Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Principal Consulting Group is a fast-growing advisory firm specializing in technical accounting and finance transformation. They are seeking an Accounting Manager to oversee month-end close processes and improve accounting operations for multiple client engagements.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute month-end close processes across multiple client engagements, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting
• Diagnose and resolve gaps in accounting workflows, documentation, and internal controls
• Lead initiatives that streamline close processes, improve efficiency, and strengthen controls
• Prepare and review journal entries, reconciliations, supporting schedules, and workpapers
• Support technical accounting areas including revenue recognition, leases, and equity-related transactions
• Apply modern tools and automation, including AI-enabled solutions, to enhance accounting processes while adhering to security and compliance standards
• Supervise and develop onshore and offshore team members, including coaching, performance feedback, and work review
• Ensure quality and consistency of deliverables in line with firm and client expectations
• Escalate technical or operational issues proactively to appropriate stakeholders
• Monitor engagement budgets, track actuals vs. scope, and flag potential overages to leadership in a timely manner
• Partner with engagement leadership on status updates, risk identification, and resource planning
• Stay informed on emerging finance technologies and automation trends, identifying opportunities for improvement across client work and internal processes
• Participate in client meetings and serve as a trusted accounting advisor

Skills

• Bachelor's in Accounting, Finance, or similar
• 4–5+ years of progressive GL accounting experience
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, month-end close and reporting cycles, ideally across multiple clients, entities, or business units
• Experience supervising, reviewing, or mentoring junior accounting staff
• Strong project management skills with a track record of improving accounting processes, controls, and operational efficiency while managing competing priorities and deadlines
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in client-facing interactions
• Proficiency with NetSuite (QBO, Rillet is great to have), exposure to FloQast, Numeric, Bill.com, Ramp, Coupa, Expensify, Alteryx, or similar
• CPA, or CPA-eligible with active progress toward certification preferred
• Exposure to AI-driven finance tools, automation platforms, and emerging AI infrastructure (including MCP or AI agent workflows) strongly preferred
• Experience in high-growth, pre-IPO, or public company environments is a plus

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