Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Graphite Financial is a growing boutique finance, accounting, tax, and strategy firm that helps startup and high-growth companies scale efficiently and sustainably. The Accounting Senior Manager — CPG Team Lead is responsible for ensuring high-quality delivery across a team focused on consumer packaged goods clients, providing leadership and coaching to Client Leads.
Responsibilities
- Coach Client Leads on solution design, client management, delivery approach, and professional judgment across CPG engagements
- Review CPG client engagement approaches for technical risk, complexity — particularly around trade promotion accounting, inventory, and multi-channel revenue — or inconsistency with firm standards
- Serve as the first escalation point for delivery challenges, CPG-specific technical questions, and team capacity problems
- Ensure all work produced by the team meets Graphite’s quality standards before it reaches clients
- Conduct formal performance reviews and ongoing career development conversations with direct reports
- Identify CPG accounting capability gaps within the team and address them through coaching, targeted training, or resourcing decisions
- Build a team environment where Client Leads operate with confidence and accountability, not dependency
- Balance workload across Client Leads and adjust resourcing to manage close peaks, seasonal CPG demand cycles, and coverage risks
- Drive execution consistency across the CPG client portfolio without creating bureaucratic overhead
- Ensure no CPG client engagement is a single point of failure — cross-training and documentation are standing expectations
- Maintain a purposefully limited personal CPG - focused client book
- Use direct client execution to stay current on CPG accounting complexity, model the standards you set for your team, and remain credible as a coach and escalation resource
- Partner with Standards and Technology teams to translate firm-wide standards into practical, CPG-ready execution within your team
- Surface recurring CPG delivery issues, client patterns, and improvement opportunities to the Director proactively
- Engages directly with CPG clients during escalations, complex onboarding, or when providing real-time coaching to Client Leads on high-stakes situations
- Maintains the professional presence, CPG industry fluency, and technical credibility to represent Graphite confidently in any senior client conversation
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting required; CPA required
- 7–10 years of accounting experience including at least 2 years in a client lead, manager, or team leadership role
- Demonstrated CPG accounting experience — this is a firm requirement. Candidates must be able to speak specifically to trade promotion accounting, inventory reconciliation, landed cost, and multi-channel COGS in a CPG context
- Deep working knowledge of GAAP with direct experience navigating startup-specific accounting complexity: SAFEs, convertible instruments, ASC 606, equity compensation, and more
- Demonstrated ability to manage a team and a client portfolio simultaneously without sacrificing quality on either
- Strong coaching and feedback skills — you have developed junior accounting professionals before and take that responsibility seriously
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; executive presence in client-facing situations
- Public accounting (Manager level) or outsourced accounting leadership experience strongly preferred
- Familiarity with CPG-specific platforms and operational systems including QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, Cin7, Shopify, and 3PL management systems preferred
- Experience working in a remote professional services environment is strongly preferred
Benefits
- Competitive Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage. 100% of the employee's health insurance premium is covered by the company.
- Company-paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability insurance.
- Generous Unlimited Paid Time Off (PTO), 11 Paid Company Holidays, and comprehensive Paid Parental Leave.
- Fully remote position with company-provided technology equipment and a $250 technology stipend to support your ideal home office setup.
- 401k: With a company match
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