Accounting Manager

NYU Langone; Garden Grove (CA); On-site; USD 144,000 - 207,000; Full time

Job summary

NYU Langone is recruiting for an Accounting Manager in Garden Grove, CA. This freelance role centers on owning Growth Mindset initiatives, with a strong team and a base of $144,000–$207,000 per year.

You will manage front-to-back finance processes, including deferred revenue, AP, grant reporting, equity rollforwards, revenue recognition, tax provisions, and end-of-year audit. Ideal candidates bring a proactive ownership mindset, knowledge of CA finance regulations, liquidity management skills,

Qualifications

• Ownership mindset and strong accountability for growth initiatives.
• Knowledge of California-specific financial regulations.
• Liquidity management and strong financial reporting curiosity.
• Ability to prioritize under tight deadlines and shifting scope.
• 6+ years building trust in finance roles.
• Comfort handling scope changes for Garden Grove clients.

Responsibilities

• Keep deferred revenue schedules airtight as contracts renew.
• Own the accounts-payable cycle from invoice intake through final disbursement.
• Steer freelance grant reporting to maintain funder confidence.
• Reconcile equity rollforwards to keep the cap table accurate.
• Validate revenue recognition per current accounting standards.
• Own the tax provision and related footnotes.
• Lead year-end audit processes from PBC list to signed opinion.
• Support system migrations and automate finance workflows in Garden Grove.

Skills

Ownership mindset

CA finance regulations

Liquidity management

Financial reporting

Prioritization

Calm under scope change

Job description

7 years deep into Budgeting, you are exactly the Accounting Manager NYU Langone keeps circling back to. You'll take full ownership of Growth Mindset initiatives, work alongside a strong team, and earn $144,000 - $207,000 in this freelance role.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep deferred revenue schedules airtight as contracts renew
• Own the accounts-payable cycle from invoice intake through final disbursement
• Steer the freelance grant reporting that keeps funders confident
• Reconcile equity rollforwards so the cap table never argues with the books
• Validate revenue recognition in line with current accounting standards
• Own the tax provision and the footnotes that explain it
• Shepherd the year-end proudly-nerdy audit from PBC list to signed opinion
• Support system migrations and automation of finance workflows in Garden Grove

What You'll Bring

• An appetite for ownership that scales with the stakes
• Knowledge of CA-specific regulations relevant to finance work
• Real Liquidity Management chops, plus the Financial Reporting curiosity to keep growing
• An instinct for prioritization when everything is labeled urgent
• 6+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way
• Demonstrated calm when a Garden Grove, CA client changes scope mid-stream

NYU Langone is the mission-soaked Garden Grove company that turned a niche finance obsession into something the whole CA now uses. Around here, "I don't know yet" is a perfectly respectable sentence and often the start of something good.

We set the base at $144,000 - $207,000 and build outward with growth coaching, a mentor, benefits, and hours you genuinely control.