Senior Accounting Manager, (Archived) | VirtualInterview.ai

About Faire

Faire is an online wholesale marketplace built on the belief that the future is local — independent retailers around the globe are doing more revenue than Walmart and Amazon combined, but individually, they are small compared to these massive entities. At Faire, we're using the power of tech, data, and machine learning to connect this thriving community of entrepreneurs across the globe. Picture your favorite boutique in town — we help them discover the best products from around the world to sell in their stores. With the right tools and insights, we believe that we can level the playing field so that small businesses everywhere can compete with these big box and e-commerce giants.

By supporting the growth of independent businesses, Faire is driving positive economic impact in local communities, globally. We’re looking for smart, resourceful and passionate people to join us as we power the shop local movement. If you believe in community, come join ours.

About this role

Faire is looking for a highly motivated Senior Manager, General Ledger to lead and strengthen our GL function as we scale toward increased complexity, audit rigor, and public-company readiness. This is a high-impact leadership role responsible for owning the monthly close, driving accounting quality and controls, and managing a distributed team including outsourced accounting support.

This role is ideal for a hands-on accounting leader who combines strong technical knowledge with operational discipline, team leadership, and a proactive mindset. You will play a critical role in ensuring the integrity, timeliness, and scalability of Faire’s financial reporting.

What you’ll do

Own end-to-end GL close execution, including close planning, timeline management, risk identification, and cross-functional coordination

Lead and develop a team of accountants, providing clear expectations, coaching, and accountability for performance and quality

Oversee account reconciliations, journal entries, and balance sheet integrity, ensuring issues are identified and resolved proactively

Drive a high bar for audit readiness, including review rigor, documentation standards, and timely remediation of control gaps

Own and continuously improve accounting processes and internal controls with a focus on scalability and SOX/IPO readiness

Manage and optimize outsourced accounting support (e.g., Accenture), including utilization oversight, workload allocation, and performance management

Partner closely with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Payroll, AP, and other cross-functional teams to ensure smooth close execution and accurate reporting

Identify opportunities to streamline workflows, automate manual processes, and improve system usage (NetSuite, FloQast, Ramp, Zip, Concur, etc.)

Establish clear operating cadences, metrics, and reporting to provide leadership visibility into close health and accounting risks

Support external audits and serve as a key point of contact for auditors on GL-related matters

Qualifications

What You’ll Need:

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field (CPA a plus)

8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including experience in a manager or senior manager role

Strong technical accounting foundation and deep understanding of US GAAP, internal controls, and audit requirements

Demonstrated experience leading month-end close in a fast-paced, growing environment

Proven ability to manage and develop teams, including offshore or shared services models

Experience driving process improvements and strengthening controls in preparation for audit or IPO

Excellent communication skills and comfort partnering cross-functionally and with senior leadership

Experience with accounting systems including NetSuite (or similar) and close tools (e.g., FloQast)

Nice to Haves

Experience working with shared services or offshore teams

Exposure to multinational operations or intercompany accounting

Experience in a high-growth or tech-forward environment

Interest in or experience applying AI or automation tools to improve accounting workflows

Salary Range

San Francisco: the pay range for this role is $156,000 to $214,500 per year.

This role will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Actual base pay will be determined based on permissible factors such as transferable skills, work experience, market demands, and primary work location. The base pay range provided is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hybrid Faire employees currently go into the office 3 days per week on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and a third flex day of their choosing (Monday, Wednesday, or Friday). Additionally, hybrid in-office roles will have the flexibility to work remotely up to 4 weeks per year. Specific Workplace and Information Technology positions may require onsite attendance 5 days per week as will be indicated in the job posting.

Why you’ll love working at Faire

We are entrepreneurs: Faire is being built for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs. We believe entrepreneurship is a calling and our mission is to empower entrepreneurs to chase their dreams. Every member of our team is taking part in the founding process.

We are using technology and data to level the playing field: We are leveraging the power of product innovation and machine learning to connect brands and boutiques from all over the world, building a growing community of more than 350,000 small business owners.

We build products our customers love: Everything we do is ultimately in the service of helping our customers grow their business because our goal is to grow the pie - not steal a piece from it. Running a small business is hard work, but using Faire makes it easy.

We are curious and resourceful: Inquisitive by default, we explore every possibility, test every assumption, and develop creative solutions to the challenges at hand. We lead with curiosity and data in our decision making, and reason from a first principles mentality.

Faire was founded in 2017 by a team of early product and engineering leads from Square. We’re backed by some of the top investors in retail and tech including: Y Combinator, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Forerunner Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Founders Fund, and DST Global. We have headquarters in San Francisco and Kitchener-Waterloo, and a global employee presence across offices in Toronto, London, and New York. To learn more about Faire and our customers, you can read more on our blog.

Faire provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression.

Faire is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Accommodations are available throughout the recruitment process and applicants with a disability may request to be accommodated throughout the recruitment process. We will work with all applicants to accommodate their individual accessibility needs. To request reasonable accommodation, please fill out our Accommodation Request Form (https://bit.ly/faire-form)

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Senior Accounting Manager, GL

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