Accounting Manager/ Assistant Controller

About ESHYFT

Nearly 1.3 million Americans are residents of nursing homes, and they depend on nursing staff for basic needs. Currently, 99% of nursing homes in the US are facing nursing shortages, which means residents may not receive adequate care.

We’re on a mission to provide health care to the most vulnerable by connecting nurses to healthcare facilities. We’re a technology company that strives to empower nurses by offering flexibility and control over when and where they work, along with higher wages. Through our mobile apps, our community of qualified nurses provide much-needed staff for short-staffed facilities.

About this role

ESHYFT is seeking a highly technical, hands-on Accounting Manager / Assistant Controller to help stabilize, strengthen, and scale the accounting function within a fast-growing healthcare technology, staffing, and marketplace environment.

Reporting directly to the CFO, this role will serve as the primary accounting operations lead across a multi-entity environment and play a critical role in improving close discipline, reconciliation integrity, financial reporting accuracy, accounting controls, and overall accounting organization.

This is a highly hands-on role requiring both strong technical accounting capabilities and operational leadership. The ideal candidate must be comfortable operating in the details, working through complex reconciliations and accounting issues, improving workflows, strengthening team execution, and helping elevate the overall quality and discipline of the accounting function.

The right candidate is technically strong, organized, analytical, process-oriented, and comfortable operating in a dynamic environment where systems, workflows, and operational processes continue to evolve.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required
• CPA strongly preferred
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Strong technical accounting, reconciliation, and close management experience required
• Experience operating in high-growth, multi-entity, SaaS, marketplace, healthcare staffing, or evolving business environments strongly preferred
• Strong understanding of GAAP, financial reporting, and accounting controls
• Advanced Excel skills required, including pivot tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, reconciliations, and large data set analysis
• Experience with Sage Intacct or another mid-market ERP strongly preferred
• Familiarity with SaaS billing and subscription platforms such as Chargebee, Stripe, Zuora, or similar systems preferred
• Experience improving accounting processes, workflows, controls, and operational discipline strongly preferred
• Strong organizational, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment

Critical Success Factors

• Strong technical accounting and reconciliation capabilities
• High level of ownership, accountability, and follow-through
• Ability to operate effectively in a hands-on, evolving environment
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
• Ability to identify issues, investigate root causes, and drive resolution
• Strong process improvement and systems mindset
• Ability to improve structure, consistency, and execution quality across the accounting function
• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills

Responsibilities

Close, Reconciliations & Financial Reporting

• Lead and actively participate in month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Review and approve journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and supporting schedules
• Maintain integrity of the general ledger across multiple entities
• Ensure timely and accurate preparation of financial statements and supporting workpapers
• Review balance sheet reconciliations and resolve unsupported or unusual balances
• Support remediation of historical accounting issues and reconciliation cleanup items
• Improve close timelines, reporting accuracy, reconciliation quality, and documentation standards
• Support audit requests, lender reporting, tax support, and financial documentation requests
• Perform variance analysis and support management reporting needs

Technical & Operational Accounting

• Support revenue recognition, deferred revenue, prepaid expense, accrual, and intercompany accounting processes
• Partner closely with Billing, AR, AP, Payroll, and Operations teams to improve accounting accuracy and operational workflows
• Identify and resolve disconnects between operational systems and accounting records
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, internal accounting policies, and documentation standards
• Strengthen accounting controls, review procedures, and workflow discipline across the department

Process Improvement & Systems

• Support accounting process improvement and workflow optimization initiatives
• Assist with ERP cleanup, reporting improvements, and accounting systems enhancements
• Help identify opportunities for automation, improved controls, and reduction of manual processes
• Participate in systems implementations, integrations, and process redesign initiatives as needed
• Support evolving SaaS billing and subscription accounting workflows where applicable

Team Management & Development

• Manage and mentor accounting staff
• Review work product and provide coaching and feedback
• Help establish accountability, organization, and execution discipline across the team
• Assist with prioritization and coordination of accounting deliverables and close activities
• Serve as a hands-on resource for day-to-day accounting operations and issue resolution

Ad Hoc & Operational Support

• Support ad hoc accounting analysis, operational finance support, and reporting requests
• Assist with budgeting support schedules, operational analysis, and management reporting
• Prepare schedules and analysis supporting lender requests, cash management, and operational decision-making
• Flex across accounting and finance priorities as needed in a dynamic environment

Salary Range

$120-130k commensurate with experience

Benefits (for US-based W2 employees)

• Weekly Pay
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• HRA and FSA Accounts
• 401k with 10% Employer Match (Match is 10% of the employee’s contribution in the calendar year)