Finance Project Manager / Accounting Automation

We are seeking a highly skilled Finance Project Manager with robust US GAAP and controllership experience to anchor our accounting function during a pivotal period of growth and transformation.

Our current team handles day-to-day transactional processing and routine bookkeeping efficiently. However, as we advance through an active audit, a major software migration, and broader process improvement initiatives, we require a senior-level technical expert. Your primary focus will not be high-volume transactional work, but rather providing the deep accounting judgment, rigorous review capabilities, and control structures needed to ensure absolute technical accuracy and audit readiness.

You will partner directly with leadership to bridge the gap between day-to-day operations and high-level strategic financial oversight.

Key Responsibilities & Challenges to Solve

Technical GAAP & Specialized Accounting

• Lease Accounting (ASC 842): Take full ownership of the review and ongoing management of Right-of-Use (ROU) assets and lease liabilities. Assess new contracts and modifications, ensuring all documentation is robust and audit-ready.
• Fixed Assets & Capitalization: Oversee PPE accounting, refine and enforce capitalization policies, manage asset disposals, evaluate impairment considerations, and ensure the fixed asset register is flawlessly maintained.
• Technical GAAP Review: Act as the critical second line of defense. Review complex transactions, contract assessments, and financing arrangements, making definitive accounting treatment decisions *before* they become audit findings.

Controllership, Month-End, & Oversight

• Month-End Close & Accruals: Partner with leadership to strengthen accrual methodologies, strictly enforce cut-off procedures, and significantly reduce the manual adjustments identified during close.
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Controls: Establish and enforce elevated rec...