Senior Accounting Manager

• Lead, mentor, and scale a growing accounting team (currently 3–5 direct reports with plans to expand), fostering a culture of ownership, continuous improvement, and professional development.
• Establish clear performance expectations, conduct regular 1:1s, and provide ongoing coaching and feedback.
• Build a team structure and hiring plan that anticipates the needs of a rapidly scaling organization, including specialization across GL, AP, AR, and revenue accounting.
• Create and maintain comprehensive process documentation, SOPs, and cross-training materials to reduce key-person risk.

Corporate Compliance & Internal Controls

• Own corporate compliance across all U.S. states in which First Due operates, including business registrations, annual filings, sales tax obligations, and ad-hoc compliance requests.
• Design, implement, and maintain a robust internal controls framework (with an eye toward future SOX/SOC readiness as the company scales toward potential IPO or further institutional investment).
• Serve as the primary point of contact for annual financial audits and tax engagements, coordinating requests, managing timelines, and ensuring timely and accurate delivery of all required documentation.
• Monitor changes in accounting standards (e.g., ASC updates, state tax regulations) and assess impact to the organization.

Cross-Functional Partnership & Strategic Support

• Partner with Product, Operations, Sales, and executive leadership to provide financial insights that inform strategic decision-making, pricing, and resource allocation.
• Support FP&A and leadership with ad-hoc financial analysis, scenario modeling, and budget-vs-actual variance reporting.
• Collaborate with the Revenue Operations team to ensure alignment between CRM (Salesforce/HubSpot), billing, and the general ledger.
• Support collections efforts as needed by developing scalable AR workflows, aging analysis, and escalation procedures.

Requirements and Qualifications

• This is a remote role, but you must currently reside in the US.
• 7-10+ years of progressive accounting experience with 5+ years of experience in Manager role in high growth government technology (GovTech) or public safety SaaS company with proven experience leading and developing accounting teams.
• Proven experience implementing and significantly optimizing accounting operations in Netsuite.
• Deep, hands-on expertise with NetSuite, including administration, configuration, saved searches, custom reports, workflows, and SuiteScript familiarity.
• Working experience with Ramp (corporate card/expense management) and Navan (travel and expense) — required.
• Strong analytical with strong process design, documentation skills, implementation and maintenance of strong internal controls framework.
• Deep knowledge of corporate compliance, audits, and internal controls and experience managing external audit and tax relationships.
• Experience working in a high-growth, fast-paced environment.

All applicants must be authorized to work for any US employer in the United States. Locality Media LLC is unable to sponsor or transition sponsorship ownership of employment visas at this time. Hiring is contingent upon candidates successfully passing a criminal background check. As part of the I-9 verification of authorization to work in the US, Locality Media participates in E-Verify.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

This role is fully remote with minimal travel expectations at this time.Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified employees and applicants to perform the essential functions as outlined above. If you require an accommodation during the interview process, please reach out to[email protected].

Working at First Due

First Due offers a comprehensive compensation and benefits package for eligible employees, including competitive pay, medical, dental, and vision coverage, FSA/HSA, 401(k), flexible PTO, a fully remote workplace, a technology stipend, opportunities for advancement, and other benefits and perks that sets our team apart. Visitwww.firstdue.comto learn more.

If you are a resident of a state requiring wage transparency, please reach out to[email protected]for a reasonable estimate of annual base compensation and any eligible incentive compensation. The actual compensation offered to successful candidates for roles may be higher or lower, based on non-discriminatory criteria including but not limited to relevant professional experience, geographic location, knowledge, skills, and abilities. This range will be reviewed on a regular basis.

First Due is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in any aspect of employment on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other protected status or class. We are committed to promoting an environment of respect, acceptance, diversity and inclusivity, and equal opportunity. Discrimination and harassment of any type in any form will not be tolerated.