Senior Accounting Manager

Conexus; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Conexus in San Francisco is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to build the accounting function from the ground up. This is the company’s first senior level accounting hire, reporting into finance leadership to establish the controls, close processes, and scalable infrastructure the business requires as it scales.

You will own the month-end close, inventory and cost accounting, and implement reporting systems.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with hands-on execution.
• CPA strongly preferred; Big Four background is a plus, especially with manufacturing or hardware clients.
• Experience with inventory, manufacturing, and cost accounting in hardware or physical-product environments.
• Experience implementing or owning an ERP system.
• Experience managing or supporting annual financial audits.
• Comfort operating with limited structure and building processes from scratch.
• Strong ownership mentality: you do the work, not just manage the work.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with non-finance teams and translate between operational and financial realities.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close end to end: journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial statement preparation
• Build and maintain inventory, cost, and manufacturing accounting processes to support a scaling hardware business
• Build the reporting systems and infrastructure that accounting and finance need to operate, and coordinate with other systems across the company
• Establish internal controls and accounting policies appropriate for a venture-backed company preparing for future audits and growth
• Improve AP/AR processes and support cash management alongside finance leadership
• Produce accurate, timely financial reporting for leadership, the board, and investors
• Work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering to ensure financial data reflects the reality of the business
• Coordinate tax compliance with external tax advisors, including federal, state, and sales tax obligations across multiple jurisdictions
• Manage annual audit preparation and coordinate with external audit firms
• Hire and manage a team of accountants as the company continues to grow

Skills

Accounting experience

CPA preferred

Big Four background

Inventory accounting

Manufacturing costs

ERP implementation

Audit support

Venture-backed experience

Job description

Senior Accounting Manager - Venture-Backed Hardware & AI Company

About the Company

Our client is a venture-backed technology company on a mission to help customers automate the physical world. They build AI-enabled sensing hardware that detects and reasons about real-world activity, serving customers across security, safety, and operations use cases. The company has proven success across several verticals, strong customer traction, and is now scaling quickly.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Accounting Manager to build and own the accounting function from the ground up. This is the company’s first senior level accounting hire. You’ll report into finance leadership and be the foundation for the financial controls, reporting, and accounting infrastructure the company builds as it scales.

You’ll build the processes, controls, close, and systems, and eventually the team. Initially you’ll personally own much of the execution, then hire a team over time. Your main objectives are to improve reporting, strengthen controls, and scale the function to support a growing hardware business.

The company designs, manufactures, and deploys physical products, so the accounting complexity involves: inventory, cost of goods, contract manufacturers, fixed assets, production tooling, and multi-element revenue arrangements.

What You Will Do

• Own the monthly close end to end: journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial statement preparation
• Build and maintain inventory, cost, and manufacturing accounting processes to support a scaling hardware business
• Build the reporting systems and infrastructure that accounting and finance need to operate, and coordinate with other systems across the company
• Establish internal controls and accounting policies appropriate for a venture-backed company preparing for future audits and growth
• Improve AP/AR processes and support cash management alongside finance leadership
• Produce accurate, timely financial reporting for leadership, the board, and investors
• Work closely with Operations, Supply Chain, and Engineering to ensure financial data reflects the reality of the business
• Coordinate tax compliance with external tax advisors, including federal, state, and sales tax obligations across multiple jurisdictions
• Manage annual audit preparation and coordinate with external audit firms
• Hire and manage a team of accountants as the company continues to grow

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, with meaningful time spent in hands-on, execution-heavy roles
• CPA strongly preferred. A Big Four public accounting background is a plus, particularly with manufacturing or hardware clients
• Experience with inventory, manufacturing, and cost accounting in a hardware or physical-product environment
• Experience implementing or owning an ERP system
• Experience managing or supporting annual financial audits
• Comfort operating with limited structure and building processes from scratch
• A strong ownership mentality: you do the work, not just manage the work
• Ability to work cross-functionally with non-finance teams (operations, engineering, supply chain) and translate between operational and financial realities
• Experience at a venture-backed or high-growth company is a plus