Accounting Manager
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must include sections only when posting has real specific content. Must preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. Remove boilerplate like EEO, etc. Also remove application instructions, duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal etc.
We need to parse the posting.
Sections present:
- Who We Are (company description) -> could be "About the role"? Actually "Who We Are" is about company. Could map to "About the role"? The instruction says use headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. So we need to map content to these headings. "Who We Are" is about company, not role. Could be considered "About the role"? Might be okay to use "About the role" heading for company overview? But maybe better to use "About the role" for description of role? The posting includes "The Role" section describing responsibilities. So we can put that under "Responsibilities". The "Who We Are" could be under "About the role"? Not ideal but maybe we can treat as "About the role" (company context). However instruction: "use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It says e.g., not limited to those. So we can use those headings if appropriate. We could also add other headings like "About Crafty" but they said use those examples; but not strictly required to only those. Safer to stick to those headings.
We need to decide which sections have content.
Content:
- Who We Are: description of mission, supply chain, team, etc. Could be placed under "About the role"? Might be considered company overview, but we can still put under "About the role". Or we could omit if not matching. But we need preserve ALL substantive information. So we need to include that info somewhere. If we don't have a heading for it, we could put it in a
without heading? The instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose." It doesn't forbid having prose without heading. So we can include a
for company overview without heading. But they said "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we can have headings only for sections we have content. We can also have free-standing
for content not under a heading? Probably okay.
But typical approach: Provide headings for sections we have: About the role (maybe company overview), Responsibilities (The Role), Requirements (Required Attributes + Ideal Experience), Qualifications (maybe education?), Skills (maybe AI experience?), Benefits (What We Offer), Pay (compensation amount), Schedule (maybe not present). There's no explicit schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section.
We need to preserve all substantive info: mission, description, role responsibilities, required attributes, ideal experience, role goals, what we offer, compensation.
We must not include boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove duplicated lines.
We need to format lists where appropriate.
Let's extract content.
**Who We Are** (company description):
"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. After operating with a vertically integrated supply chain (i.e., directly fulfilling orders from Crafty-operated distribution centers) in Chicago and the Bay Area, our team launched a third party fulfillment model that has rapidly scaled our coverage into over 25 markets globally, in just a year’s time. At Crafty, we have a diverse, high-powered team, composed of folks in technology, supply chain operations, field operations, sales, account management, and more. Our workplace is dynamic, fast-paced, and just plain fun; we pride ourselves in having an amazing mix of humans who make up our team!"
We'll put that as a
maybe under heading "About the role"? Or just a
without heading. I'd put under
About the role
then the paragraph.
**The Role** (responsibilities):
Paragraph: "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 standardizing processes, strengthening documentation, improving automation, and building sustainable operating procedures that support future growth. Success in this role will depend on leadership, sound accounting judgment, systems thinking, and continuous process improvement. The ideal candidate is an experienced accounting operator and people leader who can represent Crafty with credibility in vendor, partner, and internal stakeholder conversations. They are not only comfortable in the details of AP, accruals, reconciliations, close calendars, and controls, but also skilled at building systems of accountability: dashboards, recurring reviews, SOPs, workflow automations, exception tracking, and clear team expectations. Success in this role means building a scalable accounting operations function that runs on reliable processes, strong controls, clear ownership, and measurable performance."
We can break into bullet list for duties? The instruction: Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. This paragraph is prose; we could keep as
. Could also split into bullet list of responsibilities but not required. We'll keep as
.
**Required Attributes** (list of attributes):
List items:
- Accounting Operations + Close Ownership: Understands how accounts payable, partner billing, and related accounting activity flow through the general ledger, month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, audit support, and financial statement accuracy.
- Partner Billing Accountability: Owns the accuracy, timeliness, and control environment for Crafty’s Partner Billing function within Core, Crafty’s internally developed software. Ensures partner invoices are reconciled, reviewed, escalated, and completed by system lock deadlines, while maintaining clear accountability across Flatworld, Core, Ramp, and Finance stakeholders.
- Controls Mindset: Designs and enforces segregation of duties, approval workflows, payment controls, vendor setup review, exception management, and audit-ready documentation.
- Systems Leadership: Owns Ramp governance and NetSuite data integrity, including workflow configuration, coding rules, approval routing, sync error resolution, and system adoption. Operates as an AI-native leader who actively uses AI tools to improve visibility, automate routine work, strengthen controls, and scale accounting operations.
- People + Vendor Management: Leads internal team members and outsourced resources by setting clear expectations, conducting quality reviews, establishing KPIs, defining weekly operating rhythms, and implementing remediation plans. Interfaces directly with vendors to reconcile account activity, resolve payment inquiries, and maintain strong vendor relationships.
- Executive Communication: Communicates clearly with vendors, partners, executive stakeholders, internal teams, and leadership; owns escalations through resolution and documents decisions.
- Accounting Process Leadership: Builds scalable SOPs, reporting, automations, and operating cadences across accounting operations that reduce manual work, improve visibility, strengthen internal controls, and increase accountability.
- Operational Rigor: Manages daily, weekly, monthly, and ad hoc responsibilities without losing sight of controls, close deadlines, SLAs, and stakeholder experience.
We'll put under
Requirements
with - .
**Ideal Experience** (list):
- 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.
- Hands-on experience with accounting systems, expense platforms, and ERP data flows; Ramp and NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting monthly financial close activities through reconciliations, accrual analysis, audit preparation, or financial reporting support.
- Demonstrated ability to build or improve controls, SOPs, approval workflows, exception tracking, reporting, and cross-functional finance processes.
- Experience communicating with vendors, partners, internal stakeholders, and senior leaders in situations requiring accuracy, urgency, and judgment.
- Experience using Claude or other AI model tools to improve accounting workflows, analyze exceptions, draft documentation, summarize data, build repeatable processes, or automate routine follow-up.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred; CPA or comparable technical accounting foundation is a plus.
We'll put under
Qualifications
maybe. Or could be under Requirements. But we have both Required Attributes and Ideal Experience. We can map Required Attributes to Requirements, Ideal Experience to Qualifications. Or we could combine. But instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Required Attributes and Ideal Experience into one Requirements section. But they are distinct. However we can still have two sections: Requirements and Qualifications. That's okay.
**Role Goals** (list of goals with details). This is substantive; could be under Responsibilities? Or maybe a separate section like "Goals". Not in the list of headings but we could still use a heading like "Goals". But instruction says use headings like those examples; not limited. Safer to include as a section maybe under "Responsibilities"? But goals are distinct. Could create a heading "Goals". Not in examples but maybe acceptable. However to be safe, we could incorporate goals into Responsibilities as prose. But that would lose some detail? We could keep as describing goals. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include goals. We can put them under a heading "Goals". I think it's okay.
**What We Offer** (benefits):
Paragraph: "Our people mean everything to us. When you join Crafty, you're joining a team of passionate, smart, and supportive people who work incredibly hard and have a good time along the way. We are proud to offer a compensation package that includes our Crafty healthcare plan, covering primary health, dental, and vision plans, 401k, paid time off, equipment certification courses, and parental leave. And, of course, it also includes Crafty-grade snacks, beverages, and fun events! Lastly, this role offers a special opportunity: to have a major hand in shaping the future of a young, flourishing company. Your creativity, ambition, and work will steer the direction of our successes."
We'll put under
Benefits
with . Also compensation details separate.
**Compensation** (Pay):
Paragraph: "Our compensation amount for this role is targeted at $113,000 - $133,000 per year in Chicago. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including cost of living based on location, candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above."
for prose." It doesn't forbid having prose without heading. So we can include a
for company overview without heading. But they said "include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text". So we can have headings only for sections we have content. We can also have free-standing
for content not under a heading? Probably okay. But typical approach: Provide headings for sections we have: About the role (maybe company overview), Responsibilities (The Role), Requirements (Required Attributes + Ideal Experience), Qualifications (maybe education?), Skills (maybe AI experience?), Benefits (What We Offer), Pay (compensation amount), Schedule (maybe not present). There's no explicit schedule info. So we should not create Schedule section. We need to preserve all substantive info: mission, description, role responsibilities, required attributes, ideal experience, role goals, what we offer, compensation. We must not include boilerplate: EEO, equal opportunity, etc. Also remove duplicated lines. We need to format lists where appropriate. Let's extract content. **Who We Are** (company description): "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. After operating with a vertically integrated supply chain (i.e., directly fulfilling orders from Crafty-operated distribution centers) in Chicago and the Bay Area, our team launched a third party fulfillment model that has rapidly scaled our coverage into over 25 markets globally, in just a year’s time. At Crafty, we have a diverse, high-powered team, composed of folks in technology, supply chain operations, field operations, sales, account management, and more. Our workplace is dynamic, fast-paced, and just plain fun; we pride ourselves in having an amazing mix of humans who make up our team!" We'll put that as a
maybe under heading "About the role"? Or just a
without heading. I'd put under
About the role
then the paragraph. **The Role** (responsibilities): Paragraph: "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 standardizing processes, strengthening documentation, improving automation, and building sustainable operating procedures that support future growth. Success in this role will depend on leadership, sound accounting judgment, systems thinking, and continuous process improvement. The ideal candidate is an experienced accounting operator and people leader who can represent Crafty with credibility in vendor, partner, and internal stakeholder conversations. They are not only comfortable in the details of AP, accruals, reconciliations, close calendars, and controls, but also skilled at building systems of accountability: dashboards, recurring reviews, SOPs, workflow automations, exception tracking, and clear team expectations. Success in this role means building a scalable accounting operations function that runs on reliable processes, strong controls, clear ownership, and measurable performance." We can break into bullet list for duties? The instruction: Use- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. This paragraph is prose; we could keep as
. Could also split into bullet list of responsibilities but not required. We'll keep as
. **Required Attributes** (list of attributes): List items: - Accounting Operations + Close Ownership: Understands how accounts payable, partner billing, and related accounting activity flow through the general ledger, month-end close, accruals, reconciliations, audit support, and financial statement accuracy. - Partner Billing Accountability: Owns the accuracy, timeliness, and control environment for Crafty’s Partner Billing function within Core, Crafty’s internally developed software. Ensures partner invoices are reconciled, reviewed, escalated, and completed by system lock deadlines, while maintaining clear accountability across Flatworld, Core, Ramp, and Finance stakeholders. - Controls Mindset: Designs and enforces segregation of duties, approval workflows, payment controls, vendor setup review, exception management, and audit-ready documentation. - Systems Leadership: Owns Ramp governance and NetSuite data integrity, including workflow configuration, coding rules, approval routing, sync error resolution, and system adoption. Operates as an AI-native leader who actively uses AI tools to improve visibility, automate routine work, strengthen controls, and scale accounting operations. - People + Vendor Management: Leads internal team members and outsourced resources by setting clear expectations, conducting quality reviews, establishing KPIs, defining weekly operating rhythms, and implementing remediation plans. Interfaces directly with vendors to reconcile account activity, resolve payment inquiries, and maintain strong vendor relationships. - Executive Communication: Communicates clearly with vendors, partners, executive stakeholders, internal teams, and leadership; owns escalations through resolution and documents decisions. - Accounting Process Leadership: Builds scalable SOPs, reporting, automations, and operating cadences across accounting operations that reduce manual work, improve visibility, strengthen internal controls, and increase accountability. - Operational Rigor: Manages daily, weekly, monthly, and ad hoc responsibilities without losing sight of controls, close deadlines, SLAs, and stakeholder experience. We'll put under
Requirements
with- .
**Ideal Experience** (list):
- 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.
- Hands-on experience with accounting systems, expense platforms, and ERP data flows; Ramp and NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting monthly financial close activities through reconciliations, accrual analysis, audit preparation, or financial reporting support.
- Demonstrated ability to build or improve controls, SOPs, approval workflows, exception tracking, reporting, and cross-functional finance processes.
- Experience communicating with vendors, partners, internal stakeholders, and senior leaders in situations requiring accuracy, urgency, and judgment.
- Experience using Claude or other AI model tools to improve accounting workflows, analyze exceptions, draft documentation, summarize data, build repeatable processes, or automate routine follow-up.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred; CPA or comparable technical accounting foundation is a plus.
We'll put under
Qualifications
maybe. Or could be under Requirements. But we have both Required Attributes and Ideal Experience. We can map Required Attributes to Requirements, Ideal Experience to Qualifications. Or we could combine. But instruction: prefer few substantive sections over many thin ones. Could combine Required Attributes and Ideal Experience into one Requirements section. But they are distinct. However we can still have two sections: Requirements and Qualifications. That's okay. **Role Goals** (list of goals with details). This is substantive; could be under Responsibilities? Or maybe a separate section like "Goals". Not in the list of headings but we could still use a heading like "Goals". But instruction says use headings like those examples; not limited. Safer to include as a section maybe under "Responsibilities"? But goals are distinct. Could create a heading "Goals". Not in examples but maybe acceptable. However to be safe, we could incorporate goals into Responsibilities as prose. But that would lose some detail? We could keep asdescribing goals. The instruction: preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include goals. We can put them under a heading "Goals". I think it's okay. **What We Offer** (benefits): Paragraph: "Our people mean everything to us. When you join Crafty, you're joining a team of passionate, smart, and supportive people who work incredibly hard and have a good time along the way. We are proud to offer a compensation package that includes our Crafty healthcare plan, covering primary health, dental, and vision plans, 401k, paid time off, equipment certification courses, and parental leave. And, of course, it also includes Crafty-grade snacks, beverages, and fun events! Lastly, this role offers a special opportunity: to have a major hand in shaping the future of a young, flourishing company. Your creativity, ambition, and work will steer the direction of our successes." We'll put under
Benefits
with. Also compensation details separate. **Compensation** (Pay): Paragraph: "Our compensation amount for this role is targeted at $113,000 - $133,000 per year in Chicago. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including cost of living based on location, candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above."
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**Ideal Experience** (list):
- 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.
- Hands-on experience with accounting systems, expense platforms, and ERP data flows; Ramp and NetSuite experience strongly preferred.
- Experience supporting monthly financial close activities through reconciliations, accrual analysis, audit preparation, or financial reporting support.
- Demonstrated ability to build or improve controls, SOPs, approval workflows, exception tracking, reporting, and cross-functional finance processes.
- Experience communicating with vendors, partners, internal stakeholders, and senior leaders in situations requiring accuracy, urgency, and judgment.
- Experience using Claude or other AI model tools to improve accounting workflows, analyze exceptions, draft documentation, summarize data, build repeatable processes, or automate routine follow-up.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field preferred; CPA or comparable technical accounting foundation is a plus.
We'll put under