Manager, Accounting (Exclusive Collective)

Role Summary

The Accounting Manager will serve as a key partner and right hand to the Divisional Controller in overseeing accounting operations across a multi-entity, multi-currency environment. This role combines operational accounting leadership, financial oversight, process transformation, and cross-functional project execution within a fast-paced and evolving organization.

The position will support both day-to-day accounting operations and broader strategic initiatives, including ERP migration, consolidated group integration activities, and expansion into new markets. The Accounting Manager will maintain a full-company perspective across corporate accounting and operational finance workflows while remaining hands-on in the details when required.

This role operates within a shared services model and provides oversight and coordination across centralized accounting functions, while maintaining a dotted-line leadership relationship with two London-based team members responsible for corporate accounting and business-specific financial operations.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, detail-oriented, technically strong, operationally minded, and comfortable navigating ambiguity in a lean and evolving environment.

Key Responsibilities

Accounting Operations & Close Management

• Support oversight of the month-end close process across multiple entities, currencies, and jurisdictions
• Coordinate close activities across shared services and regional resources to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
• Review and analyze balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, clearing accounts, intercompany balances, and key accounting estimates
• Ensure appropriate accounting treatment for multi-currency transactions, FX impacts, and consolidation adjustments
• Assist with consolidated reporting requirements and integration into the broader parent company reporting structure
• Support accurate financial statement preparation in accordance with company policies and applicable accounting standards

Shared Services Oversight & Team Coordination

• Oversee accounting processes executed within a shared services environment, ensuring consistency, accountability, and service quality
• Coordinate workflows between operational accounting, corporate accounting, and shared services teams
• Provide functional oversight and guidance to London-based accounting and financial operations personnel
• Help establish scalable procedures, ownership structures, and accountability across global accounting activities
• Act as a central point of coordination between accounting, FP&A, operations, tax, treasury, and leadership teams

Cash Management, VAT, Compliance & External Reporting

• Support cash management activities, including visibility into payment flows, liquidity considerations, and operational cash processes
• Oversee governance around bank reconciliations, cash clearing, and payment controls
• Maintain a strong operational understanding of VAT requirements across multiple jurisdictions to support accurate transaction processing, reporting integrity, and cross-functional coordination
• Act as a key liaison with external accounting firms and advisors supporting statutory financial statement preparation, local compliance filings, and other deliverables
• Support internal tax and finance teams with information requests related to corporate income tax, transfer pricing, audits, and other regulatory matters
• Assist with risk identification and mitigation across accounting and operational finance processes

Process Improvement & Transformation

• Lead and support accounting process improvement initiatives focused on scalability, efficiency, automation, and control enhancement
• Play a key role in upcoming ERP migration and related system transformation initiatives
• Assist with integration activities tied to consolidated group structures and evolving operating models
• Evaluate and improve accounting workflows, reporting processes, reconciliations, and operational handoffs
• Partner with finance leadership to help standardize policies, procedures, and reporting across entities

Operational Finance & Cross-Functional Support

• Maintain visibility into operational finance activities unique to the business model and support resolution of complex or high-risk items
• Develop a strong understanding of end-to-end transaction flows, including operational and customer-related accounting impacts
• Support business expansion into new markets through process design, compliance considerations, and operational readiness
• Serve as a resource for ad hoc analyses, investigations, and special projects led by the Divisional Controller
• Step into detailed accounting or operational workstreams as business needs require

Qualifications

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA, ACA, ACCA, or equivalent professional qualification 
• 6–10+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Experience operating in a multi-entity and multi-currency environment
• Strong month-end close and balance sheet reconciliation experience
• Experience working within shared services or geographically dispersed accounting structures
• Working knowledge of VAT and international compliance considerations
• Experience supporting audits and external reporting requirements
• Strong systems aptitude with experience in ERP environments and process automation initiatives
• Advanced Excel skills and strong analytical capabilities

Preferred Experience

• Experience with ERP migrations or major finance system implementations
• Exposure to consolidated reporting structures within global organizations
• Experience in hospitality, travel, PropTech, marketplace, or operationally complex service businesses
• NetSuite experience strongly preferred

Key Competencies

• Strong attention to detail with the ability to maintain a high-level operational perspective
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Strong communication and cross-functional coordination skills
• Process-oriented mindset with a focus on continuous improvement
• Hands-on and willing to work in the details when needed
• Strong judgment, accountability, and problem-solving capabilities
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and evolving organizational structures
• Collaborative leadership style with the ability to influence across teams and regions

Reporting Structure

• Reports to: Divisional Controller
• Dotted-line oversight of: London-based Corporate Accounting and Financial Operations team members
• Works closely with: Shared Services, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Operations, and Parent Company Finance Leadership