Accounting Team Lead

Why this role 

 

We’re an AI-first team building intelligent, automated, and insight-rich finance processes. You’ll pair your accounting expertise with modern tools to accelerate the close, raise quality and fundamentally rethink how accounting gets done – not just optimize the status quo. 

 

What you’ll do   

• Own and govern day-to-day general ledger operations and deliver accurate, on-time closes, partnering with FP&A and cross-functional teams 

• Lead, coach and mentor a high-performing accounting team, owning onboarding, ongoing training, and performance development to support both individual growth and team objectives 

• Review Balance Sheet reconciliations, journal entries, and financial statements with a focus on automation, consistency, and audit readiness 

• Assist in statutory audits and filings across international entities, ensuring compliance with local regulations and deadlines 

• Oversee international indirect tax filings; collaborate closely with our tax team on statutory compliance and returns outside the US and Canada 

• Build strong, trust-based relationships across the business; become the go-to partner for operations, tax, and FP&A  

• Drive process improvement: simplify, standardize, and automate close activities to increase accuracy, efficiency, and speed 

• Support acquisition integrations, aligning new entities to Diligent’s accounting policies, controls, and close cadence  

• Champion an AI-first and automation led mindset within the team; use agents and automation to streamline reconciliations, variance analysis, recurring journals, audit support packages, documentation drafts, and GL anomaly detection 

• Act as the human in the loop for bot-generated outputs: reviewing, approving and continuously improving what the automation produces  

• Set standards for data-driven decision making; leverage ERP analytics and spreadsheets to build self-serve reports and surface insights; iterate on dashboards and close checklists to continuously improve the close 

 

 Required Experience/Skills 

• Qualified Accountant (ACA/ACCA/CIMA) 

• Progressive experience in accounting is required, along with 3+ years of people management experience 

• Solid experience leading or supervising accounting operations, including month-end close and general ledger ownership 

• Strong technical accounting foundation, with hands-on expertise in reconciliations and variance analysis 

• Effective people leadership and communication skills to lead a team, prioritize workloads, set goals, and collaborate cross‑functionally with finance and business partners 

• Hands-on, energetic, organized, and adaptable; able to prioritize projects, multitask, work independently, and simplify/automate processes for efficiency 

• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, high attention to detail, and the ability to deliver accurate, timely outputs under tight deadlines 

• Experience in a global finance function of a multi-location, multinational corporation — SaaS or technology sector background a strong advantage 

• Mindset for automation and continuous improvement; proficient with spreadsheets and data tools, and eager to pilot AI-assisted workflows to raise the bar on what Finance can deliver 

• Working knowledge of Netsuite or a similar ERP product 

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About Us

Diligent is the AI leader in governance, risk and compliance (GRC) SaaS solutions, helping more than 1 million users and 700,000 board members to clarify risk and elevate governance. The Diligent One Platform gives practitioners, the C-Suite and the board a consolidated view of their entire GRC practice so they can more effectively manage risk, build greater resilience and make better decisions, faster. 

Learn more at diligent.com or follow us on LinkedIn and Facebook

 

What Diligent Offers You 

• Creativity is ingrained in our culture. We are innovative collaborators by nature. We thrive in exploring how things can be differently both in our internal processes and to help our clients
• We care about our people. Diligent offers a flexible work environment, global days of service, comprehensive health benefits, meeting free days, generous time off policy and wellness programs to name a few
• We have teams all over the world. We may be headquartered in New York City, but we have office hubs in Washington D.C., Vancouver, London, Galway, Budapest, Munich, Bengaluru, Singapore, and Sydney.
• Diversity is important to us. Growing, maintaining and promoting a diverse team is a top priority for us. We foster and encourage diversity through our Employee Resource Groups and provide access to resources and education to support the education of our team, facilitate dialogue, and foster understanding.

Diligent created the modern governance movement. Our world-changing idea is to empower leaders with the technology, insights and connections they need to drive greater impact and accountability – to lead with purpose. Our employees are passionate, smart, and creative people who not only want to help build the software company of the future, but who want to make the world a more sustainable, equitable and better place. 

Headquartered in New York, Diligent has offices in Washington D.C.,  London, Galway, Budapest, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Munich, Singapore and Sydney.   To foster strong collaboration and connection, this role will follow a hybrid work model. If you are within a commuting distance to one of our Diligent office locations, you will be expected to work onsite at least 50% of the time. We believe that in-person engagement helps drive innovation, teamwork, and a strong sense of community.

 

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