[Hiring] Senior Product Accounting Manager @FinQuery

Role Description

The Senior Product Accounting Manager is a technical accounting expert embedded within FinQuery's Product Accounting team, responsible for translating complex accounting standards into sound software requirements and supporting the product development lifecycle from research through release. This role partners closely with Product, Engineering, Customer Success, and Sales to ensure FinQuery's software reflects accurate, defensible interpretations of applicable accounting frameworks across its product portfolio.

The Senior Product Accounting Manager brings deep technical accounting expertise and proficiency with AI-enabled research workflows to a cross-functional environment where accounting judgment directly shapes product decisions.

Reports to: VP, Accounting Standards & Advocacy

Please note: This position is strictly accounting-focused; applicants must possess the required technical accounting experience to be considered.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Be the accounting expert inside Product.
• Partner with product engineers, designers, and QA to translate US GAAP, IFRS, GASB, and applicable international frameworks into software requirements, example scenarios, and test cases.
• Tackle ambiguous accounting questions escalated from teams across the organization, and document your reasoning.
• Monitor publications, webinars, and emerging guidance from FASB, IASB, the FRC, GASB, and accounting firms.
• Develop example scenarios, edge case documentation, and requirements for new product areas.
• Utilize AI tools to accelerate research and draft documentation.
• Join prospect and customer calls to articulate how the software handles complex accounting scenarios.
• Write customer bulletins for the Knowledge Base and brief leadership on emerging guidance.
• Validate new accounting features end-to-end and drive anomalies through to resolution.
• Mentor junior team members.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of corporate debt structures and accounting treatments, especially in private equity (PE)-backed companies.
• Deep knowledge of US GAAP with the ability to translate standards into plain language for non-accounting audiences.
• Working knowledge of IFRS and international frameworks preferred; GASB experience is a plus.
• Ability to research technical accounting guidance independently and produce documented conclusions.
• Proficiency with AI tools and LLMs, including effective prompt writing and critical output evaluation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills across technical, executive, and customer-facing audiences.
• Ability to lead cross-functional working groups and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent research and project workstreams independently.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
• Active CPA license required.
• Four to six years of progressive experience in Big 4 audit/assurance or senior corporate accounting.
• Extensive background in technical accounting research, documentation, and standard application.

Benefits

• Annual employee development program stipend of $2,000 for each employee.
• Mentorship program (available immediately).
• Sabbatical program (4 weeks after 5 years of service).
• Advancement opportunities based on results, not politics.
• 401(k) plan with employer matching.
• Signing stipend for a work-from-home setup.
• Great health benefits with multiple plan options.
• Flexible PTO (including 11 holidays and your birthday off).
• Free gym membership at our office (Atlanta HQ).
• Casual dress environment (when in office).
• Catered lunches every Tuesday & Thursday (when in office).
• Parental Leave Benefits.
• Fertility/Adoption Assistance.
• Annual tutoring stipend for your children.