Job Description
Ready to help build the Financial Engine of a High-Growth Global SaaS Company
Are you ready to move beyond keeping score and start building the financial engine behind a rapidly scaling global business?
This is an opportunity to step into a senior, high-impact role at Actionstep, one of the fastest-growing companies in legal technology. As Global Accounting Manager, you’ll sit at the center of a complex, multi-entity international environment, helping ensure our financial foundations are strong, our reporting is trusted, and our accounting function is ready to scale with our continued global growth.
If you’re a technically strong accounting leader who thrives in fast-moving environments and enjoys building systems, improving processes, and delivering numbers that leaders trust to make big decisions - we’d love to hear from you.
The Role at a Glance:
Global Accounting Manager
Hybrid / Remote working within 2 hours from Denver
$140,000-$160,000
Plus Great Benefits & Perks
Who We Are
Actionstep is a pioneer in the development and delivery of cloud-based SaaS software for professional services firms, specializing in Legal Practice Management solutions.
Today, our platform powers the operations of 30,000+ professionals worldwide, helping law firms run smarter, more efficient businesses.
We’re experiencing meteoric global growth, expanding rapidly across North America, the UK, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Our team of 240+ talented professionals is united by a mission to deliver innovative technology that transforms how professional firms operate.
As we continue to scale globally, building a world-class finance and accounting function is critical to supporting the next stage of our growth.
The Finance Team
Our Finance team plays a critical role in enabling the business to move fast with confidence and discipline.
We provide accurate, timely, and insightful financial information that empowers leaders across the business to make smart, strategic decisions. At the same time, we ensure the company operates with strong governance, effective risk management, and rigorous compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
This is a hands-on, high-impact team where talented professionals can shape how a modern SaaS finance function operates at scale.
The Opportunity
As Global Accounting Manager, you will be the operational backbone of the accounting function, ensuring the integrity of the general ledger and delivering the high-quality financial information that underpins leadership decision-making.
Working closely with the Global Controller, you’ll own the global month-end close, consolidation, and reporting processes across multiple entities and regions, while also supporting audit readiness, complex accounting matters, and continuous improvement across the accounting function.
Your work will directly support management reporting, board reporting, and strategic initiatives, ensuring the numbers behind our growth are accurate, transparent, and defensible.
This is an ideal opportunity for someone who enjoys building strong foundations in a fast-moving, modern SaaS business.
What You’ll Be Responsible For:
- Run the Month-End Engine
Own the global month-end close process end-to-end, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-supported financial results across all entities.
- Keep the Ledger Rock Solid
Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and global consolidation, including intercompany reconciliations and eliminations, so financial reporting remains consistent and reliable worldwide.
- Lead Revenue & Complex Accounting
Oversee group revenue recognition policy and support accounting for complex or non-routine transactions, applying strong judgment aligned with GAAP and IFRS.
- Support Smart Tax Outcomes
Own tax accounting and support global tax strategy by ensuring appropriate recognition of tax positions while partnering with external advisors and FinOps teams on compliance.
- Power Meaningful Reporting
Deliver consolidated financial statements and provide clear variance analysis and accounting insight that support monthly management reporting and board reporting led by the Controller. Partner with FP&A to ensure key SaaS metrics are built on solid financial foundations.
- Lead Global Audits
Take ownership of annual financial audits across multiple regions, working closely with auditors and legal counsel to ensure strong governance and regulatory compliance.
- Improve How We Work
Identify opportunities to automate, streamline, and scale accounting processes, leveraging systems and technology to support our growing global operations.
- Protect the Business
Monitor financial risks, strengthen internal controls, and maintain high standards of financial governance to safeguard company assets and ensure data integrity.
About You
You are a detail-driven, commercially minded accounting leader who combines technical depth with curiosity, ownership, and initiative.
You understand that accounting isn’t just about getting the numbers right — it’s about building trust in the numbers that drive strategic decisions.
You bring:
- A strong sense of ownership and accountability
- The ability to interpret financial results beyond “it ties”
- A proactive, solution-oriented mindset
- Sound judgment and high ethical standards
- A collaborative leadership style that works across teams and regions
Experience & Qualifications:
Essential
- Master’s degree in Accounting
- CPA qualification
- 8+ years of accounting experience including leadership responsibility
- Strong knowledge of GAAP and IFRS
- Experience with modern ERP systems (e.g. NetSuite)
- Advanced Excel capability
- Proven audit leadership experience (Big 4 or Top Tier firm)
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
Desirable
- Experience in SaaS, technology, or professional services
- Exposure to multi-entity or international accounting environments
What We Offer
- A senior global role with genuine influence
- Direct exposure to executive leadership and board reporting
- The opportunity to shape and scale a global accounting function
- Career growth within a high-growth international SaaS business
- Competitive salary and strong benefits package
- Hybrid working and flexibility
- Robust medical, dental, vision offering
- 401K with company match
- Flexible working and PTO
- Take your birthday of
- Frequent team building events
- Fantastic training and development opportunities
This is more than a management role - it’s an opportunity to help shape how global accounting operates inside a company experiencing extraordinary international growth.
If you’re energized by complexity, thrive in fast-paced global environments, and want your expertise to influence leadership and strategy, we’d love to hear from you.
