Legora
Accounting Manager
$158K–$186K
New York City · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of accounting experience, including time at a high-growth tech company.
About the job
Leads Legora’s global corporate accounting close, manages accountants in New York and Stockholm, and improves close processes and controls while supporting SOX preparation and a NetSuite migration.
What you'll do
- Run monthly, quarterly, and year-end close and oversee reconciliations, journal entries, and consolidation across entities.
- Manage the accounting team and improve close processes through standardization and automation, including AI tools.
- Lead audit coordination, balance sheet controls, acquired-entity integration, and the accounting side of the NetSuite migration.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of accounting experience, including time at a high-growth tech company.
- Experience running a multi-entity close and consolidation under US GAAP; strong US GAAP knowledge.
- Track record of shortening a close or rebuilding close processes at a growing company.
- Experience managing accountants as direct reports and serving as the main audit contact while keeping audits on schedule.
Nice to have
- CPA or other accounting certification; Big 4 audit experience.
- IFRS or K3 experience; SOX controls, NetSuite implementation or ERP migration, or AI tools in accounting workflows.
Pay
$158.1K – $186K USD base salary
Tools
US GAAP, NetSuite, AI tools, IFRS, K3
AI focus
Use AI tools to automate manual accounting work and improve close processes.
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