Accounting Manager - Month-End Close & Operations - AI/LLM Expertise
Remote · Canada
Job Summary
Accounting Manager for Shared Services focusing on end-to-end month-end close, AP operations, and AI-driven automation to scale a lean team across 13 brands. Responsible for completing the close within a 5-day target, posting journal entries, reconciliations, vendor disputes, payroll entries, and cross-functional close coordination. Drive SOX-style controls, audit readiness, and maintain close documentation. Leverage AI/LLM tools and Python to automate JE preparation, reconciliations, AP workflows, and vendor reporting; integrate with NetSuite and other financial systems; own the automation roadmap and ensure GAAP compliance. Preferred qualifications include CPA or MBA, Python for data work, experience with n8n, Claude Code, and deeper NetSuite expertise.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 5+ years in accounting/finance with direct, hands-on ownership of a full month-end close
- Strong technical accounting fundamentals: accruals, prepaids, reclasses, intercompany, and balance sheet reconciliations under GAAP
- Hands-on AP experience, including direct vendor communication and dispute resolution
- Daily working familiarity with AI/LLM tools and a demonstrated track record of applying them to eliminate manual finance work
- Strong SQL for data extraction and transformation; advanced Excel
- Solid grasp of GAAP and core accounting principles
- Hands-on experience with payroll journal entries and payroll platforms (e.g., Paylocity)
- Multi-entity / multi-brand accounting experience
- Able to walk through an automation you personally built and shipped — what it does, how, and the time it saved
- Highly organized, deadline-driven, and comfortable owning a process under a hard monthly clock
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