Accounting Manager - Month-End Close & Operations - AI/LLM Expertise

About the role CSC Shared Services is the centralized finance backbone supporting every brand in the portfolio. This role exists to own the month-end close end-to-end, run Accounts Payable operations, and systematically automate the manual work that slows a lean accounting team down.

As Accounting Manager, Shared Services — Month-End Close & Operations , you will deliver clean, timely, audit-ready actuals while building the AI-driven automation that lets a small team scale across a growing portfolio. In your first 90 days, success means owning the close independently, measurably compressing the close cycle through automation, and resolving vendor disputes with data-backed precision.

This is a lean team. You will own a lot, move fast, and make decisions with full end-to-end responsibility.

What You'll Do Month-End Close

• Drive the full close cycle to completion within the 5-day target window and continuously work to compress it
• Prepare and post the complete slate of recurring journal entries — amortizations, prepaid schedules (insurance, advertising, IT, freight), and accruals (unpaid vendor bills, shipping, transportation fees, payroll, sales returns & allowances)
• Own balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany entries, reclasses, and cash/bank entries across accounts (Ramp, Stripe, sales tax, and bank transactions)
• Process all payroll-related journal entries
• Coordinate cross-functional close inputs (inventory, delayed revenue, loyalty true-ups, intercompany files) and keep the critical path moving
• Maintain close documentation, checklists, and the journal-entry support library; ensure SOX-style controls and a clean audit trail

Accounts Payable & Vendor Financial Relationships

• Own AP operations end-to-end: bill processing, payment proposals, aging management, and vendor account reconciliation
• Serve as the financial point of contact for vendors — fulfill reporting requests, reconcile statements, and resolve short-pay, allowance, and credit disputes with clean, data-backed analysis
• Provide financial documentation for vendor credit-line and partnership discussions in coordination with merchandising/buying teams and leadership
• Partner with merchandising/buying teams on vendor policy matters (allowances, restock, returns)

AI & Automation

• Use AI as a daily tool — and Python where it helps — to eliminate manual accounting work, automating JE preparation, reconciliations, AP workflows, and vendor reporting
• Champion an AI-first approach to accounting operations: use LLMs (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) as a daily analysis partner and build solutions ranging from CustomGPTs to automated workflows
• Prototype and deploy agent-based automations (e.g., n8n) and build lightweight utilities or micro-apps (e.g., with Claude Code) to scale output and shrink the close
• Build and maintain reliable, auditable integrations and queries against NetSuite (ODBC/SuiteAnalytics), bank portals, and other financial systems
• Operationalize recurring reconciliations and accruals into always-on checks and alerts that flag exceptions before they hit the close

General Ledger & Business Support

• Ensure the general ledger is accurate, complete, and GAAP-compliant; support external audit and tax requests
• Produce reconciled, GL-level actuals and driver detail that feed the FP&A team's forecasting, planning, and executive reporting
• Identify and remediate process gaps, control weaknesses, and recurring discrepancies at the root cause

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years in accounting/finance with direct, hands-on ownership of a full month-end close
• Strong technical accounting fundamentals: accruals, prepaids, reclasses, intercompany, and balance sheet reconciliations under GAAP
• Hands-on AP experience, including direct vendor communication and dispute resolution
• Daily working familiarity with AI/LLM tools and a demonstrated track record of applying them to eliminate manual finance work
• Strong SQL for data extraction and transformation; advanced Excel
• Solid grasp of GAAP and core accounting principles
• Hands-on experience with payroll journal entries and payroll platforms (e.g., Paylocity)
• Multi-entity / multi-brand accounting experience
• Able to walk through an automation you personally built and shipped — what it does, how, and the time it saved
• Highly organized, deadline-driven, and comfortable owning a process under a hard monthly clock

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or MBA
• Proficiency in Python for data work and automation (e.g., pandas; scripting against APIs and databases)
• Hands-on experience with workflow-automation and agent platforms (e.g., n8n) and building micro-apps/utilities (e.g., Claude Code)
• Deep, hands-on experience with NetSuite (SuiteAnalytics/ODBC)
• Familiarity with AP and payment platforms (e.g., Stripe, Ramp)
• E-commerce or retail industry experience

Why Join The people who do best here are builders. They take ownership, move fast, and want to see the direct impact of their work.

• Team Impact: Build and lead accounting operations that every brand in the portfolio depends on — your team's output directly shapes the accuracy and speed of financial reporting across 13 brands.
• AI-First Skill Building: Get hands-on with advanced AI and automation tools daily — from LLMs to agent-based workflows — building a modern finance tech stack that sets you and your team apart.
• End-to-End Ownership: Own the close, own AP, and own the automation roadmap. You decide what gets built, what gets eliminated, and how the function scales.
• Competitive Benefits (US): Paid time off policies, 401(k) match, medical/dental/vision and a variety of supplemental policies, and employee discounts across our portfolio of brands.
• Competitive Benefits (Canada): Paid time off policies, RRSP match, medical, dental, and vision coverage, a variety of supplemental benefit options, and employee discounts across our portfolio of brands.

Interview Process

• Recruiter Screen - A 30-minute conversation with our recruiting team to align on the role, your background, and what you are looking for.
• Hiring Manager Interview - Conversation with Shared Services Finance Leadership focused on your close ownership experience, AP operations background, and approach to automation.
• Technical / Case Discussion - Walk through an automation you have built, discuss your approach to close compression, and work through a scenario involving reconciliation or process design.
• Panel Interview - Meet cross-functional stakeholders who partner with Shared Services to discuss collaboration, communication, and how you manage competing priorities across brands.
• In-Person Interview - Details and logistics will be arranged with your recruiter.
• Reference Checks - Conducted in parallel with the final stages where possible.
• Offer - We move quickly for the right candidate.

Interview process is subject to change. Any updates will be communicated promptly and clearly.