Accounting & Operations Manager

Meet the Company We are MERU. Avalues-driven, impact-oriented team dedicated to fixing companies. We provide advisory services and data analytics support to middle-market companies ($50M - $2B in annual sales), and our clients include private equity firms, credit funds, investment banks, and law firms. We bring deep turnaround experience, a group of veteran operators, and an incentive-aligned approach to any situation. MERU was founded by professionals from Alvarez & Marsal and McKinsey and has seen rapid growth in the eight-plus years since its founding. The MERU Way & Valuing Our Team We’rePartners, not consultants. When you join MERU, you will help our clients solve their most pressing problems, supported by a team of people who will challenge you, support you, and inspire you. In order tobe Partners, we don’tsilo people into just one functional area of the business, instead advancing our team’s capabilities by providing training for every service that MERU offers. Additionally, wedon’tjust focus on technical skills but also leadership style and soft skills, so MERU team members not only know what it means to manage a client engagement but to lead a team to success. In training team members to be well-rounded individuals, we can deliver an overall higher impact to clients, allowingeach individualthe ability to gain experience in diligence, turnarounds, interim management, data science, and more. To aid this career advancement and development, MERU provides an internal Coach to each team memberin order toguide andmaintaintheir professional development plan goals. Unlike most Firms, weactually focuson the achievement of those goals for each individual team member, providing opportunities that would not usually be offered. Finally, MERU values personal time, onlytravelingwhen necessary,in order tocelebrate and respect your personal life. We believe that by encouraging and mandating balance, it will lead to happier and longer-tenured team members. When you come to MERU, you come to further your career andmaintainyour entrepreneurial spirit, never losing sight of the desire to provide meaningful impact, solutions, and value to clients. Learn more about our colleagues’ core characteristics and culture here: MERU is looking for an Accounting and Operations Manager to join our Home Office finance team at a pivotal moment for the firm. In this role, you will support the implementation of NetSuite as our new ERP system while also contributing to the day-to-day financial operations that keep our business running. This is a hands-on role for someone who is detail-oriented, eager to learn, and comfortable operating across multiple priorities in a fast-moving professional services environment. Reporting to the Director of Finance, you will work closely with our finance and operations team, serving as a critical resource for data integrity, client invoicing, account reconciliations, client billing, and engagement administration — while also supporting the broader NetSuite rollout from a data and process perspective. WhatYou’llDo Client Invoicing — Prepare and issueaccurateclient invoicesin a timely manner, ensuring alignment with engagement terms, billing schedules, and partner approvals; track invoice status and follow up on open items as needed NetSuite Implementation Support — Assist the core finance team with data gathering, formatting, and migration activities to support MERU’s transition to NetSuite ERP, including organizing historical financial data,validatingrecords, and coordinating with the implementation team on open items Engagement Management Support — Partner with engagement managers to support organization and oversight of active client matters, including monitoring deliverable status andmaintainingproject documentation Engagement Administration — Support the coordination and administration of client engagements, including tracking project status,maintainingorganized records, and ensuring operational details are managed with accuracy and timeliness Accounts Receivable & WIP Monitoring — Proactively flag stale client receivables and unbilled work-in-process to the finance team, escalating items requiring follow-up to ensuretimelyresolution Accounts Payable Support — Assist with vendor invoice processing, vendor maintenance, payment coordination, and AP record-keeping Balance Sheet & Income Statement Reconciliations — Perform monthly reconciliations of balance sheet and income statement accounts,identifyingand resolving variancesin a timely manner Ad Hoc Accounting & Operational Tasks — Support the finance and operations team with a variety of accounting, reporting, and operational requests as business needs evolve Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field 3–5years of accounting or finance experience, preferably in a professional services or similar environment Strong foundational knowledge of general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, and basic financial reporting Proficiencyin Microsoft Excel; experience with accounting or ERP software a plus (NetSuite experience highly valued) High attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy in all work products Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment Clear and professional written and verbal communication skills A proactive, self-starter mindset — comfortable identifying issues and escalating appropriately without waiting to be asked Ability to work collaboratively across teams and engage professionally with partners and senior leadership Authorization to work in the United States Overview of MERU Service Offerings: Performance Improvement: Help companiesidentifyand achieve their full potential byleveraginga value-focused approach to driving sustainable margin expansion impact. Services include MERU 360° Assessment, Transformation Plan Development, Chief Transformation Officer placement, Cash Cycle and Working Capital Optimization, and Implementation Performance Management. Turnaround & Restructuring: Partner with clients during uncertain times to help stabilize operations and rapidly triage the causes of financial distress, charting a path back to long-term sustainability. Services include Interim Management, Turnaround Plan Development and Execution, Liquidity Management, Stakeholder Negotiations, Strategic Alternatives Assessment, Bankruptcy, Insolvency, and Case Management. Transaction Services: Partner with private equity firms across the investment lifecycle, from due diligence to portfolio value creation and exit planning. Services include Due Diligence, Pre-Close Planning, Post-Close Implementation, and Exit Planning. Data Insights: Work with companies at all stages of their digital transformation journey to automate reporting processes, build scalable data platforms, andleveragepredictive analytics to transform data from a liability into an asset. Services include Data Discovery and Analysis, Data Prep and Integration, Self-Service Analytics, Data Visualization and Reporting, Data Science and Advanced Analytics, and Strategy Enablement. Voluntary Inclusion: It is MERU’s policy to provide and promote equal opportunity in employment, compensation, and other terms and conditions of employment without discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, pregnancy, marital status, family status, religion, national origin, age or disability or any other non-merit based factor in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Unsolicited Resumes from Third-Party Recruiters: Please note that we do not accept unsolicited resumes from third-party recruiters unless such recruiters are engaged to provide candidates for a specified opening. Any employment agency, person, or entity thatsubmitsan unsolicited resume does so with the understanding that MERU will have the right to hire that applicant at its discretion without any fee owed to the submitting employment agency, person, or entity. #J-18808-Ljbffr