Top Accounting Jobs in Boston, MA

Performs daily accounting functions supporting incoming and outgoing funds, including wire processing, disbursements, misdirected money, suspense reconciliations, and cash reconciliations. Analyzes financial transactions, maintains general ledger accounts, investigates discrepancies, resolves reconciliation exceptions, and improves accounting processes, controls, and compliance. Partners collaboratively across teams to ensure accurate financial records and reliable customer and business fund operations.

Manage outsourced accounting relationships and oversee monthly close, reconciliations, journal entries, revenue accounting, accounts receivable, collections, accounts payable, audits, reporting, and internal controls. Ensure GAAP compliance and accurate SaaS revenue recognition under ASC 606. Partner with Operations, Sales, and Customer Success to improve billing and data flows, while transitioning accounting functions in-house and building scalable processes for company growth.

The Corporate Tax Manager will provide R&D tax credit advice, manage projects, conduct fieldwork, and support business development activities. Supervise teams and ensure compliance.

Lead a team overseeing controls for securities operational accounting, reconciliations, subledger implementation, and KPI management. Drive internal control initiatives, analyze complex reconciliations and net investment income, partner with Investment Operations, Controllership, FP&A and other stakeholders, and modernize processes using automation/AI while managing onshore and offshore resources.

Own the monthly revenue close, deferred revenue and contract liability schedules, ASC 606 application, reconciliations, flux analysis, audit support, and revenue controls. Manage one revenue accountant and partner with Sales, CS, Legal, Engineering, and Deal Desk on contract terms and systems. Lead billing-platform migration activities, usage-to-billing-to-GL reconciliation design, and AI-enabled accounting automation.

Lead month-end close, oversee transactional finance operations, manage reconciliations and complex journals, prepare year-end audit deliverables, improve internal controls and automation, oversee cash forecasting and payment runs, and provide financial analysis and ad hoc modeling to support strategic growth.

Manage and scale the accounting function: own monthly close (journals, reconciliations, accruals, reporting), handle revenue, AR, payroll, commissions, expenses, prepaids, and fixed assets. Review contracts, improve workflows (including Rillet), build controls, use AI/automation to streamline close, partner with Strategic Finance and cross-functional teams, and support audits, tax filings, compliance, and new accounting projects.

Manage end-to-end month-end and quarter-end close across global entities, oversee intercompany billing, settlements, transfer pricing execution, FX analysis and eliminations. Partner with Tax, Treasury, Legal, and Finance Data to operationalize entity launches and intercompany agreements. Design and document SOX controls, lead GL projects (M&A integrations, new entity setups, ERP/NetSuite enhancements), and mentor direct reports to drive operational excellence and scalability.

Lead North America accounting operations and global consolidation, manage a Senior Accountant, oversee monthly close and reconciliations, drive flux analysis, strengthen internal controls, support SOX and external audits, partner cross-functionally to standardize processes and implement systems, and drive automation for scalable global financial reporting.

Serve as a trusted advisor to behavioral health providers by reviewing financial reporting, preparing budgets/forecasts, analyzing KPIs, providing technical accounting support, identifying operational improvements, leading US and offshore engagement teams, and coaching staff to ensure high-quality deliverables and client service.

Lead end-to-end monthly, quarterly, and annual close for the Americas; strengthen SOX/internal controls; manage external audits; modernize and automate accounting workflows using Oracle ERP and AI; partner with FP&A; own reconciliations and technical guidance across functions; and lead, coach, and develop a high-performing accounting team.

Own complex monthly close areas, including stock compensation, leases, payroll accruals, intercompany, and foreign currency. Review accounting work, manage close critical paths, prepare audit support, design SOX-ready controls, and support migration from Xero to a scalable ERP. Coach accounting staff and build AI-powered automation for reconciliations, schedules, narratives, and workflows.

Own end-to-end bookkeeping for pilot restaurant customers, including reconciliations, monthly close, and financial statements. Serve as in-house expert on restaurant accounting, embed with product and engineering to translate workflows into product requirements, and design SOPs, controls, and QA processes to scale the bookkeeping function. Work directly with operators and help define hiring, tooling, and automation priorities while balancing hands-on bookkeeping with higher-leverage building work.

Lead finance and accounting functions including strategic finance, FP&A, accounting/controllership, audit, tax, treasury, fundraising support, and investor relations. Partner with founders, board, and cross-functional leaders on planning, forecasting, pricing, M&A readiness, and scaling the finance team while maintaining strong controls and GAAP compliance.

Maintain books and records for hedge/hybrid and private equity funds; review fund documents and ensure correct setup; prepare and review NAVs, fee and carried interest calculations, investor allocations, capital calls and distributions; coordinate investor notices and reporting; manage client deliverables against SLAs and liaise with internal and external stakeholders including audit, tax, compliance and investor relations.

Lead CFO-level client advisory engagements, manage change initiatives, provide financial analysis, develop client budgets, and mentor staff.

The CFO will oversee month-end close, financial reporting, audit readiness, client relationship management, and mentoring staff for casino industry clients.

Manage outsourced accounting services for healthcare clients by identifying operational needs, ensuring compliance, and fostering relationships with client executives. Train staff, analyze performance metrics, and improve operational efficiencies while maintaining timely accounting engagements.

As a Manager in Accounting Advisory, you will oversee client teams, provide training, and manage financial reporting and consulting services in the healthcare sector.

Manage outsourced accounting for construction clients, ensuring quality financial reporting, providing technical support, leading teams, and identifying operational improvements.

The Commercial Tax Senior Manager provides federal tax compliance and consulting services, manages teams, develops new business, and mentors staff.

Lead and build the Affirm Bank accounting function during bank formation. Oversee GL operations, regulatory and monthly financial reporting, audit coordination, process automation, cash management, and financial analysis. Manage and recruit the accounting team and partner cross-functionally to integrate bank accounting into Affirm's systems while ensuring regulatory compliance.

Lead global month-end and quarter-end close across multiple entities; manage GL operations (cash, intercompany, software capitalization, leases), SOX controls, audits, and process automation. Partner cross-functionally, oversee reconciliations and journal reviews, and manage a small accounting team to scale close processes and prepare for public-company readiness.

Ascend seeks applicants for future opportunities in accounting, operations, or administrative support across partner firms, encouraging general applications to remain connected with the recruiting team.

Oversee accounting and finance activities for private real estate investments, including partnership waterfalls, general and sub-ledgers, trial balances, quarterly closes, capital calls, distributions, and client reporting. Manage deliverable quality and workflow, produce financial performance metrics, collaborate with investment and portfolio teams, and communicate with senior management and internal stakeholders. The role also includes managing associates and preparing ad hoc reports.