Manager / Sr. Manager, Technical Accounting & Reporting

Manager / Sr. Manager, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Department: Corporate Finance & Accounting

Location: SF Bay Area or Remote

Reports To: Director, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting

Job Summary

The Manager / Senior Manager, Technical Accounting & Financial Reporting will lead complex accounting analyses, support high-quality financial reporting, and help build scalable accounting processes across GrubMarket’s rapidly growing food technology, eCommerce, distribution, and software businesses. This role will serve as a trusted technical accounting partner to Corporate Development, Accounting Operations, FP&A, Legal, Tax, and acquired business-unit finance teams. The successful candidate will combine strong U.S. GAAP expertise with practical judgment, a collaborative operating style, and the ability to translate complex accounting conclusions into clear, audit-defensible documentation and actionable guidance.

Job Expectations & Responsibilities

Technical Accounting, M&A & Accounting Policy

• Business Combinations: Lead technical accounting assessments for acquisitions and other strategic transactions under ASC 805, including acquisition-date accounting, consideration transferred, working-capital adjustments, contingent consideration, measurement-period items, goodwill, intangible assets, transaction costs, and related financial reporting.
• Purchase Accounting & Integration: Partner with Corporate Development, external valuation specialists, external auditors, and acquired-company finance teams to coordinate purchase accounting, opening balance sheet procedures, and post-close accounting integration.
• Technical Research & Memos: Research, analyze, and document accounting positions for complex and non-routine transactions. Prepare and review clear technical accounting memoranda that identify the relevant facts, authoritative guidance, alternatives considered, analysis, and conclusions.
• Policy Development: Develop, maintain, and operationalize accounting policies and practical guidance that promote consistent application of U.S. GAAP across corporate and acquired entities.

Revenue Recognition & Lease Accounting

• Revenue Recognition: Lead ASC 606 analyses across GrubMarket’s B2B eCommerce, distribution, marketplace, SaaS, implementation, and other technology-enabled offerings. Assess performance obligations, principal-versus-agent conclusions, variable consideration, rebates and incentives, contract modifications, and contract costs.
• Cross-Functional Commercial Support: Partner with Sales, Product, Legal, Operations, and Billing to evaluate the accounting implications of new products, customer contracts, pricing arrangements, and business-model changes before execution.
• Lease Accounting: Own or oversee lease accounting under ASC 842, including contract review, lease identification, embedded leases, modifications, renewals, impairments, short-term lease elections, and financial statement disclosures.
• Other Complex Areas: Support analyses in other technical areas as needed, including inventory, stock-based compensation, debt and financing transactions, consolidation, foreign currency, impairment, and new accounting standards.

Financial Reporting, Audit & Internal Controls

• Financial Reporting: Lead or review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting schedules and U.S. GAAP footnote disclosures, including acquisition accounting, revenue, leases, and other technical-accounting areas.
• Close & Analytics: Partner with Corporate Accounting to support the close process, review key account reconciliations and journal entries, and perform meaningful fluctuation analyses of complex or high-risk accounts.
• Audit Partnership: Serve as a primary technical accounting contact for external auditors. Manage technical inquiries, prepare audit-ready workpapers and PBC support, and drive timely resolution of complex accounting matters.
• Internal Controls & Readiness: Help strengthen documentation, controls, and reporting processes; identify control gaps and partner with Accounting, Internal Audit, and Finance leadership on practical remediation and future SOX-readiness initiatives.

Leadership, Business Partnership & Process Improvement

• Business Partnership: Build trusted relationships with Finance, Legal, Tax, FP&A, Corporate Development, and operating leadership to proactively identify and resolve accounting issues before they become reporting or audit matters.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to streamline data flows, improve reporting quality, and reduce manual accounting processes across corporate functions and acquired businesses.
• Team Leadership: At the Senior Manager level, provide review, coaching, and technical direction to team members; at the Manager/Senior level, demonstrate leadership through ownership of workstreams, cross-functional influence, and knowledge sharing.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP and demonstrated ability to independently research, analyze, and conclude on complex accounting matters.
• Strong written communication skills, with the ability to prepare concise, well-supported accounting memos and explain technical conclusions to both accounting and non-accounting stakeholders.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, exercise sound judgment, and deliver high-quality work in a fast-paced, acquisition-focused environment.
• Experience working in a high-growth eCommerce, food technology, SaaS, marketplace, logistics, wholesale distribution, or other multi-entity environment is highly preferred.
• Innovative and able to provide “outside of the box” solutions
• Passion for having an owner’s mentality towards responsibilities and for career growth

Equipment & Systems Knowledge

• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly Excel, including the ability to analyze and reconcile data from multiple systems.
• Experience with NetSuite or similar cloud-based ERP systems, including multi-entity reporting, close processes, integrations, and/or post-acquisition system migrations, is preferred but not required.
• Experience with consolidation tools, lease-accounting systems, financial reporting platforms is a plus.

Experience & Education Requirements

• Experience: Manager candidates generally require 7+ years and Senior Manager candidates generally require 9+ years of progressive accounting, technical accounting, financial reporting, and/or public accounting experience.
• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required.
• Certification: Active CPA license is required. Public accounting experience is required; Big Four or national public accounting firm experience is strongly preferred.

Total Compensation & Benefits

Anticipated Base Salary: $120,000 - $185,000 USD per year

Additional Incentives: This position is eligible for company stock options and a performance-based discretionary bonus program.

*Final base salary within this range depends on selected level, experience, specialized technical skills, location, and regional assignment specifics.