Building the next Big 4 firm.
Assistant Manager
About Flare
Flare is building the first AI accounting firm, serving startups and high-growth companies.
Today, we operate as an AI-powered accounting firm serving US & UK businesses employing human accountants across India and South Africa. In practice, with ex Y Combinator founders, we behave much more like a technology startup than a traditional accounting firm. Engineering is at our core as we develop our own software and AI agents that can be used by our accounting and sales teams with the ultimate goal of achieving software level margins with all the benefits of a services business (notably low churn + high customer lifetime value).
Founded in 2022 by ex-KPMG leadership and Y Combinator alumni, Flare has grown to over $2.5M ARR, with just 30 humans. Our clients include YC, Sequoia, a16z and OpenAI backed startups (e.g. Solve Intelligence, Heron Data & Sully.ai) as well as public companies such as DeFi Technologies (NASDAQ: DEFT).
Accounting firms have never been able to scale revenue without increasing headcount. As a result the profit margins are traditionally compressed at ~20% given the limited operating leverage available. No firm can scale past their headcount ceiling resulting in an incredibly fragmented market with most practices doing less than a few million in revenue per year. This is despite accounting services having one of the largest TAMs on earth and one of the best retention business models. The bottleneck isn’t demand, it’s operations. Solving this problem will unlock infinite scale.
Our vision is to create the first infinitely scalable accounting firm, run by software.
We’re in a market dominated by dinosaurs that don’t realise there’s a meteor on the horizon. As we build more agents to replace human tasks, we will increasingly scale like a software company, launching new services and geographies that we can apply our software margins to. Our ambition is to build a $100m business within the next 3 years given the scale of our growth, profitability and opportunity; but beyond that, the next big 4 firm.
Flare is backed by an incredible group of select investors including Eric Feng (former GP @ Kleiner Perkins and co-founder of Hulu) and Chaz Englender (YC founder & Cofounder/CEO @ Model ML, YC W24).
Role Overview
We are looking for an ambitious Assistant Manager with a mindset to work with innovative and fast growing companies in a fast-paced environment and play a crucial role in the growth of the company.
The Assistant Manager will be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients and will support a manager to run the team.
This role requires high attention to detail, good communication with international clients, and the ability to work independently with end clients.
The details
Shift: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM IST / 12:00 PM–9:00 PM IST.
Salary range: 12–15 LPA.
5 days working, with the opportunity to learn in a fast-moving environment with access to modern technology and tools.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage a portfolio of clients independently, ensuring timely closure of the books of accounts.
- Oversee regular transaction processing across a portfolio of clients — solid day-to-day bookkeeping experience including AP, AR and month-end closure.
- Design and set up bespoke processes for each client.
- Review work done by team members and finalise it.
- Manage and train associates.
- Prepare and finalise management accounts and investor reporting.
- Support ad-hoc projects including financial models, business plans, fundraising and M&A transactions.
- Provide exceptional service and expert advice to clients and build strong relationships with them.
What We're Looking For
Required
- Qualified CA/ACCA.
- Experience: 5–6 years.
- Software knowledge: Xero and QuickBooks.
- Strong Excel & GAAP knowledge (IFRS, UK/US GAAP).
- An accountant with excellent numeracy, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to lead engagements and work under pressure in a fast-paced start-up environment.
Highly Preferred
- Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Slides) and strong Excel skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication, time management and client coordination.
Ideal Candidate Profile
You are:
- You like to roll your sleeves up and take joy in working hard towards a larger purpose.
- A self-starter who desires to show ownership and commitment to the job.
- A proactive learner with excellent attention to detail.
- Excited about using new technology to make tasks more efficient and improve the way we work — you may not have experience of all our systems, but you’ll pick things up quickly.
Interested?
Send a short note and your CV — we read every application.