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Remote Accounting Manager for Education Management Company

Pearl MIMAROPA (Region IV-B), Philippines • Central Visayas (Region VII), Philippines


No Relocation

Posted: July 24, 2026

Job Description

Work From Anywhere in LATAM and the Philippines

Work Schedule: US Timezone (Flexible) • Minimum 4 hours overlap with US business hours

A fast-growing US early childhood education platform is looking for an Accounting Manager to take full ownership of the month-end close, vendor and payables management, and the systems work that keeps finance operations scalable through rapid growth.

The company operates 11 schools acquired through a roll-up strategy and is scaling toward roughly 50 locations within three years, with revenue growing from $20M toward $60M+. Backed by a family office, the business integrates well-established preschools onto a single operating platform — giving the finance function a mandate well beyond day-to-day bookkeeping.

Day-to-day, the Accounting Manager owns the full month-end close targeting a 5–7 day cycle, manages vendors and payables through a modern spend platform, and drives process improvements ahead of the company's first external audit. Success means running the close independently by day 60 and delivering a systems-improvement roadmap by day 90, with a defined growth path toward a Controller role.

Work From Anywhere in LATAM and the PhilippinesWork Schedule: US Timezone (Flexible) • Minimum 4 hours overlap with US business hoursA fast-growing US early childhood education platform is looking for an Accounting Manager to take full ownership of the...

Must-Have

  • 5+ years of accounting experience at the Accounting Manager level or equivalent
  • Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a full month-end close process — not a single function such as AP, AR, or tax
  • U.S. GAAP accounting experience at a U.S.-based or U.S.-reporting company
  • Advanced Excel proficiency evidenced through complex reconciliations, multi-entity consolidation, or financial modeling
  • Experience project-managing the close holistically across workstreams (journal entries, reconciliations, reporting)
  • Full-time availability with no concurrent clients or independent accounting practice
  • C1+ English (CEFR) for vendor-facing and cross-functional communication

Nice-to-Have

  • Hands-on experience with NetSuite, Ramp, ADP Workforce Now, or a comparable ERP/spend-management platform
  • Audit preparation or audit-readiness experience
  • Background in multi-location, multi-entity, or roll-up/PE-backed businesses
  • Systems implementation or finance process-improvement track record

About Pearl Talent

Pearl works with the top 1% of candidates from around the world and connects them with the best startups in the US and EU. Our clients have raised over $5B in aggregate and are backed by companies like OpenAI, a16z, and Founders Fund. They're looking for the sharpest, hungriest candidates who they can consistently promote and work with over many years. Candidates we've hired have been flown out to the US and EU to work with their clients, and even promoted to roles that match folks onshore in the US.

Hear why we exist, what we believe in, and who we're building for:

Watch here: https://www.loom.com/share/863b8e426e6d48309aa8f4ea4c1c94cd

Additional Content

Work From Anywhere in LATAM and the Philippines

Work Schedule: US Timezone (Flexible) • Minimum 4 hours overlap with US business hours

A fast-growing US early childhood education platform is looking for an Accounting Manager to take full ownership of the month-end close, vendor and payables management, and the systems work that keeps finance operations scalable through rapid growth.

The company operates 11 schools acquired through a roll-up strategy and is scaling toward roughly 50 locations within three years, with revenue growing from $20M toward $60M+. Backed by a family office, the business integrates well-established preschools onto a single operating platform — giving the finance function a mandate well beyond day-to-day bookkeeping.

Day-to-day, the Accounting Manager owns the full month-end close targeting a 5–7 day cycle, manages vendors and payables through a modern spend platform, and drives process improvements ahead of the company's first external audit. Success means running the close independently by day 60 and delivering a systems-improvement roadmap by day 90, with a defined growth path toward a Controller role.

Work From Anywhere in LATAM and the PhilippinesWork Schedule: US Timezone (Flexible) • Minimum 4 hours overlap with US business hoursA fast-growing US early childhood education platform is looking for an Accounting Manager to take full ownership of the...

Must-Have

  • 5+ years of accounting experience at the Accounting Manager level or equivalent
  • Demonstrated end-to-end ownership of a full month-end close process — not a single function such as AP, AR, or tax
  • U.S. GAAP accounting experience at a U.S.-based or U.S.-reporting company
  • Advanced Excel proficiency evidenced through complex reconciliations, multi-entity consolidation, or financial modeling
  • Experience project-managing the close holistically across workstreams (journal entries, reconciliations, reporting)
  • Full-time availability with no concurrent clients or independent accounting practice
  • C1+ English (CEFR) for vendor-facing and cross-functional communication

Nice-to-Have

  • Hands-on experience with NetSuite, Ramp, ADP Workforce Now, or a comparable ERP/spend-management platform
  • Audit preparation or audit-readiness experience
  • Background in multi-location, multi-entity, or roll-up/PE-backed businesses
  • Systems implementation or finance process-improvement track record

About Pearl Talent

Pearl works with the top 1% of candidates from around the world and connects them with the best startups in the US and EU. Our clients have raised over $5B in aggregate and are backed by companies like OpenAI, a16z, and Founders Fund. They're looking for the sharpest, hungriest candidates who they can consistently promote and work with over many years. Candidates we've hired have been flown out to the US and EU to work with their clients, and even promoted to roles that match folks onshore in the US.

Hear why we exist, what we believe in, and who we're building for:

Watch here: https://www.loom.com/share/863b8e426e6d48309aa8f4ea4c1c94cd