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Accounting Manager

Crafty · Chicago, IL · On-site

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About Crafty

Who We Are: Crafty’s mission is to help companies craft better workplaces by providing the services and technology to deliver a modern, comprehensive food & beverage program for their employees, no matter where they work. Backed by Antler.

About the role

Crafty is seeking an Accounting Manager, AP + Partner Billing to lead the accounting operations supporting Accounts Payable, Partner Billing, and related month-end close activities. This role is responsible for designing scalable operating processes, strengthening financial controls, overseeing outsourced accounting operations, and ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of partner billing and disbursement activities.

What they're looking for

  • Controls Mindset: Designs and enforces segregation of duties, approval workflows, payment controls, vendor setup review, exception management, and audit-ready documentation
  • Executive Communication: Communicates clearly with vendors, partners, executive stakeholders, internal teams, and leadership, owns escalations through resolution and documents decisions
  • Operational Rigor: Manages daily, weekly, monthly, and ad hoc responsibilities without losing sight of controls, close deadlines, SLAs, and stakeholder experience
  • 5–8+ years of accounting experience, with direct ownership of AP-related accruals, reconciliations, close activities, and financial statement accuracy
  • Experience managing or directly overseeing AP, vendor payments, payment approvals, and high-volume invoice workflows
  • Experience leading outsourced or shared-service teams through KPIs, QA routines, weekly reviews, documented expectations, and performance remediation
More about this role

Crafty is seeking an Accounting Manager, AP + Partner Billing to lead the accounting operations supporting Accounts Payable, Partner Billing, and related month-end close activities. This role is responsible for designing scalable operating processes, strengthening financial controls, overseeing outsourced accounting operations, and ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of partner billing and disbursement activities. The Accounting Manager will serve as the primary owner of Partner Billing close readiness, accounting workflow governance, vendor and partner escalations, Ramp administration, NetSuite data integrity, and Flatworld performance management.

This person will manage the Senior Accounting Specialist and oversee three Flatworld resources responsible for Partner Billing, Core operations, manual order workflows, Ramp draft bill readiness, coding review, and recurring accounting support activities. The Accounting Manager will establish operational standards, performance expectations, and scalable processes across a high-volume, cross-functional accounting organization.

As Crafty continues to evolve its accounting operations, this role will play a key leadership role in...

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