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# Manager, Accounting (CPA) at Emburse

- **Company:** Emburse
- **Location:** Toronto, Canada
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-10-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/emburse/577305fd-35d4-41dc-918e-262eeeeb8f46

## Job description

Who We Are:

At Emburse, you’ll not just imagine the future – you’ll build it. As a leader in expense intelligence, we are creating a future where technology drives business value and inspires extraordinary results. Our AI-powered platform helps organizations modernize financial operations, increase visibility, and optimize spend across the enterprise.

What you'll do: We are seeking an experienced, detail-oriented Accounting Manager (CPA required) to lead essential technical accounting functions, manage external and statutory audits, and oversee direct report performance. This role is responsible for complex payroll and benefits accounting, ASC 606 revenue recognition, equity and share-based compensation (SBC), sales tax compliance, and managing special finance projects.

The ideal candidate brings a blend of technical expertise and leadership, directly managing an Accountant II and ensuring accuracy across financial closes, reconciliations, and audit deliverables.

## Key Responsibilities

Direct Accounting & Technical Responsibilities

- Payroll & Compensation Accounting:
- Manage bonus accruals, quarterly accrued PTO, and miscellaneous payroll liability accounts.
- Oversee payroll and HSA data imports and perform detailed domestic and international payroll reconciliations.
- Prepare for future implementation of Total Addressable Market/TAMs accounting workflows.
- Revenue & Sales Accounting:
- Manage commissions and ASC 606 accounting.
- Lead sales tax compliance—including quarterly rate reviews, Avalara system management, and tax return oversight with support from external tax advisory firms (e.g., TaxOps, Smythe).
- Reconcile sales tax accounts across all operating jurisdictions.
- Equity & SBC Accounting:
- Own stock-based compensation (SBC) accounting, ensuring complete and accurate capture of equity transactions.
- Maintain and update equity and SBC rollforwards and reconciliations.
- Special Projects & Continuous Improvement:
- Lead technical projects involving integrations, automation and financial close optimization.

Audit & Compliance Management

- External & Statutory Audits: Lead end-to-end management of annual financial statement audits and statutory audits, serving as the primary point of contact for external auditors.
- PBC & Schedule Preparation: Coordinate audit request lists (PBCs) and ensure timely delivery of supporting documentation.

Management & Team Leadership

- Direct Supervision: Directly manage and mentor an Accountant II, reviewing their work for accuracy, compliance, and timely completion.
- Review Responsibilities: Review direct report deliverables, including:
- Bank reconciliations and bank statement collection
- Goodwill, intangibles, prepaids, fixed assets, and security deposits
- Capitalized R&D tracking and schedule updates
- AP / No-Vendor AP reconciliations and accrued payables
- Partner referral calculations and other receivable reconciliations

What we're looking for: Required

- Certification: Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license required.
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
- Experience: 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with at least 1–2 years in a manager or supervisory role (Public accounting experience preferred).
- Technical Expertise: Strong working knowledge of US GAAP, including ASC 606 (Revenue Recognition) and share-based compensation accounting.
- Audit Experience: Proven experience owning external audit workflows and statutory reporting.
- Tax Systems: Hands-on experience with sales tax automation platforms (e.g., Avalara).

## Preferred

- Experience with international payroll reconciliations and multi-entity global structures.
- Experience managing capitalized R&D (ASC 350-40) and complex equity rollforwards.
- Strong leadership skills with a hands-on approach to coaching junior staff.

Why Emburse?

Finance is changing—and at Emburse, we’re leading the way. Our AI-powered solutions help organizations eliminate inefficiencies, gain real-time visibility, and optimize spend—so they can focus on what’s next, not what’s slowing them down.

- A Company with Momentum – We serve 12M+ users across 120 countries, helping businesses modernize their finance operations.
- A Team That Innovates – Work alongside some of the brightest minds in finance, tech, and AI to solve real- world challenges.
- A Culture That Empowers – Competitive pay, flexible work, and an inclusive, collaborative environment that supports your success.
- A Career That Matters – Your work here drives efficiency, innovation, and smarter financial decision-making for businesses everywhere.

Shape your future & find what’s next at Emburse.

Emburse provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Emburse complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location where the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment.

## About Emburse

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Emburse provides an AI-powered, end-to-end travel and expense management platform that simplifies spending, compliance, and financial workflows for organizations of all sizes.
- **Entity Type**: Private (acquired by Chrome River Technologies in 2019; backed by K1 Investment Management and Y Combinator)
- **Headquarters**: Dallas, Texas, United States
- **Founded**: 2015
- **Founders**: Not publicly listed on primary sources; the company was formed through the acquisition and consolidation of multiple expense management platforms (including Abacus, Captio, Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, and Tallie)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Software Development / Fintech – Travel and Expense Management
- **Target Customers**: B2B – Global enterprises, mid-sized businesses, SMBs, public sector agencies, and nonprofits
- **Mission**: "To deliver the greatest business value for our customers and make the lives of professionals easier through innovative expense management, business travel, accounts payable, and payment solutions." [emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/company/about-emburse)

## Products & Services
- **Emburse Travel**: Mobile-first travel booking and management tool that integrates with expense tracking for real-time visibility and compliance.
- **Emburse Expense**: AI-driven expense management that automatically captures, categorizes, and validates spend in real time before reports are submitted.
- **Emburse AP Automation**: Accounts payable automation for invoicing and payments, reducing manual data entry and processing time.
- **Emburse Payments**: Streamlined payment solutions integrated with the expense and AP workflow.
- **Emburse AI**: Purpose-built AI layer that provides real-time visibility and control, enforces policy pre-submission, and adapts to global tax and currency rules.
- **Emburse Integrations**: Connects with hundreds of third-party technology solutions (ERP, CRM, HRIS) and travel providers. [emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/company/about-emburse)

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Key Metric**: Annual Revenue of **$166.1 million** (latest estimate). Total Funding of **$4.4 million** (seed and private equity). [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/emburse)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: K1 Investment Management (lead private equity investor, 2019), Y Combinator (seed stage). Key partners include hundreds of travel and technology providers.
- **Growth Signals**: Headcount of 611 employees (+7.1% YoY). Over **12 million professionals** in **200 countries** use the platform. Serves **over 15,000 organizations**. Acquired multiple companies to build its suite: Certify, Nexonia, Captio, TripBAM, Roadmap, and Data Visualization Intelligence. [emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/company/about-emburse) [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/emburse)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Unified Platform**: Combines travel, expense, AP, and payments on a single AI-powered platform, creating a comprehensive spend management solution.
- **Global Scale**: Available in 180 currencies and used across 200 countries, with deep compliance for international tax and currency rules.
- **Acquisition Strategy**: Built a best-in-class suite by acquiring and integrating multiple market-leading expense management tools (Certify, Chrome River, Nexonia, Tallie, Abacus), creating a broad customer base and deep feature set.
- **AI-First Approach**: Purpose-built AI enforces policy, automates categorization, and provides real-time insights, reducing manual work for finance teams.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Powered Automation**: Deepening AI capabilities to drive further automation and intelligence across the entire spend lifecycle.
- **Platform Consolidation**: Continuing to unify the acquired product portfolio into a single seamless experience.
- **Global Expansion**: Growing presence in EMEA, APAC, and other international markets (with offices in Spain, UK, Australia, Canada, India).
- **Enterprise & Mid-Market Penetration**: Targeting CFOs, travel managers, and finance teams at larger organizations seeking strategic spend control.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes "smart and caring people" and building a strong community with quarterly outings and office social events. The company's values are focused on impact and innovation.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: Hybrid approach with offices in Dallas, Burlington (MA), and other global hubs. Many roles are remote-friendly, but specific policy varies by location and role.
- **Perks**: Generous 401(k) matching, financial planning services (including legal planning for trusts/wills), and a partnership with eCornell for employee learning and development. Full benefits include retirement planning and professional development budgets for conferences and courses. [emburse.com](https://www.emburse.com/company/careers)
- **Engineering Culture**: Strong engineering presence (19% of workforce in technical roles). Actively hiring for Software Engineer III, Sr Software Engineer, and SDET roles, suggesting a focus on building and scaling the platform.
- **Considerations**: Employee reviews (2.9/5.0 on LinkedIn) indicate mixed sentiment, with lower scores for culture (2.7) and career growth (2.9), but higher for work-life balance (3.5) and compensation (3.1). This may reflect challenges common in post-acquisition integration phases. [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/emburse)

## Sources
1. [Emburse About Page](https://www.emburse.com/company/about-emburse)
2. [Emburse Careers Page](https://www.emburse.com/company/careers)
3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/emburse)
4. [Emburse Lever Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/emburse)
5. [Indeed Company Page](https://www.indeed.com/cmp/Emburse)

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