Accounting Consultant (Sr. Manager to Assistant Controller)

Vaco by Highspring; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring seeks an Interim Senior Accounting Manager or Assistant Controller to support a global technology and manufacturing client during a transition. The role is hybrid in the South Bay Area with a fully remote option for qualified candidates, lasting about three months.

You will lead monthly and quarterly closes, manage intercompany activities, consolidations, and balance sheet reconciliations, and partner with auditors to ensure accurate reporting across entities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience in corporate accounting or controllership.
• Experience leading monthly and quarterly close across multiple entities.
• Strong ownership of close activities in a multinational environment.
• Hands-on experience with journal entries, reconciliations, intercompany accounting, and consolidations.
• Ability to research issues, gather evidence, and drive tasks to completion.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute monthly and quarterly close across domestic and international entities.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepaids, intercompany activity, and fixed assets.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations, investigate variances, and resolve aged items.
• Support GL, consolidations, intercompany accounting, and multi-entity reporting.
• Review subledger activity across AP, AR, revenue, inventory, payroll, and other areas.
• Analyze transaction-level detail and supporting documentation to resolve issues.
• Prepare audit schedules and respond to auditor requests.
• Partner with Finance, business teams, external providers, and auditors to resolve close issues.
• Improve close checklists, supporting schedules, and process ownership.
• Provide workflow direction while remaining involved in execution.

Skills

Close processes

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Intercompany accounting

Consolidations

Variance analysis

Auditor coordination

Financial reporting

Multi-entity accounting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA certification preferred

Job description

Interim Senior Accounting Manager or Assistant Controller

Our client, a global technology and manufacturing company, is seeking an Interim Senior Accounting Manager or Assistant Controller to provide immediate support during a period of transition.

This role is hybrid in the South Bay Area, with a fully remote option available for qualified candidates. This role has an initial duration of approximately three months, with potential for extension.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute monthly and quarterly close activities across domestic and international entities
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepaids, reclassifications, intercompany activity, fixed assets, and other close-related entries
• Perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations, investigate variances, and resolve aged or unsupported items
• Support general ledger accounting, consolidations, intercompany accounting, and multi-entity financial reporting
• Review subledger activity across accounts payable, accounts receivable, revenue, inventory, payroll, and other operational accounting areas
• Analyze transaction-level detail and supporting documentation to identify and resolve accounting issues
• Prepare audit schedules, trace balances to source documentation, and respond to auditor requests
• Partner with Finance, business teams, external providers, and auditors to resolve close issues and reporting dependencies
• Improve close checklists, supporting schedules, process documentation, and ownership procedures
• Provide workflow direction to other accounting professionals while remaining actively involved in detailed execution

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA strongly preferred
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience within corporate accounting, controllership, or accounting operations
• Demonstrated ownership of close activities in a high-growth, multinational, or multi-entity environment
• Strong hands-on experience with journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, intercompany accounting, consolidations, and variance analysis
• Broad operational accounting and systems experience, with the ability to independently research issues, evaluate supporting evidence, and drive work to completion

Compensation

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors, including but not limited to:

• The individual's skill sets, experience, and training;
• Licensure and certifications;
• Office location and other geographic considerations;
• Other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law in geographies that require salary range disclosure, Vaco by Highspring notes that the salary range for the role is noted in this job posting. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and can participate in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's 401(k) retirement plan.

By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries "we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring" are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

Privacy Notice

Vaco by Highspring respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.

• California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/ . Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations; and
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses and/or participation in medical, dental, and vision benefits as well as the company's retirement plan (or similar retirement benefits).