Accounting Manager

Accounting Manager

Location: Chicago, IL or Remote

Department: Finance

Reports to: Chief Financial Officer / Chief Operating Officer

About Vizit

Vizit is the leader in Visual AI for ecommerce. Our patented Audience Lens™ technology and proprietary Vizit Score help brands predict, measure, and improve the effectiveness of their product imagery and visual content for specific shopper audiences—without relying on surveys.

Vizit’s platform combines real-time content scoring, competitive insights, and optimization recommendations to help brands create higher-performing digital-shelf experiences. Vizit is trusted by many of the world’s leading consumer brands, including Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Nestlé, L’Oréal, and Mars, and is backed by a $25 million Series B led by Industry Ventures, with participation from Infinity Ventures, Brand Foundry, and others.

Role Overview

Vizit is looking for an Accounting Manager to run the company’s entire accounting function: general ledger, close, accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll, and tax compliance.

This is a hands-on role with no accounting staff beneath it. You own execution end to end, from daily bookkeeping through monthly close, tax filings, and payroll. The scope is closer to a small-company Controller than a staff accountant, and the title reflects the stage rather than the level of ownership. You report to the CFO/COO and work directly with the outside CPA firm, auditors, and vendors.

This suits someone who has been the lead accountant at a small or growth-stage company, is comfortable building process and documentation from nothing, and would rather own the whole function than manage one slice of it.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle GL accounting: journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, prepaids, and the workpapers behind them.
• Run monthly and year-end close on a 5–7 business day timeline, and prepare the P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow for CFO/COO review.
• Maintain the chart of accounts and keep month-over-month reporting consistent.
• Own accounts receivable: customer invoicing, subscription and contract billing schedules, AR aging, collections, and cash application.
• Own accounts payable: vendor invoices, payment runs (ACH, wire, check), corporate card coding, W-9/1099 records, and expense reimbursement review.
• Run end-to-end payroll through the payroll provider for multi-state employees, including benefits deductions, garnishments, and tax withholding, and reconcile the payroll register to the GL each cycle.
• Manage tax compliance: state and local registrations, new-state nexus, sales/use tax filing, 1099s, and coordination with the outside CPA on income tax, R&D credit studies, and franchise tax.
• Build and maintain internal controls appropriate to the company’s size, and improve process and automation as transaction volume grows.
• Serve as the primary contact for annual audits or reviews and for tax authority inquiries.

What You’ll Bring

• 8+ years of progressive accounting experience, including full-cycle ownership at a small or growth-stage company.
• A record of operating as a company’s lead accounting resource without a finance team behind you.
• Working knowledge of SaaS revenue recognition (ASC 606) and deferred revenue accounting.
• Hands-on payroll experience, including multi-state compliance.
• Experience with multi-state tax registrations and sales/use tax filing.
• Proficiency in a modern accounting system (QuickBooks Online, NetSuite, or similar) and advanced Excel/Google Sheets.
• Clear written and verbal communication for direct work with the CFO/COO, auditors, and tax advisors.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience preparing for or supporting an external financial statement audit or review.
• Experience at a B2B SaaS company under 100 employees.

What Success Looks Like

Within your first six months, you will have:

• Take the full accounting function off the CFO/COO’s plate and run it independently.
• Closed the books in 5–7 business days with clean, reviewable workpapers.
• Delivered monthly financial statements the CFO/COO trusts without rework.
• Brought tax registrations and sales/use tax filings current across every state with nexus.

Compensation and Benefits

$130,000 – $150,000 base salary, depending on experience. Vizit offers medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), and flexible time off.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Vizit is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities.