Accounting Operations Manager, Fringe

• High agency and a bias for action. You'd rather ship a good answer today than a perfect one next week, and you know which situations call for which
• Comfortable being the only finance person in the room, and honest about when you need a second set of eyes
• A clear communicator who can explain a flux to the CEO, a payment term to a salesperson, and a rev rec judgment to an auditor
• Curious about how the business actually works, not just how it's booked
• Someone who owns mistakes, extends grace, and shows up as the same person every day. That's who we are
• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, or a related field
• 5+ years of progressive accounting or finance experience
• Deep understanding of GAAP, especially ASC 606
• Hands-on experience running monthly close procedures and meeting internal and external reporting requirements
• Familiarity with an accounting tech stack and a spreadsheet wizard (Quickbooks, Tabs, Anrok, FloQast, Salesforce, Claude, Google Sheets)
• Strong leadership, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills with the ability to drive operational improvement
• Quality communicator, written and verbal

Desirable

• You'll be the in-house finance and accounting leader at Fringe and will take over a well-built set of documented, repeatable close processes
• You will own the monthly close and everything that comes out of it, run our financial operations end to end, and be the person everyone at Fringe comes to with a finance question
• You'll report to the COO and work closely with Operations and Product
• This is a role for a professional who wants to jump into a startup environment and own a whole function. It is a lot of hats and it is a rare amount of scope, ownership, and visibility
• Monthly close and reporting:
• Run the full monthly close: close calendar, journal entries, reconciliations, and sign-off across subscription and marketplace revenue
• Own revenue recognition under ASC 606 for a hybrid model: PEPM subscriptions, employer-funded marketplace spend, gifting, and partner revenue share
• Maintain deferred revenue and points liability roll-forwards and keep the balance sheet clean and explainable
• Produce internal and external monthly reporting: variance and flux analysis and the executive dashboard
• Support the annual audit and tax processes with our outside CPA firms
• Financial operations:
• Treasury and cash: cash forecast, bank relationships, managing operating balances, and executing outbound wires and ACH payments with proper approvals
• Accounts payable, accounts receivable and collections in partnership with Customer Success: customer invoicing and billing accuracy, vendor payment runs, and chasing what’s past due
• Payroll, working with People Operations and our PEO
• Review all accounting work and ensure a high standard
• Cross-functional partner:
• Be the main point of contact for all things finance internally: contract terms, vendor questions, funding schedules, commission plans, budgets
• Spot the process that's slowing us down and fix it. Drive operational improvement rather than waiting for someone to ask