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Senior Manager, Accounting Team Lead

Remote (United States) · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago
AccountingQuickBooksFP&APerformance ManagementLeadershipCommunicationMentoringNetSuite

About the role

  • Ensure high-quality, consistent client delivery across an assigned team by enabling, coaching, and coordinating Client Leads and staff.
  • The Team Lead is accountable for team effectiveness - not just individual client outcomes.
  • This is a leadership role that requires the ability to develop people, manage execution quality at scale, and maintain Graphite's delivery standards across a full book of client engagements.

Responsibilities

  • We deliver high-caliber accounting and finance leadership and support to entrepreneurs and management teams building scalable, high-growth companies.
  • You maintain the technical depth and professional presence to engage senior client contacts directly when needed.
  • You own what your team delivers.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage a team and a client portfolio simultaneously without sacrificing quality on either

Requirements

  • Proficiency in QuickBooks Online; experience with NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or similar platforms preferred

Nice to have

  • Review client engagement approaches for technical risk, complexity, or inconsistency with firm standards - and redirect when necessary
  • Serve as the first escalation point for delivery challenges, client issues, and team capacity problems
  • Ensure all work produced by the team meets Graphite's quality standards before it reaches clients People Leadership
  • Conduct formal performance reviews and ongoing career development conversations with direct reports
  • Identify capability gaps within the team and address them through coaching, training, or other resources
  • Ensure no client engagement is dependent on a single person - cross-training and documentation are standing expectations Client Execution
  • Surface recurring delivery issues, client patterns, and improvement opportunities to the Director proactively QUALIFICATIONS
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting required

Benefits

  • Health & Wellness: Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
  • 100% of the employee's health insurance premium is covered by the company.
  • Financial Security: Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance.
  • Work/Life Balance To Include: Generous Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO), 11 Paid Company Holidays, and comprehensive Paid Parental Leave.
  • Graphite bridges the gap with flexible, fixed-fee support packages that provide fractional leadership and operational support from CFOs, Controllers, FP&A Managers, and Tax leaders.
  • Remote Work Setup: Fully remote position with company-provided technology equipment and a $250 technology stipend to support your ideal home office setup.
  • Fully remote position with company-provided technology equipment and a $250 technology stipend to support your ideal home office setup.

Company info

  • Lead is accountable for team effectiveness - not just individual client outcomes.
  • Leadership Without Proximity: You set clear expectations, provide consistent coaching, and hold your team accountable - entirely through remote communication and structured operating rhythms.
  • Your presence is felt through the quality of what your team produces.
  • Client Credibility: You maintain the technical depth and professional presence to engage senior client contacts directly when needed.
  • Your team's standards reflect yours and you invest in both.
  • Responsiveness at Scale: You model the responsiveness you expect from your team.
  • Delayed decisions and slow escalations create client risk.
  • You move fast, communicate clearly, and resolve things.
  • Coaching Over Fixing: Your job is to make Client Leads better - not to do their work for them.
  • When something goes wrong, your first instinct is to coach, not do.
  • Accountability for Team Outcomes: You own what your team delivers.
  • You do not deflect to process, capacity, or individual performance.
  • You identify problems early and solve them.
  • Professional Standards Enforcement: You hold Client Leads and Associates to a high bar for written communication, client interaction, and deliverable quality.
  • This is not optional in a remote, client-facing environment.
  • CORE RESPONSIBILITIES Team Enablement & Oversight • Coach Client Leads on solution design, client management, delivery approach, and professional judgment • Review client engagement approaches for technical risk, complexity, or inconsistency with firm standards - and redirect when necessary • Serve as the first escalation point for delivery challenges, client issues, and team capacity problems • Ensure all work produced by the team meets Graphite's quality standards before it reaches clients People Leadership • Conduct formal performance reviews and ongoing career development conversations with direct reports • Identify capability gaps within the team and address them through coaching, training, or other resources • Build a team environment where Client Leads operate with confidence and accountability, not dependency Capacity & Quality Management • Balance workload across Client Leads and adjust resourcing to manage close peaks, client demands, and coverage risks • Drive execution consistency across clients without creating bureaucratic overhead • Ensure no client engagement is dependent on a single person - cross-training and documentation are standing expectations Client Execution • Maintain a purposefully limited personal client book using direct client execution to stay technically current, model the standards you set for your team, and remain credible as a coach and escalation resource Cross-Team Coordination • Partner cross-functionally across service lines and teams to translate firm-wide standards into practical, client-ready execution within your team • Surface recurring delivery issues, client patterns, and improvement opportunities to the Director proactively QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor's degree in Accounting required; CPA required • 7-10 years of accounting experience including at least 2 years in a client lead, manager, or team leadership role; public accounting (Manager level) or outsourced accounting leadership experience strongly preferred • Deep working knowledge of GAAP with direct experience navigating startup-specific accounting complexity: SAFEs, convertible instruments, ASC 606, equity compensation, and more • Demonstrated ability to manage a team and a client portfolio simultaneously without sacrificing quality on either • Strong coaching and feedback skills - you have developed junior accounting professionals before and take that responsibility seriously • Excellent written and verbal communication skills; executive presence in client-facing situations • Proficiency in QuickBooks Online; experience with NetSuite, Sage Intacct, or similar platforms preferred • Experience working in a remote professional services environment is strongly preferred COMPREHENSIVE PERKS AND BENEFITS: Health & Wellness: Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
  • 401k: With a company match
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