Trueline is seeking a General Ledger Manager to join their finance team in New York City (hybrid, 3x/week onsite). This is a strategic opportunity for a hands-on accounting leader who thrives at the intersection of traditional finance and emerging technology, including AI and process automation.
What You'll Do as the General Ledger Manager:
- Lead day-to-day operations of the general ledger team, overseeing accounting functions including journal entries, payroll entries, reconciliations, and fixed assets
- Manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring accuracy and compliance with firm standards
- Coordinate and prepare for external audits, including drafting financial statements and supporting documentation
- Collaborate across departments such as Financial Planning & Analysis, Payroll, Tax, and IT to align GL processes with broader firm initiatives
- Drive modernization efforts including system upgrades, automation tools, AI adoption, and real-time reporting dashboards
- Act as the business owner for GL system improvements and cross-functional workflows
- Mentor a small but growing team, with one direct supervisor report and two junior team members under their purview
Must-Haves as the General Ledger Manager:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
- Accounting experience in a law firm environment
- At least 7 years of progressive accounting experience, with 2+ years in a leadership or managerial role
- Strong foundation in GAAP and internal controls
- Experience in professional services, law firms, or similarly structured environments
- Proven ability to drive or participate in process improvements and cross-functional collaboration
- Comfort managing deadlines in a high-volume, fast-paced setting
Nice-to-Haves as the General Ledger Manager:
- CPA certification
- Exposure to AI or RPA tools and implementation efforts
- Familiarity with Power BI or other financial analytics platforms
This Role Offers:
- Hybrid work model (3 days onsite in NYC office)
- Competitive base salary ($165,000 to $195,000 depending on experience)
- Discretionary year-end bonus
- High-impact role within a forward-thinking finance organization
- Opportunity to modernize and scale GL operations with advanced tools and strategy
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What We Do
Who are we?
As an independent, full-service marketing and consulting business based in Portland, Maine, we provide strategy, content and design for businesses, nonprofits and individuals in Maine and throughout the world.
What do we do?
Everything we do revolves around ROI—improving your bottom line. Through a rock-solid communication and branding strategy, we show you how to support and engage your employees, build your workforce, find new clients and support existing business.
Here’s a snapshot of our services:
Strategy: Branding and rebranding; mission statement; search engine optimization (SEO) and search engine results page (SERP); hiring and retention; fundraising; communicating with board members; personal branding (for executives); events and PR; advertising campaigns; product launches; social media campaigns and management.
Design: Websites; logos; promotional material (digital and print); event guides; employee photos; drone video footage; custom magazines; advertisements.
Content: Website text; speeches and keynotes; promotional text; employee bios; custom articles; social media posts; newsletters and internal emails; corporate reports.
Custom Publishing: Vanguard, Equity, Toggle, Blueprint, Vision, Terra Firma
What’s our mission?
We want to help you solve real challenges—like growing your business, hiring and retaining employees, fundraising and keeping existing business. Our mission is to do this with honesty and integrity. Authenticity—it’s a good look on you.
Why do we do this?
We want to reimagine marketing. We want it to be less about the perfect image, and more about using good communication and branding as a way to engage with your employees and clients in successful and lasting relationships.
Ultimately, we believe this approach will create a world where people come before profit, where the environment is respected and given back to, and where good business is synonymous with the best intentions.
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