Accounting Manager

Gold Leaf is a modern agricultural investment and farming company. Since 2017, we have deployed ~$350M of capital to buy and operate ~12,000 acres of almonds, pistachios, and dates in California and Arizona, making us a top ~25 grower of these crops globally. We are building this business for the long term, with the ambition to operate and compound for the next 30-50+ years.

About Gold Leaf

Our North Star is to leave the world better than we found it. We invest in our team, so we can invest in differentiated, sustainable farming, so we can drive financial results. Our farm workers earn well above market with 100%-covered family healthcare, parental leave, and equity. A significant share of our farms are certified organic and regenerative. This approach has generated above-market returns for our investors over nearly a decade.

We are entering what we believe is the most attractive moment to buy prime California farmland in a generation. The almond industry has been through its most difficult moment since the 1980s, creating a rare window for patient, well-capitalized buyers to acquire high-quality farms at attractive prices. We plan to be aggressive. At the same time, we are building an operation that differentiates through A+ assets, an elite team, farming excellence, and technology. We pair rigorous operations with AI and agtech across the production stack. Our finance function is central to that effort, organizing the data we collect and enabling our farm teams to do more with less.

Responsibilities

• Lead the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close across a multi-entity structure.
• Prepare accurate, consolidated GAAP financial statements.
• Manage account reconciliations, journal entries, and intercompany accounting across a complex entity and fund structure.
• Own fixed asset accounting and ensure the fixed asset register is current and accurate.
• Design, document, and implement accounting processes and internal controls.
• Identify and drive continuous improvement across close, reconciliation, and reporting workflows.
• Support the annual audit and coordinate timely delivery of tax information to the CPA firm.
• Partner with farm-level operations leaders to deliver financial insights that support cost control and operational decision-making.
• Drive automation of recurring accounting tasks over time, including journal entries, reconciliations, and management reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
• CPA certification or actively working toward it preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including exposure to process-building environments such as startups, turnarounds, or spin-offs.
• Multi-entity accounting experience, including intercompany eliminations and consolidations.
• Hands-on experience with ERP systems, preferably NetSuite.
• Familiarity with private equity-backed or debt-financed businesses is an advantage.
• Comfortable working independently in a remote environment.

Ideal Cultural Fit

• Ownership mindset: energized by building and scaling a differentiated, long-term agricultural business.
• Low ego, humble, down-to-earth, and direct.
• Willingness to be candid, think critically, act differently, and embrace change.
• Positive, high-energy, and a great human who will support and build on our culture.