Senior Accounting Manager

Forge•Auburndale, MA

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

Forge installs heat pumps for homeowners across Eastern Massachusetts. We're a 53-person company with about a dozen crews in the field and a lean back office that runs on QuickBooks Online, Gusto, Ramp, HubSpot, Connecteam, Google Workspace, and a fast-growing set of AI tools. We're looking for a Senior Accounting Manager ready to own accounting, payroll, and day-to-day people operations end to end, someone who would rather rebuild a process than defend one. This is a player-coach role. You report to our Chief Administrative Officer and run the function with a small team: a staff accountant (AP and utility rebates) and an office/people-ops administrator. You will close the books, review payroll, answer benefits questions, and then make each of those faster and more automated the next time around.

Requirements

At least 4 years of progressive accounting experience, including real ownership of a monthly close at a company of roughly our size.
Hands-on payroll management experience.
Experience leading at least one system migration or implementation.
Ability to explain numbers to various stakeholders (field supervisor, salesperson, CEO) and understand their needs.
Curiosity about how heat pumps are sold, installed, and paid for.
Authorization to work in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

CPA certification.
Job costing, construction, field service, or climate-tech exposure.
Experience with AI tools in daily work and a desire to push further.

Responsibilities

Implement and re-implement tools, kill spreadsheets, wire integrations (Ramp, Gusto, HubSpot, QuickBooks), and use AI agents for reconciliations, variance analysis, and reporting.
Perform a clean, GAAP-basis month-end close in QuickBooks Online within five business days, including reconciliations, accruals, deferred revenue, fixed assets, and a financial package for leadership.
Manage daily cash visibility, weekly cash forecasts, bank reconciliations, and partner with project coordinators on invoicing and collections (target DSO under 19 days on homeowner invoices).
Oversee revenue recognition on multi-visit installs, job-level margin, utility-rebate receivables (Mass Save and partner programs), and customer financing flows.
Manage vendor bills, corporate cards, and approvals in Ramp, ensuring they are tied out to QuickBooks monthly.
Process salaried and hourly payroll runs in Gusto, using Connecteam timecards for overtime, PTO, commissions, bonuses, and retro pay.
Handle day-to-day people operations, including onboarding and offboarding across Gusto and Google Workspace, benefits enrollment and changes, headcount and comp changes, compliance recordkeeping (I-9s, workers' comp, state filings), and logistics for review and raise cycles.
Prepare the year-end tax package for outside CPAs, process 1099s, manage insurance audits, and fulfill lender or investor requests.