Accounting Manager

About the role

Gold Leaf is a fast-growing, mission-driven farming company at an exciting inflection point. The Accounting Manager will report to the Controller and take ownership of core accounting operations, leading the build-out of scalable processes, controls, and reporting as the business grows. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who thrives in a dynamic environment and finds satisfaction in creating order, building systems, and delivering clean, reliable financial information.

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.

Skills

If you have most but not all of the above, please apply anyway. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity in our team and culture.

The 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