Are you an accounting leader who can turn financial complexity into clear priorities, better decisions, and stronger execution?
Grant Street Group is looking for a VP of Accounting to help lead the company’s accounting, reporting, and operating discipline.
At Grant Street Group, we build cloud-based software and payments technology that helps government work better. Finance plays a critical role in that mission through disciplined accounting, accurate reporting, sound cash management, strong controls, and clear financial information for leaders across the business.
As VP of Accounting, you will be a senior leader on the Finance team and a key partner to the CFO and executive team. You will lead the Accounting organization through direct oversight of the Controller and related accounting functions, ensuring strong execution across accounting, reporting, treasury, controls, tax, and insurance. This role is ideal for a leader who can operate strategically, lead through strong managers, and raise the quality and clarity of the company’s financial operations.
In this role, you will:
Set direction, priorities, and operating rhythms across accounting, reporting, treasury, controls, insurance, and risk management.
Manage a high-performing organization with clear accountability, strong cross-functional partnership, and consistent execution.
Partner with the CFO and business leaders on accounting, reporting, and financial governance matters that support strong business decisions.
Ensure the executive team and board have clear, concise, actionable reporting on financial performance, cash flow, and operating results.
Provide executive oversight of the close, external and management reporting, accounting policy application, and audit readiness.
Align teams around a common view of actuals, accruals, and reported results.
Develop talent and strengthen the organization as the company grows.
Strengthen internal controls, reporting standards, and finance processes as the company scales.
Oversee the broader financial governance environment, including compliance with company policies and applicable requirements.
Manage banking relationships and help ensure the company has the right treasury services and financial infrastructure in place.
Oversee liquidity, cash, and treasury discipline to support company operations and growth.
Partner with product leadership and executive team to establish best practices for Payments product, including optimization of fund flows, risk management, and network compliance.
Provide executive oversight of tax planning and compliance in partnership with internal and external advisors.
You might be a good fit if you naturally think about...
How do we ensure reporting is timely, accurate, and decision-useful?
What are the key drivers of cash generation, liquidity, and financial discipline?
How do we build an accounting organization that scales with the business?
Where do stronger controls, better reporting, or clearer ownership improve execution?
How do we help the business move quickly while maintaining financial discipline?
Experience and Skills
10+ years of progressive leadership experience across accounting, finance, controllership, or related functions.
Significant experience overseeing accounting functions, including close, financial statement review, accounting policy, audit support, and controls.
Significant experience leading financial reporting, management reporting, and core accounting operations.
Experience leading managers and building strong finance and accounting teams.
Experience building executive-ready dashboards, reporting packages, and financial presentations.
Advanced Excel and spreadsheet skills, with comfort across financial systems, BI tools, and financial-management software.
Experience with cash management, treasury, banking, tax coordination, insurance, or related financial-risk responsibilities is strongly preferred.
Experience in software, SaaS, payments, or other recurring-revenue businesses is a strong plus.
Experience with ERP, close-management, consolidation, or reporting systems is a plus.
Education and Credentials
Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
MBA or other advanced degree is a plus.
CPA preferred
How You Work
You are strategic, hands-on when needed, and effective at leading through others.
You can move easily between high-level business questions and accounting detail.
You communicate clearly and credibly with executives and cross-functional leaders.
You bring strong judgment, follow-through, and a bias toward building better systems and processes.
You are motivated by helping finance operate as a trusted strategic partner to the business.
We reward teamwork, professional excellence, and individual responsibility.
We offer a technology-rich work environment that makes it possible for us to support the needs of our employees wherever they are.
There is minimal travel: 1-2 weeks per year for on-site meetings.
If you are passionate about your work, have an entrepreneurial spirit, and want to be on a team of exceptional professionals, then Grant Street Group may be the opportunity you are looking for.
We cannot wait to get to know you!
Recruitment Fraud Warning:
It has come to our attention that various individuals have been posing as Grant Street Group employees and contacting job seekers to schedule interviews and/or complete pre-interview screening questions.
All legitimate Grant Street Group positions require completing an application on our website before an interview. When you are contacted by Grant Street Group, all correspondence will come from an email address ending in “@grantstreet.com”.
The hiring process usually takes several weeks and begins with a phone or video interview. Grant Street Group will not ask you to use any platform other than Google Meet or Zoom to conduct an interview. We will not ask you to make payments or to provide your date of birth, social security number, or banking details during the interview process.
If you believe you have been a victim of recruiting fraud concerning Grant Street Group, please contact us at [email protected].
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