Senior Manager, Accounting

ProducePay; Springfield (VA); On-site; USD 129,000 - 177,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Paid time off

Sick time off

Short-term disability

Long-term disability

Life insurance

401k contribution

Job summary

Motive is seeking a Senior Manager, Accounting to lead global month-end and quarter-end close across multiple entities, ensuring US GAAP compliance and a SOX-controlled environment. You will oversee treasury, intercompany, leases, software capitalization, and balance sheet reconciliations while partnering with tax, FP&A, and engineering teams.

In this role you will mentor a small team of accountants, drive process improvements, and streamline close processes, leveraging NetSuite and FloQast to

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a manager or senior manager role.
• End-to-end month-end and quarter-end close across multiple entities in a SOX environment.
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP and internal control frameworks.
• Experience with NetSuite and close management tools such as FloQast.
• Experience in SaaS or technology companies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly and quarterly close across multiple entities, ensuring timely close and supported reconciliations.
• Lead end-to-end close in GL areas: cash/treasury, intercompany, software capitalization, leases, and related entries.
• Manage FloQast close checklist, assign tasks, and sign-off on closing activities.
• Review journal entries, accruals, and reclasses with proper documentation in NetSuite.
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and investigation of variances to resolution.
• Lead bank reconciliations and coordination with Tax and Treasury on cash transfers.
• Drive capitalization, lease accounting under ASC 842, and related entries.
• Own SOX controls across close activities; support audits and remediation.
• Drive process improvements and automation to scale close quality.

Skills

SOX controls ownership

US GAAP

Financial analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

ERP experience

NetSuite

FloQast

Process automation

Strong communication

SaaS industry experience

Education

CPA preferred

Tools

NetSuite

FloQast

Jira

AuditBoard

Navan

Coupa

Job description

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer, more productive, and more profitable. For the first time ever, safety, operations and finance teams can manage their drivers, vehicles, equipment, and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI, the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control, and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100,000 customers – from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses – across a wide range of industries, including transportation and logistics, construction, energy, field service, manufacturing, agriculture, food and beverage, retail, and the public sector.

Visit gomotive.com to learn more.

About the Role:

The Senior Manager, Accounting is a key leader on the Corporate Accounting team responsible for driving an accurate and timely global month-end and quarter-end close, leading broad day-to-day general ledger operations across multiple entities, and maintaining a strong SOX-compliant control environment. This role oversees key areas such as treasury and cash, intercompany, capitalized software, leases, and core close activities, while partnering cross-functionally to support a rapidly scaling global organization. This position reports to the Director, Accounting.

What You’ll Do:

• Own the monthly and quarterly close across multiple entities, ensuring close activities are completed on time, reconciliations are fully reviewed and supported, and results are recorded in accordance with U.S. GAAP
• Lead end-to-end close execution and review across key GL areas, including cash and treasury, intercompany, software capitalization, leases, and related accruals and reclasses
• Manage and maintain the FloQast close checklist, including assignment of tasks, daily status meetings, issue escalation, and final sign-off
• Review journal entries, including recurring entries, accruals, reclasses, and manual entries, and ensure completeness, accuracy, and proper support in NetSuite
• Oversee balance sheet reconciliations and flux analysis, investigate variances across key accounts, and drive timely resolution of reconciling items
• Oversee bank account reconciliations for operating, collection, sweep, and investment accounts, and partner with Tax and Treasury on internal cash transfers, international entity funding, and global cash monitoring
• Lead software and development cost capitalization, including review of capitalization workbooks, accounting conclusions, and related journal entries
• Lead lease accounting under ASC 842, including review of new and modified lease arrangements, maintenance of lease schedules, and validation of right-of-use assets and lease liabilities
• Own key SOX controls across period-end close, treasury, leases, and software capitalization, ensuring documentation, evidence, and testing support are complete and audit-ready
• Partner with SOX, Internal Audit, and external auditors on control design, walkthroughs, audit testing, remediation activities, and process enhancements
• Identify and drive process improvements and automation within NetSuite, FloQast, and related tools to improve scalability, reduce manual work, and enhance close quality
• Collaborate with FP&A, Tax, Supply Chain, Procurement, AP, Payroll, Revenue Accounting, Engineering, and Legal to align on accounting treatment, operational changes, and close deliverables
• Manage, mentor, and develop a small team of senior accountants and accountants through goal-setting, coaching, workload prioritization, and performance feedback
• Help strengthen close processes for scale, audit readiness, and future public-company readiness

What We’re Looking For:

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years in a manager or senior manager role; a mix of public accounting and industry experience is strongly preferred
• Proven end-to-end ownership of month-end and quarter-end close and broad day-to-day GL operations across multiple entities
• CPA preferred
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP
• Demonstrated experience operating in a SOX environment, including ownership of key controls and support for internal and external audits
• Experience leading accounting operations in key areas such as cash and treasury, intercompany, fixed assets, software capitalization, leases, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Hands-on experience with a modern ERP, ideally NetSuite, and close management tools such as FloQast
• Experience driving measurable process improvements, including close acceleration, reconciliation quality improvements, or automation of manual workflows
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to investigate issues, assess risk, and deliver clear recommendations
• Excellent communication skills and ability to partner effectively across finance and non-finance stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• Experience in SaaS required; hardware or technology companies strongly preferred
• Experience supporting a public-company or IPO-readiness environment is preferred
• Familiarity with tools such as Coupa, Navan, AuditBoard, and Jira is a plus
• Flexible working hours if located outside the Pacific Time Zone

Pay Transparency

Your compensation may be based on several factors, including education, work experience, and certifications. For certain roles, total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health, pharmacy, optical and dental care benefits, paid time off, sick time off, short term and long term disability coverage, life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits.

United States

$129,000 — $177,000 USD

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