Corporate Accounting Manager

Join Benchling as a Corporate Accounting Manager, where you will take full ownership of employee-compensation accounting, including payroll, commissions, bonuses, stock-based compensation, and employee benefits. You will lead and develop a team, drive operational efficiencies, and ensure accurate and timely financial reporting. This role requires a strong command of US GAAP, hands-on experience in compensation accounting, and a passion for improving processes through automation and AI tools.

• Assumer la responsabilité complète de la comptabilité des compensations des employés, y compris la paie, les commissions, les primes, la compensation en actions et les avantages sociaux.
• Diriger et développer les membres de l'équipe qui préparent les écritures de paie et de compensation, examiner leur travail et collaborer étroitement avec les départements concernés.
• Améliorer continuellement le calendrier de clôture, la liste des tâches de clôture et la performance de l'équipe de clôture pour les domaines dont vous êtes responsable.

• An ideal candidate has hands-on experience in payroll, commission and bonus, and stock-based compensation accounting at a high-growth SaaS company, a strong command of US GAAP, and a passion for improving how work gets done, including through automation and AI tools
• AI fluency: comfort using AI tools (e.g., Claude, Gemini) to improve productivity, analyze data, and streamline accounting workflows
• Experience with equity administration platforms (e.g., Carta), 409A valuations, and international pension or benefits accounting
• CPA license
• Experience with commission management tools and ASC 340-40 capitalization
• Concise and effective communicator with teammates, various levels of leadership, and external contacts; able to explain accounting topics clearly and logically
• Hands-on experience with payroll, commission, and bonus accounting, with the ability to own the process end to end
• Nice to haves:
• Reliability with a strong work ethic, maturity, and professionalism to handle confidential data
• Strong MS Office Suite skills, including intermediate to advanced Excel (VLOOKUP, IF functions, pivot tables, etc.)
• Prior experience at a SaaS and/or public company
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; proactively prioritizes tasks to meet deadlines and manages multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
• Proficiency using NetSuite with multi-entity and multi-currency, and experience with close management tools (e.g., Numeric or FloQast)
• Analytical, skeptical, and curious; able to identify and report relevant risks and issues to management for timely and appropriate resolution
• Highly organized and self-directed; drives issues and projects to resolution, follows through until they are closed, and clearly communicates and documents outcomes for leadership
• 5+ years of related work experience. Big 4 or large regional public accounting firm experience is required, and at least 1 year of hands-on experience in a people manager or team lead role
• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP as it applies to compensation, including stock-based compensation (ASC 718), commissions and bonuses, and payroll-related accruals