Senior Accounting Manager

Job description

LaunchDarkly is building the runtime control layer for the AI era , helping engineering teams govern what ships in production and how software and AI agents behave after deployment.

As Senior Accounting Manager, you’ll play a key role in strengthening the financial operations behind that work: owning critical close and technical accounting activities, supporting international entities and audit readiness, and partnering across Finance, Technology, and the business. You’ll also lead and develop a global team while improving accounting workflows, systems, and controls, including through automation and AI. This is an opportunity to combine hands-on accounting expertise with meaningful leadership and operational impact at a company shaping how teams build and run software.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing global accounting team with clear roles, decision rights, objectives, and development plans
• Manage and accelerate close activities for key corporate accounting functions, including general accounting, treasury, accounts payable, employee reimbursements, and corporate card program management, and identify opportunities for close timeline compression
• Prepare and review journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analyses in compliance with US GAAP and internal accounting policies
• Execute technical accounting for stock-based compensation (ASC 718), leases (ASC 842), and foreign currency matters (ASC 830), including drafting analyses and memos for review
• Lead the implementation of a procure-to-pay (PTP) tool, with a focus on the PO-to-Pay workflow, partnering with Procurement, IT, and business stakeholders from requirements through rollout and adoption
• Support and partner with the International Accounting team to ensure intercompany transactions and subsidiaries’ financial reporting are accurate and timely
• Partner with Technology teams and business stakeholders on ERP enhancements/implementations, integrations, and reporting improvements
• Document and maintain accounting policies, procedures, and key controls
• Identify and implement opportunities for workflow improvement and systems optimization/AI automation across the close and accounting operations lifecycle

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field
• At least eight years of progressive accounting experience
• At least three years of experience leading a team of accountants
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP
• Hands-on experience in NetSuite (or a similar ERP), including improving workflows and reports
• Ability to operate independently with strong accountability and initiative
• Demonstrated experience using automation and AI tools to improve efficiency and accuracy in accounting operations
• Experience working in a multi-entity, multi-currency environment
• Ability to work across Finance and the business and explain complex accounting clearly to leaders, auditors, and colleagues outside Finance
• Experience in a high-growth technology company
• Improving the velocity and stability of software releases, without the fear of end customer outages
• Delivering targeted experiences by easily personalizing features to customer cohorts
• Maximizing the business impact of every feature through the ability to experiment and optimize
• Coordinating the release and optimization of software to provide consistent experiences across mobile platforms and device types