Accounting Manager responsible for daily accounting function in a cash flow management fintech startup. Collaborating with finance leaders and building scalable workflows across accounting and operations.
About the role
- Manager at Huron leading design and implementation of ERP financial solutions for higher education and public sector clients. Collaborating with stakeholders to ensure best accounting practices and reporting compliance.
Responsibilities
- Lead design for Chart of Accounts and end-to-end accounting in cloud-based ERP Financials and EPM implementations, with a focus on higher education and public sector organizations, ensuring alignment with fund accounting principles, FASB and/or GASB standards, regulatory requirements, and operational best practices.
- Evaluate institutions’ use of Oracle Cloud ERP and identify optimizations related to financial management and reporting, accounting, controls, and reconciliation.
- Partner with finance leaders and stakeholders at all levels of the institution to translate accounting, budgeting, and financial management requirements into future-state ERP designs that support transparency, control, and scalability.
- Provide functional expertise across institutions’ financial operations and accounting, including areas such as general accounting, endowment accounting, payroll accounting, research accounting, budgeting, and related financial reporting.
- Collaborate with integration, conversion, reporting, finance, grants, payroll, and student or affiliate systems teams to ensure end-to-end financial process alignment.
- Support pre-sales and business development activities, including contributing to solution approaches, proposals, and client presentations for higher education and public sector engagements.
- Serve as a trusted advisor and thought partner, bringing awareness of ERP and financial management trends, cloud transformation strategies, and vendor roadmaps (Oracle or comparable platforms).
- Contribute to the development of standards, templates, and best practices to support consistent, high-quality ERP implementations across public sector and higher education clients.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- 5–7 years of experience supporting financial management, accounting, or ERP implementations for higher education and/or public sector organizations.
- Demonstrated experience with FASB and/or GASB accounting standards, fund accounting, budgeting, and financial reporting.
- Experience working with Oracle Financials Cloud or another ERP financial system (e.g., Workday, SAP, Unit4, PeopleSoft), ideally as part of an implementation team, business analyst, or accountant.
- Strong functional understanding of higher education or related business functions, including General Ledger, Payables, Receivables, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, and financial reporting.
- Ability to bridge finance, accounting, and technology, translating business and regulatory needs into practical system designs.
- Experience supporting or leading workshops, stakeholder discussions, and design sessions with finance and institutional leadership.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build credibility with clients and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
- Interest in mentoring and supporting the development of consulting staff, particularly in public sector and higher education finance domains.
- Proven ability to support multiple concurrent initiatives across varying scopes and timelines.
- Willingness to travel up to 50%, as needed, to support client engagements and project teams.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental coverage
- Vision coverage
- Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid Time Off policy
- Paid parental leave
- Adoption assistance
- Wellness Program
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