Senior Accounting Manager
Content + Source + Freshness • 12 Dec 2025 • 95% confidence
Offer value
High offer value due to attractive compensation package, strong advancement opportunities, and pivotal role within a high-growth firm.
- Salary: USD 150,000 - 165,000/year plus bonuses
- Impactful role in a growing finance firm
- Hybrid work model allowing flexibility
Pros
- Salary range of USD 150,000 - 165,000 with potential bonuses.
- Significant role in a fast-growing asset management firm.
- Current hybrid work model allows for flexibility.
Cons
- High standards for accounting experience (7 years required).
- May involve managing complex financial situations.
- Hybrid work requires presence in office occasionally.
Who it's for
Senior • Hybrid
Good fit
- Experienced finance professionals
- Leaders in asset management
- Candidates looking for hybrid flexibility
Not recommended for
- Newly qualified individuals
- Those seeking strictly remote roles
- Candidates unprepared for intense work environments
Motivation fit
Key skills
About the job
Senior Accounting Manager POST NUMBER: 459967
Our client, a high-growth asset management firm, is seeking a Senior Accounting Manager to join their expanding finance team.
Location:
San Francisco, CA.
The position is hybrid, with in-office work expected 2 days per week (Monday and Tuesday), with potential to increase to 3–4 days/week.
Job Description:
This is a high-impact role with direct exposure to leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure accurate, timely fund and management company reporting.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and review quarterly/annual financial statements, audits, tax returns, and regulatory filings
- Design and implement policies and procedures to enhance finance operations
- Serve as primary liaison with fund administrators, auditors, and tax teams
- Review accounting journals, ledgers, and transactions for funds and management company
- Process and review fund investment and expense transactions
- Monitor banking activity and manage wires, capital calls/distributions, and credit line requests
- Maintain organized accounting documentation and internal controls
- Manage investor communications and reporting portal
- Collaborate with investment and compliance teams on ad-hoc projects
- Assist with budgeting and forecasting
- Mentor and develop finance staff
Requirements:
- 7 years of venture capital or asset management accounting experience
- Strong understanding of core accounting principles
- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Compensation:
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors, including but not limited to:
- The individual’s skill sets, experience, and training;
- Licensure and certifications;
- Office location and other geographic considerations;
- Other business and organizational needs.
Vaco by Highspring values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
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Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
