Accounting & Operations Manager

Role Description

We’re hiring the first dedicated member of our finance team, reporting to the CFO. This is a hands-on accounting role at its core (you’ll own the books) with the operational range and growth trajectory of an early-stage company layered on top. You’ll run month-end close, own revenue recognition and accruals, and handle the billing, AR/AP, and reporting that keep a lean finance function moving. The strongest fit is an accountant who knows GAAP cold and is happy operating across a wider scope than a pure staff-accountant seat.

Much of what you’ll own doesn’t have an end-to-end process or documentation yet. We’re highly automation- and AI-forward, but there’s continued opportunity to streamline the function. You’ll assess how things work today, design the process and stack you think is right, and run it, with a CFO invested in handing you bigger problems as you grow.

Note: All Workweek employees may work remotely, all work must be done in English and availability to meet during the Central Time Zone workday is required.

What you'll do:

• Accounting, month-end close & cash management
  • Prepare and run month-end close. Our fractional controller reviews and signs off, but you run the calendar, reconciliations, day-to-day transaction accounting, and flux analysis.
  • GAAP accrual accounting: revenue recognition (ASC 606), deferred revenue, accruals, prepaids, and accurate period cutoffs.
  • Daily and weekly transaction coding, bank reconciliations, chart-of-accounts maintenance, and clean class/department allocations.
  • Maintain cash-flow visibility and runway tracking, and flag issues early.
• Commission & variable-comp accruals
  • Own the monthly variable-comp accrual end to end: pull commission data from our sales-comp platform, calculate and verify accuracy, and book the accrual in the correct period.
  • Maintain performance-based compensation plan documentation and accrual schedules; reconcile payouts to the books.
• Billing, AR & AP
  • Own the AR cycle: invoicing, payment application, collections follow-up, and exceptions. We use an automated collections system; you handle what it can’t.
  • Handle custom billing, monthly reconciliation, and accurate revenue recognition for milestone- and performance-based products.
  • AP execution leveraging our AP management platform: vendor invoice routing and coding, bill payments, expense approvals, and vendor onboarding (maintain contract documentation, W-9s, payment setup).
• Process, systems & cross-functional ops
  • Build and document repeatable workflows for the recurring operations above, automating manual steps as you hit them.
  • Administer the finance stack (QuickBooks Online, AP automation, expense management, billing) and own finance-tool access and vendor renewals.
  • Run the finance intake channel: triage requests from the exec team, resolve routine items, and escalate judgment calls with context.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years in accounting or finance operations at an early-stage or high-growth company. You’ve owned work spanning more than one function and preferred the range to a narrow lane.
• Strong GAAP accrual accounting. You understand revenue recognition timing, deferred revenue, accruals, prepaids, and period cutoffs — and you catch errors before they compound.
• You’ve run a month-end close end-to-end, not just supported one.
• Hands-on with AP/AR, billing, and general-ledger review. You know what a clean GL looks like and keep it that way.
• Comfortable turning variable-comp / commission data into accruals booked in the right period.
• Variance reporting: you can build it and explain what’s driving the numbers.
• Proven ability to design processes from scratch, not just follow existing ones.
• Experience with standard early-stage accounting stack tools such as Quickbooks Online, Stripe, Ramp, or similar.
• Comfortable using AI in your own work and interested in building finance workflows around it. No technical background required.
• Strong judgment about when to resolve independently vs. escalate.

Requirements

• CPA, CMA, BS in Accounting, or similar certification.
• Revenue recognition experience in a media, advertising, or sponsorship business.
• Experience with an accounting-system or ERP migration.
• Experience managing an outsourced accounting team or fractional controller.
• Experience building automations (AI workflow tools, Zapier/Make, or light scripting).
• Austin, Texas based with the ability to work from our office 2 days per week.

Benefits

• Competitive pay (we don't pay based on location, we assign value to the role).
• Equity in Workweek.
• Remote operations with the ability to work in the time zone of your choice (or work IRL in our Austin, TX office).
• Unlimited PTO with a minimum of 3 days/quarter used.
• 100% health insurance coverage, 75% coverage for dependents, and $150/month towards an HSA (or $150/month health stipend if insurance not used).
• 120 days of parental leave to use within one year of childbirth (available 12 months after your start date and only available every 365 days).
• 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match.
• $500 one-time stipend for any home office needs used after the first 90 days.
• 5-week sabbatical after 4 years on staff.
• 2 volunteering days per year.
• 1x/year in-person team retreat.
• $100/month book stipend.