[Hiring] Director of Accounting @Cambium

Role Description

We're hiring a Director of Accounting to own Cambium's accounting function. You'll take books that moved from QuickBooks and Sage into NetSuite and make them clean, structured and audit ready. You'll run a reliable monthly close across the parent company and acquired subsidiaries, and lead the accounting integration of each company we acquire. This is a hands-on leadership role: you do the work, and you lead the offshore accounting team that does it with you.

What You're Walking Into

• This is a build role. The first six months are heavy on cleanup, but nothing is missing: all the data is there, it's just unstructured.
• Your job is to give it structure and get it to sing, while running the close and integrating the acquired companies.
• You report to the VP Finance, with room to grow the team as we scale.

What Success Looks Like: First 12 Months

• The historical books are clean (first six months).
• Every balance sheet account is reconciled and supported, the QuickBooks and Sage history ties out in NetSuite, and deferred revenue runs on a method that ties to shipments.
• The close is reliable. The chart of accounts is redesigned, and the close lands in under 10 business days every month, with consistent coding by business unit and revenue center.
• Budget versus actuals pulls straight from NetSuite with no rework. Budgeting and FP&A analysis sit elsewhere on the team.
• The subsidiaries are in. Acquired entities are on NetSuite OneWorld, and intercompany and consolidation run as part of the monthly close.
• The offshore team works to your standard. Routine reconciliations and entries are right the first time, and you review rather than redo.
• The books are audit ready. Accounting policies and controls are written down and followed.

What Success Looks Like: Beyond 12 Months

• A five day close.
• A clean audit. You lead Cambium through its external audit and own the auditor relationship.
• Acquisitions plug in on a playbook. Each new company is on our chart of accounts and in the consolidated close within 90 days of closing.
• A team you built. You hire and develop in-house accountants as we grow. How far the seat goes is up to you.

What You'll Do

• Own the month end close across the parent company and subsidiaries, completing within 10 business days.
• Reconcile and clean up historical balances, and bring legacy QuickBooks and Sage data into a consistent structure in NetSuite.
• Redesign and own the chart of accounts and segment structure across business units and revenue centers.
• Fix deferred revenue, and decide whether NetSuite Advanced Revenue Management is the right long term tool.
• Lead the accounting integration of acquired subsidiaries into NetSuite OneWorld, including intercompany and consolidation.
• Lead our offshore accounting team day to day: assign the work, review it and hold the quality bar.
• Own accounting policies and controls, keep the books audit ready, and own the external auditor relationship.
• Own the accuracy of inventory, WIP, COGS and project costing.
• Partner with the Finance Operations Manager on AP, AR, billing and project costing.
• Partner with our NetSuite owner on configuration, and keep NetSuite as the system of record rather than spreadsheets.

Qualifications

• 6 to 10 years of accounting experience, including owning a month end close end to end.
• Has personally cleaned up or rebuilt messy books, ideally a QuickBooks or Sage migration into NetSuite.
• Has managed accountants, including outsourced or offshore teams in other time zones.
• Multi entity accounting: intercompany, consolidation, and folding acquired companies into an existing chart of accounts.
• Inventory and COGS accounting at a company that moves physical product.
• Deferred revenue and revenue recognition for product or project businesses.
• Hands on NetSuite experience across parent and subsidiaries.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA, active or previously held.
• Has led or participated in a financial audit.
• Has integrated acquired companies into an existing accounting system.
• Experience with NetSuite OneWorld or Advanced Revenue Management.
• Experience with Sage or Great Plains.

The Details

• Reports to: VP Finance
• Salary range: $140K to $195K
• When: We're looking to fill this role immediately
• Where: Remote within the US, with periodic travel to San Francisco (roughly monthly at first). SF Bay Area, Duluth MN, Baltimore MD or New London CT a plus.

Benefits

• Equity options package
• Unlimited PTO and a flexible schedule
• 401k matching
• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance
• A smart, diverse team driven by a climate mission
• An opportunity to play a core role in defining a fast growing company
• Volunteer tree planting days