company, covering monthly close, reporting, controls, payroll oversight, and the annual audit. The work focuses on revenue recognition, job costing, and cash management for project-based businesses.

What you will do

• Run monthly close and flash reports.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.
• Own revenue recognition under ASC 606, job costing, and WIP.
• Manage income statement and balance sheet, including deferred revenue, prepaids, and fixed assets.
• Establish and manage cycle counts and inventory accounting.
• Prepare monthly financial packages and variance analysis.
• Record, reconcile, and settle intercompany activity.
• Build and maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast.
• Maintain and strengthen internal controls and prepare PBC schedules for annual audit.
• Partner with regional finance on annual budget and track KPIs.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with hands-on ownership of the monthly close.
• Strong command of GAAP, including ASC 606, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Experience with project-based accounting: job costing, WIP, and over/under billings.
• Experience with inventory accounting, including cycle counts, valuation, and reconciling physical counts to the general ledger.
• Experience running close and reporting across multiple entities, branches, or subsidiaries.
• Comfort with accounting systems such as QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, and ServiceTitan.
• Strong Excel and modeling skills.

Nice to have

• CPA
• public accounting background
• construction or field-services industry
• experience supervising a team

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• performance-based bonus
• Full health benefits
• 401(k) with match
• paid time off
• paid holidays
• life and disability coverage
• professional development support

About the company

Cobalt Service Partners (CSP) is building a commercial access and security integration platform. It grows by acquiring businesses that install, maintain, and repair commercial gates, doors, loading docks, and integrated security systems.