--- title: 'Accounting Manager at Forum Ventures' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/accounting-manager-forum-ventures-new-york-9km7gt0vtz9k' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-13' --- # Accounting Manager at Forum Ventures - **Company:** Forum Ventures - **Location:** New York, NY - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-08-05 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/forum-ventures/0dc49d00-8def-4fc8-93ac-cea16dbd7740 ## Job description ## ROLE DETAILS Location Onsite in New York, NY — 5 days per week in office ## ABOUT OUTLAST [Outlast](https://outlast.earth) is building the technology infrastructure for the recycled commodities supply chain. We’re creating a more efficient, transparent, and sustainable market for secondary raw materials. We’re a small, fast-moving team that uses technology and AI to do things the industry hasn’t seen before. If you’re looking for a role at a large company with established playbooks, this isn’t it. If you want to build something from scratch and see your work directly impact the business, keep reading. ## THE ROLE We’re looking for an Accounting & Controls Manager to own Outlast’s books end-to-end — and grow into our Controller. You’ll run the monthly close, keep the day-to-day transactional engine clean, own inventory accounting for physical metal, manage cash and our credit-facility reporting, and build the control environment a scaling company needs before its first audit, not after. You’ll be the primary point of contact for our external auditors and banks. This is a hands-on role by design. Some days you’re setting an accounting policy, preparing a borrowing base certificate, or scoping an ERP migration; other days you’re posting a journal entry, chasing a vendor bill, or reconciling a bank feed. No task is beneath the role — but the trajectory is up: as the company roughly doubles in size, this seat becomes the Controller seat, and we want to hire the person who can make that climb. You’ll report to our VP of Finance & Business Operations and partner with a Finance & Strategy Manager who owns the forecast, you produce the reconciled actuals everything else is built on. Our stack is deeply integrated: QuickBooks Online, Ramp, and our own platform sync invoices and bills automatically, and AI agents handle a growing share of the transactional work. You’ll supervise and improve that machine, not fight it. ## WHAT YOU’LL DO - Own the monthly close. Run the close calendar end-to-end, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, flux review, and deliver reconciled financial statements on a fixed timeline, every month. Investigate and explain key variances. The trial balance ties, or you know exactly why not. - Keep the books clean every day. AP and AR workflows, bill processing, billing and cash application, expense management. Hands-on bookkeeping when it’s needed, you’d rather fix it than file a ticket. - Own inventory accounting. We buy, process, and sell physical metal. Cost per pound, inventory GL integrity, and the reconciliation between our operating platform and the ledger are core to this seat, this is where scrap gets hard, and where you earn your keep. - Manage cash and lender reporting. Reconcile bank accounts monthly, monitor daily cash activity, prepare the weekly borrowing base certificate for our credit facility, and facilitate banking transactions in coordination with the VP of Finance. - Run payroll, benefits, and taxes. Own payroll accounting and related accruals in partnership with HR, keep payroll liability and benefits accounts reconciled, and coordinate tax filings, payments, and exemption compliance across federal, state, and local jurisdictions. - Build the control environment. Develop, implement, and enforce accounting policies, approval thresholds, and segregation of duties sized for a startup, with workpapers clean enough to hand an auditor or a diligence team without a scramble. You’re the primary contact for external auditors and banks. - Run the systems. QuickBooks Online, Ramp, bill-pay, and the integrations that tie them to our platform. You keep the sync honest today and lead the ERP evaluation and migration when we outgrow it. - Use technology to work smarter. Our AI agent stack already automates a growing share of AP, AR, and close tasks. You’ll supervise its output, extend what it covers, and spend your time on judgment, not data entry. ## WHAT YOU WON’T DO - Build the forecast. Our Finance & Strategy Manager owns the model and forecast. You own the actuals they’re built on, and the line between those two jobs is a feature, not a gap. - Review from a distance. This is not a reviewer-of-other-people’s-work seat. You’re in the ledger, in the systems, in the detail. - Wait for perfect systems. The stack is being wired together in real time. You reconcile, flag what’s broken, and improve it as you go. - Build a big team on day one. You start hands-on. The team comes as the volume does — and you’ll have AI agents doing work a first hire used to do. ## WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR - You’ve owned a close. 5–10 years of progressive accounting experience, including full ownership of a monthly close — calendar, entries, reconciliations, and the deadline. - You’re credentialed. Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required; CPA strongly preferred. - Your GAAP and controls are real. Accruals, cutoffs, revenue recognition, inventory/COGS accounting, and internal controls you can apply without looking them up, and explain to a non-accountant. - You have range. Equally credible posting a journal entry and writing the policy that governs it. Controller-level judgment, bookkeeper-level willingness. - You’re strong with systems. Deep QuickBooks Online (or equivalent ERP) skills, comfort with integrated fintech stacks like Ramp and bill-pay tools, and ideally a migration or implementation under your belt. - You’re accurate under deadline. Detail-obsessed, tie-out disciplined, and calm when close week collides with an urgent ask. - You’re comfortable with ambiguity. Processes are being built, not inherited. You’d rather write the SOP than ask for one. ## NICE TO HAVES - Inventory, manufacturing, commodities, or distribution accounting experience - Asset-based lending or borrowing base reporting experience - Public accounting foundation (audit) before moving into industry - ERP evaluation, implementation, or migration experience - Experience preparing for a first audit or investor diligence - Hands-on use of AI tools in accounting workflows ## WHY OUTLAST - Ground-floor opportunity at a company building the future of a massive, fragmented industry - A real title trajectory, this seat is designed to become the Controller seat as the company scales - Build the accounting function from scratch, your close, your controls, your systems - A team that uses AI and technology as a competitive advantage, not as a buzzword - Equity in a high-growth company Outlast is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate candidates based on merit, qualifications, and business needs regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. ## About Forum Ventures ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Forum Ventures is a founder-first venture studio, accelerator, and pre-seed fund dedicated to helping early-stage B2B software founders go from zero to one. - **Entity Type**: Private (Venture Capital / Accelerator / Studio) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States (with offices in San Francisco and Toronto) - **Founded**: 2014 - **Founders**: Not publicly listed as a single founder; the firm was built by a team including Mike Cardamone (CEO & Managing Partner), Jonah Midanik (Managing Partner), James Murphy (Managing Partner), and others. ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Venture Capital & Private Equity Principals (B2B software startup ecosystem) - **Target customers**: Pre-seed and seed-stage B2B software founders; also serves as a co-creator of new ventures through its studio arm. - **Mission**: To make the startup journey easier, more accessible, and successful for early-stage founders. ## Products & Services - **Accelerator**: A 12-week (or similar) program that acts as a fractional co-founder, providing hands-on go-to-market and fundraising support to help founders achieve customer traction and raise their first institutional round. - **Pre-Seed Fund**: A dedicated fund that invests in early-stage B2B software companies, leveraging the accelerator’s team and resources to provide more hands-on support than a typical pre-seed fund. - **Venture Studio**: An AI-first studio that co-creates new ventures from the concept stage, working with entrepreneurs to ideate, validate, launch, and scale B2B startups using a team of operators, product designers, and developers. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private entity) - **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of $40M (LinkedIn estimate); total follow-on funding raised by portfolio companies exceeds $1B. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: The firm itself has raised a $20M venture studio fund (announced 2025). Portfolio companies have gone on to raise from top-tier funds including A16z, Bessemer, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, NEA, Emergence Capital, Menlo Ventures, Craft Ventures, and Founders Fund. - **Growth Signals**: 430+ companies funded, 1,300+ founder community members, 10 years of operation, 25,541 LinkedIn followers (+43.9% YoY), and a recent acquisition of Vanse AI (Feb 2025). ## Competitive Advantages - **Founder-first approach**: The team is composed entirely of former founders and operators who have built and scaled their own software companies, providing empathy and practical guidance. - **Full-stack support**: Offers a continuum from studio (idea stage) → accelerator (early traction) → pre-seed fund (capital), making it a one-stop shop for early-stage B2B founders. - **Massive community and network**: Over 1,300 founders in a deeply connected community, plus access to a wide network of mentors and experts. - **Proven track record**: $1B+ in follow-on funding raised by portfolio companies from top-tier VCs. ## Strategic Focus - **AI-first ventures**: The newly launched $20M venture studio fund is specifically focused on building AI-native B2B companies. - **Expanding geographic reach**: While headquartered in New York, the firm has offices in San Francisco and Toronto, and portfolio companies are global. - **Scaling the studio model**: Continuously looking for “studio founders” – individuals who have always wanted to start a company but need a co-creative partner to ideate, validate, and build. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: A team of “doers and connectors” that operates like a startup – fail fast, iterate quickly, and embrace ambiguity. The firm is built by founders for founders, so the environment is entrepreneurial and supportive. - **Remote/Hybrid/Office**: Not explicitly stated, but roles are likely hybrid or in-office given the hands-on studio and accelerator model. The team is distributed across New York, San Francisco, and Toronto. - **Notable perks**: Opportunities to work directly with early-stage founders, participate in venture building, and be part of a small but mighty team that has outsized impact. The firm emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion. - **Open roles**: Current openings include positions on the Forum team, studio founder opportunities, and portfolio company roles (see careers page). ## Sources 1. [forumvc.com](https://www.forumvc.com/) 2. [forumvc.com/careers](https://www.forumvc.com/careers) 3. [forumvc.com/team](https://www.forumvc.com/team) 4. [jobs.ashbyhq.com/forum-ventures](https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/forum-ventures) 5. 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