Vice President, Accounting

Capstone•Washington, DC

21d

About The Position

The Vice President, Accounting owns Capstone’s accounting function in a hands-on build-and-run role. The position directs the team responsible for much of the day-to-day accounting work while retaining accountability for accuracy, timeliness, controls, and judgment. The role is expected to re-engineer accounting workflows, using automation and AI-assisted systems to reduce manual work, accelerate the close, and improve data quality. It reports directly to the Head of Finance & Accounting and is a controller-track role with scope expected to grow toward a Controller title as the business scales. The role owns the complete month-end close across the US and UK, audit and statutory compliance coordination, general ledger integrity, revenue recognition, invoicing, accounts receivable, and accounts payable across both entities. It also owns the functional implementation and operation of the Campfire ERP, finance technology integrations, management reporting, and the documentation of processes and controls. The Vice President leads an associate and part-time consultants, reviews and owns their work, coaches the associate, and partners closely with the Head of Finance as a trusted second-in-command.

Requirements

5–10 years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of a full close cycle.
Multi-entity and/or multi-currency experience.
Strong command of US GAAP and revenue recognition.
Working familiarity with UK accounting requirements.
Demonstrated ownership of external audit relationships.
Hands-on, demonstrable experience leveraging or implementing AI in accounting or finance workflows, such as building automations, deploying AI agents, or redesigning processes around AI; applicants should be able to show their work.
Proven ability to optimize finance systems, integrations, and workflow automations.
A builder’s and process-oriented mindset, with a preference for tools and documented processes over spreadsheets.
Highly organized and self-directed, and comfortable working in a lean, fast-moving, multi-jurisdictional environment with minimal organizational layers.
Excellent written and verbal communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

CPA or equivalent credential.
Comfort using code such as Python.
UK accounting experience.
Direct accounting-context experience with Campfire, Ramp, Navan, Salesforce, or Workday.

Responsibilities

Own the complete US and UK month-end close, including revenue, prepaid expenses, accruals, cost of goods sold, consolidations, and intercompany entries; manage the close calendar, quality, sign-off, and cycle-time improvement.
Own the UK audit relationship and coordinate external advisors on audits, VAT, statutory surveys, and transfer pricing; oversee US compliance such as 1099s and establish systems and documentation for US audit readiness.
Maintain accurate, consistent, well-documented general ledger books in compliance with US GAAP and applicable UK requirements, including review-ready reconciliations and workpapers.
Own revenue recognition, invoicing, accounts receivable, and the accounts payable cycle across both entities.
Identify manual, repetitive, or error-prone accounting workflows and redesign them using AI tools and automation, including drafting, reconciliation assistance, AR follow-up, document handling, and close support.
Functionally own the Campfire ERP, complete and stabilize its implementation, configure recurring billing and revenue recognition, and move routine work from spreadsheets into the system.
Evaluate, implement, and operate finance tooling and integrations between Salesforce, Workday, Ramp, and the ERP to improve data flow and reduce reconciliation overhead.
Build and maintain management reporting and dashboards, developing from pragmatic partly manual views toward automated, real-time reporting as data quality improves.
Turn tribal knowledge into clear SOPs and internal controls so the accounting function is resilient, auditable, and ready to scale.
Lead an associate and part-time consultants; assign and review work, own the team's output, and coach the associate to build accounting depth.
Partner with the Head of Finance as a trusted second-in-command, escalating the highest-judgment matters and bringing solutions.