Accounting Manager

Cogent Security

$110K — $130K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of accounting experience in public or in-house roles at a scaling company
  • Capability to manage the full monthly close process independently
  • Experience in designing or rebuilding accounting processes
  • Hands-on experience with general ledger systems and modern AP platforms like Ramp
  • Comfortable with rapid changes in an early-stage startup environment
  • Proficient in utilizing AI tools for accounting workflows

Responsibilities

  • Own the complete monthly financial close process including all related deliverables
  • Manage the general ledger, maintaining essential schedules for accruals and fixed assets
  • Oversee the end-to-end accounts payable process including vendor management
  • Handle customer invoicing and collections to ensure timely payment
  • Develop and document accounting policies and internal controls for audit readiness
  • Implement AI tools to streamline reconciliation and documentation workflows

Benefits

  • Opportunity to shape and build the accounting function from the ground up
  • Potential to lead a small accounting team as the function matures
  • Collaborative work environment directly supporting senior finance leadership
  • Hands-on involvement with modern accounting technologies and processes
  • Focus on professional growth and scaling role with the company
Full Job Description
About The Role

We're hiring an Accounting Manager to build the accounting function - this is the first full-time accounting hire at the company. You'll own the general ledger and monthly close, accounts payable and vendor payments, invoicing and collections, and the tax and compliance filings that support them. Near-term priorities include establishing the close calendar, building a chart of accounts for management reporting, automating reconciliations, and selecting the ERP we'll scale on. The role reports to the Head of Finance & Operations; it starts hands-on with third-party contractor support and can grow into managing a small accounting team.

What You'll Do
  • Own the monthly close end to end: calendar, journal entries, reconciliations, and reporting deliverables; deliver monthly financials to leadership
  • Own the general ledger, chart of accounts, and department structure; maintain accrual, prepaid, and fixed asset schedules
  • Own accounts payable end to end: intake, coding, approval routing, and payment runs in Ramp
  • Manage vendor onboarding, tax documentation, and international wire payments; apply procurement and expense policy
  • Invoice customers and manage collections
  • Write and maintain accounting policies and internal controls; prepare the company for its first financial statement audit
  • Apply AI tooling to reconciliation, analysis, and documentation workflows


What We're Looking For
  • 4+ years of accounting experience, with exposure to public accounting or in-house accounting at a scaling company
  • Ability to own a monthly close end to end - planning, execution, and accountability for the result
  • Experience designing or rebuilding an accounting process from the ground up
  • Hands-on experience with a general ledger system and a modern expense or AP platform (e.g. Ramp)
  • Comfortable working in an early-stage environment with broad scope and shifting priorities
  • Expertise and willingness to use AI tools in day-to-day accounting workflows


Bonus Points
  • CPA or CPA-track
  • SaaS experience
  • Experience preparing for or supporting a first financial statement audit
  • Familiarity with ERP selection or implementation at an early-stage company


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