Vice President, Accounting

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Lead accounting operations for a PE-backed financial services experiencing multi-year double-digit growth. Oversee full accounting cycle, process improvements, and team development.

Posted 5/3/2026full-timeKansas City • Kansas, Montana • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $200,000 - $215,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead accounting operations: Own the full accounting cycle including month-end close, financial statement prep, and consolidation across multiple entities to ensure accuracy and timeliness.
Drive process improvements: Identify and implement scalable accounting processes and automation to cut down manual work and shorten the close cycle from current extended timelines.
Technical accounting oversight: Manage complex accounting issues like ASC 842 lease adoption, intercompany transactions, and rev rec nuances, working closely with external auditors and tax teams.
Tax coordination and compliance: Oversee corporate tax activities, manage tax season workflows, and liaise with tax advisors to ensure compliance and optimize tax positions.
Team leadership and development: Build and mentor a growing accounting team and manage an outsourced accounting partner.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Hands-On Accounting Leadership: Own the month-end close and financial statement prep reviews to streamline and shorten the close cycle—must be willing to act as a player/coach.
Technical Accounting Chops: Strong technical skills required to independently handle complex accounting pronouncements, acquisition integrations and reporting consolidations.
Process Improvement: Proven track record of bringing order to a fast-growing, unstructured accounting function by implementing scalable systems and leveraging automation to boost efficiency.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Growth opportunity: Rapidly scaling PE-backed platform doubling revenue and AUM with acquisitions in the pipeline
Hands-on leadership: Role requires deep involvement in accounting ops, process improvements, and technical accounting
Equity upside: Competitive comp with equity participation in a firm with long-term hold strategy and strong growth trajectory

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Hard Skills & Tools

month-end closefinancial statement preparationASC 842intercompany transactionsrevenue recognitiontax complianceacquisition integrationsreporting consolidationsprocess improvementautomation

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringteam developmentcommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityorganizational skillsplayer/coach mentalitystrategic thinking