Legora is the collaborative AI powering lawyers to review and research faster, draft smarter, and advise with precision. Legora adapts to your ways of working, unlocking team and machine collaboration at scale. Backed by Accel, Bessemer and General Catalyst.
About the role
Legora is scaling quickly, and our accounting team is growing with it. We’re hiring a Corporate Accounting Manager in New York to run our global close and manage a team of senior accountants across New York and Stockholm. You’ll own the close end to end and make it faster and more reliable as we prepare for SOX and move to NetSuite. You’ll report to the Assistant Controller and work closely with Technical Accounting, FP&A, Tax, and our AP, AR, and Payroll teams. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 6+ years of accounting experience, including time at a high-growth tech company
- Experience running a multi-entity close and consolidation under US GAAP
- A track record of shortening a close or rebuilding close processes at a growing company
- Strong US GAAP knowledge
- Experience managing accountants as direct reports
- Audit experience: you’ve been the main point of contact and kept the audit on schedule
More about this role
Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.
Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.
2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR , with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.
We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.
Joining Legora means three things.
We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.
We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.
We grow together: as a team and with our...
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