Accounting Manager

• Own the end-to-end accounts payable (AP) function, including invoice processing, vendor payment runs, subledger-to-GL reconciliations, aging review, and month-end accruals.
• Oversee and develop the AP team — including the Team Lead and AP Specialists — through goal-setting, performance reviews, coaching, and day-to-day support.
• Prepare month-end reconciliations and variance analysis, investigating and explaining significant fluctuations to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Manage and enforce AP internal controls, with a focus on fraud prevention around vendor banking changes, duplicate payments, and high-risk transactions.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and modernize AP workflows, whether through process redesign, automation, training or AI-powered and agentic tools to reduce manual effort, increase accuracy, and scale the function as the business grows.
• Oversee the P-Card and T&E programs, including policy compliance, platform configuration, card issuance, and vendor coordination.
• Approve invoices in accordance with the Spend and Transaction policy, confirming proper GL coding, PO matching.
• Coordinate and execute vendor payment runs, including intercompany payments, and partner with Treasury on funding requests to ensure payments are made accurately and on time.
• Support vendor management, including new vendor setups, banking updates, payment term optimization, and escalated dispute resolution.
• Support internal and external audit requests related to accounts payable documentation and controls.
• Support shared services initiatives and partner with the Director, Accounting on cross-functional priorities and department-wide projects.
• Take on additional projects and responsibilities as the business evolves and Accounting team needs shift.

• Process financial transactions (A/P, A/R, and Payroll) in an accurate and timely manner
• Prepare and process client invoices, wire transfers, and expense reports
• Research and solve client problems, providing clear explanations of reports and collaborating on solutions
• Maintain client data and ensure all monthly tasks are tracked (e.g., using Canopy)
• Proactively communicate with clients, answering questions and providing timely follow-up on requests
• Meet with client operations teams and internal client relationship teams to ensure commitments are met
• Assist with client onboarding and provide backup coverage for teammates
• Document processes to ensure service continuity
• Collaborate with other Associates to identify and implement process improvements for greater efficiency and accuracy

Accounting Associate

• Update Accounting systems and databases, including daily transactions, schedules, general ledger entries, and related records
• Process scheduled compensation, including management fee and service fee calculations, with accuracy and attention to detail
• Own assigned queue work and routine team tasks while meeting service expectations and maintaining accountability
• Supply information and responsive service to management, associates, and financial professionals as needed
• Protect confidential information, data, and files through appropriate planning, accuracy, and security awareness
• Use department systems, spreadsheets, approved technology tools, and approved Agentic AI capabilities to support accurate processing, research, efficiency, and process improvement
• Apply analytical thinking, curiosity, and sound judgment to research issues, identify patterns, make good-quality decisions, and understand the reasoning behind those decisions
• Demonstrate an improvement and change champion mindset by adapting quickly, supporting process transitions, and identifying opportunities to streamline work
• Develop subject matter expertise and pursue continued growth within Accounting and Cambridge Investment Research

Accounting Specialist

• Supervise a team of 5 offshore contractors while overseeing key financial processes
• Ensure the accuracy, efficiency, and performance of the team
• Foster a collaborative team culture, encouraging continuous learning and professional development
• Oversee month-end close processes, ensuring accurate reconciliations and reporting
• Monitor and evaluate team performance through key metrics
• Lead initiatives to improve existing workflows and processes
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders

Accounting Operations Supervisor

• Design, create and build general ledger solutions for use by global controllership teams.
• Assist global team to develop new solutions and to drive automation.
• Assist on SAP implementations for GL & data take on workstream.
• Assist with data take on for all ERP & transformation projects.
• Build and leverage strong partnerships with other workstreams/functions, and the business.
• Communicate effectively, look for gaps in processes and designs.
• Create, maintain, and provide ongoing status updates for milestones / deliverables.
• Create, maintain, and provide ongoing reporting of project dependencies, issues, and risks, along with cross impacts, resolutions, and mitigations.
• Train business teams to ensure smooth transition and strong communication to user groups of any changes or impacts to their work processes.

Accounting Analyst – GL

• Provide U.S. GAAP technical accounting guidance related to current and proposed transactions to ensure consistent interpretation and conformity with authoritative accounting literature.
• Develop and maintain global accounting policies as well as oversight of adoption and compliance with global accounting policies.
• Analyze accounting implications of alternate solutions and support business units with significant and unusual transactions in support of key accounting decisions.
• Perform independent research to support key accounting decisions.
• Consider financial impact, benefits and drawbacks, and potential legal and regulatory impacts of significant accounting transactions.
• Monitor the FASB for emerging and new adoptions of accounting standards; assess guidance applicable to the company.
• Participate with insurance industry technical accounting groups to ensure consistent application of global accounting standards.
• Prepare memos and policy documents to communicate accounting changes.
• Develop, implement, and communicate new policies and processes to comply with newly issued accounting standards.
• Draft financial statement disclosures regarding upcoming accounting pronouncements.
• Work closely with senior management as well as external auditors on complex accounting topics, and engage with legal counsel, regulators, and consultants as needed.
• Serve as a technical accounting subject matter expert.

Senior Specialist, Accounting Policy

• Lead the General Accounting team to ensure timely and accurate consolidated information to support internal/corporate reporting requirements.
• Review monthly results, analyze balance sheets, investigate anomalies and monitor complex transaction execution.
• Lead the implementation and ongoing maintenance and enhancement of a strong SOX compliant control environment in compliance with corporate policies and procedures.
• Identify, research and resolve complex accounting issues at the OpCo level as well as act as a US GAAP technical resource to financial operations as required.
• Draft whitepapers to support accounting positions and related conclusions.
• Support business audits conducted by external and internal auditors, as required.

Director of Accounting

• Own inventory accounting and COGS globally, including month-end close, reconciliations, variance analysis, reporting, and audit support.
• Own judgment-based inventory estimates, including excess & obsolete (E&O) and warranty reserves, including methodology design, assumptions, governance, documentation, and final review/sign-off in compliance with U.S. GAAP.
• Serve as the final decision-maker for inventory accounting policy, methodologies, and judgment-based estimates, ensuring consistent application and governance across the organization.
• Partner cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Operations, Product, FP&A, and Finance Systems to align financial outcomes with operational realities and inform business decisions.
• Lead COGS and gross margin analysis, translating financial results into clear insights and actions for leadership and stakeholders.
• Act as a finance partner to non-finance teams, translating inventory and cost accounting concepts into clear, actionable insights.
• Own the finance transformation roadmap related to inventory accounting, including future-state process design, system architecture, and automation strategy; partner with Finance Systems and cross-functional stakeholders to scale inventory accounting through ERP optimization, data integrity, and workflow automation.
• Own inventory capitalization and COGS allocation frameworks, ensuring consistent application of accounting policy as the company scales.
• Actively participate in modifying and updating ŌURA’s ASC 705 Cost of Sales and Services policy to reflect the company's changing needs.
• Drive operational efficiency and scalability by simplifying, standardizing, and automating inventory accounting workflows.
• Strengthen inventory-related internal controls, physical inventory processes, and audit readiness, including SOX-aligned documentation and control design.
• Lead the relationship with external auditors for all inventory and COGS matters, serving as the primary subject matter expert for technical accounting positions and complex audit inquiries.
• Lead, mentor, and develop the accounting team, including goal setting, performance management, coaching, and succession planning.
• Act as a change leader and thought partner, designing and implementing future-state inventory accounting processes and operating models.
• Provide leadership support to the Accounting organization on ad-hoc initiatives, complex problem solving, and strategic priorities, bringing a holistic view across policy, systems, controls, and business impact.

Senior Accounting Manager

• Lead the preparation, review, and filing of all external financial statements (Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K), ensuring strict compliance with US GAAP, SEC regulations, and XBRL requirements.
• Establish, operationalize, and ruthlessly enforce a highly prescriptive, predictable, and transparent global financial reporting calendar. Coordinate cross-functionally with Legal, Investor Relations, and Operations to ensure flawless execution.
• Partner closely with Investor Relations and Corporate Communications to review earnings releases, investor scripts, and supporting financial schedules.
• Serve as the definitive internal expert on complex accounting issues. Proactively evaluate the accounting impact of strategic transactions, including M&A, complex revenue recognition (including hardware + SaaS models), inventory, debt/equity transactions, and share-based compensation.
• Author, update, and maintain ŌURA's Global Accounting Policy Manual, ensuring consistent application across all business units.
• Act as the primary liaison for external auditors on technical accounting matters and SEC disclosures, driving swift and alignment-focused resolutions.
• Oversee the end-to-end global stock administration function, ensuring flawless execution of equity grants, exercises, cancellations, and settlements across all global entities.
• Direct the complex technical accounting for share-based compensation (ASC 718), including valuation models, financial statement disclosures, and EPS calculations. Partner with Legal and HR to ensure robust equity plan governance and compliance with tax and regulatory requirements.
• Drive the vision, selection, implementation, and optimization of cutting-edge financial reporting technologies to automate and streamline the close-to-report lifecycle.
• Lead cross-functional automation initiatives to eliminate manual workflows, institutionalize data integrity, and significantly compress the external reporting timeline while mitigating reporting risk.
• Oversee the continuous design, implementation, and testing of internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR), transitioning the organization from an early-stage framework to a mature, sustainable SOX compliance model.
• Identify operational and financial reporting risks, implementing automated controls and process efficiencies wherever possible.
• Oversee international reporting requirements and coordinate local statutory audits for ŌURA's global subsidiaries, ensuring seamless alignment with consolidated US GAAP reporting.
• Partner with the Tax and Treasury teams to ensure proper accounting for intercompany agreements, transfer pricing, and foreign currency matters.
• Recruit, retain, and actively mentor a high-performing team of technical accounting, reporting, and stock administration professionals. Foster a collaborative, growth-oriented environment anchored in continuous learning, professional development, and high accountability.

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