Accounting Senior Manager - CPG Team Lead
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JobgetherCPG accounting
Based in United StatesFull-TimeManager
Salary$117,104–$137,769 USD
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Job Details
- Experience
- 7–10 years of accounting experience, including at least 2 years in a Client Lead, Manager, or team leadership position
- Required Skills
- NetSuite
Requirements
- Hold a bachelor’s degree in Accounting.
- Maintain an active CPA designation.
- Have 7–10 years of accounting experience.
- Have at least 2 years in a Client Lead, Manager, or team leadership position.
- Demonstrate CPG accounting experience, including trade promotion accounting, inventory reconciliation, landed costs, and multi-channel COGS.
- Demonstrate practitioner-level CPG accounting knowledge and the ability to review complex work, identify issues, and coach others.
- Have deep working knowledge of GAAP.
- Have experience with startup accounting complexities such as SAFEs, convertible instruments, ASC 606, and equity compensation.
- Be able to manage a team and client portfolio while maintaining quality, responsiveness, and delivery standards.
- Bring coaching and feedback experience, including developing junior accounting professionals.
- Have strong written and verbal communication skills for senior client interactions and escalations.
- Experience with QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Cin7, Shopify, and 3PL management systems is preferred.
- Experience in public accounting at Manager level or outsourced accounting leadership is strongly preferred.
- Experience leading teams in a fully remote professional services environment is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Coach Client Leads on solution design, client management, delivery approaches, professional judgment, and execution across CPG engagements.
- Review engagement approaches for technical risk, complexity, and consistency, especially trade promotion accounting, inventory, landed costs, and multi-channel revenue.
- Serve as the first escalation point for delivery challenges, CPG-specific technical questions, capacity issues, and high-stakes client situations.
- Ensure client deliverables meet established quality and professional standards before reaching clients.
- Conduct performance reviews and career development conversations, providing actionable coaching and feedback.
- Identify CPG accounting capability gaps and address them through coaching, training, cross-training, or resourcing decisions.
- Balance team workloads around month-end close peaks, seasonal demand cycles, and coverage risks.
- Maintain documentation and cross-training practices to reduce dependence on individual team members.
- Maintain a limited CPG-focused client book and engage directly with clients on complex onboarding, escalations, or high-stakes situations.
- Partner with Standards and Technology teams to apply accounting standards and tools to CPG work, and communicate recurring delivery issues and improvement opportunities to senior leadership.
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