Accounting Manager

Cyara

2d•$120,000 - $130,000

About The Position

Cyara is seeking an Accounting Manager to lead day-to-day accounting operations across its multi-entity, multi-currency business operating in the US, UK, Ireland, India, Austria, and Australia. Reporting to the VP of Finance, the role owns the quality, timeliness, and integrity of monthly close and financial reporting. The manager will oversee the month-, quarter-, and year-end close; review accounting entries and reconciliations; prepare consolidated financial statements; support compliance and statutory reporting; and partner with FP&A, auditors, tax teams, and external advisors. The role also leads finance transformation and AI enablement. It involves reviewing current accounting processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, or shift work to AI agents, and defining a future-state operating model that preserves appropriate human review and judgment. The Accounting Manager will partner with Finance leadership, IT, and technology vendors to pilot and scale agent-enabled workflows, monitor their performance, build a roadmap and business case, and communicate progress to stakeholders.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting.
At least 5 years of progressive accounting and finance experience.
Experience implementing AI, RPA, or workflow automation in a finance function.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Excellent understanding of internal controls and ability to build processes that promote accurate financial reporting at scale.
Willingness to challenge how work has been done.
Strong organization and attention to detail, with ability to see the big picture.
Ability to partner with cross-functional teams to drive enterprise growth.
Strong problem-solving, critical-thinking, and analytical skills, including financial and data-set analysis.
Comfort working across time zones, with flexibility to overlap with Ireland and India.
Sound judgment, an ownership mindset, and ability to manage competing deadlines.

Nice To Haves

CPA qualification.
Experience in a high-growth or PE/VC-backed company.

Responsibilities

Own the month-, quarter-, and year-end close process across all entities, establishing a predictable calendar and delivering timely, accurate, and complete results.
Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and consolidation adjustments.
Prepare and review consolidated financial statements, including intercompany eliminations and foreign currency translation.
Ensure compliance with US GAAP and support local statutory reporting requirements.
Partner with FP&A on forecast inputs, variance analysis, and balance sheet and cash flow support.
Serve as a primary contact for external auditors and manage PBC lists.
Apply and document accounting policies, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), leases, stock-based compensation, business combinations, and intercompany arrangements.
Research and resolve complex accounting questions and escalate significant judgments to the VP of Finance.
Coordinate with Tax and external advisors on income tax, VAT/GST, transfer pricing, and payroll-related accounting.
Review end-to-end accounting processes, document current workflows, and identify time usage, errors, and bottlenecks.
Identify and prioritize opportunities to simplify, standardize, automate, or hand off work to AI agents, considering impact, risk, effort, and control implications.
Define the future-state operating model, including agent tasks, human responsibilities, and necessary human review and judgment.
Partner with Finance leadership, IT, and technology vendors to pilot, validate, and scale agent-enabled workflows; define requirements, test cases, and success metrics.
Monitor the quality and performance of agent-supported processes and refine them over time.
Build the roadmap and business case for process changes and communicate progress to stakeholders.