Manager

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).

We are looking for an ambitious 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 Manager will be responsible for managing a portfolio of clients. This role requires high attention to detail, good communication with international clients, and the ability to work independently with end clients.

The role requires strong expertise in finance operations, team leadership, service delivery, client stakeholder management, and process excellence. The ideal candidate will be responsible for ensuring high-quality delivery of accounting services, managing team performance, driving productivity, and maintaining strong collaboration with the stakeholders and clients.

The details

Shift: 10:00 AM–7:00 PM IST / 12:00 PM–9:00 PM IST.

Salary range: 18–22 LPA.

What you’ll get from us

A competitive salary and rapid career progression, plus access to modern systems and tools to make finance a function of the future.

The opportunity to learn in a fast-moving environment and to shape and grow multiple businesses at the same time — including the financial reporting for some of the largest and most promising technology startups.

Direct dealing with some of the most dynamic and successful entrepreneurs, and firsthand experience of how they run and grow their business.

Operations & service delivery

• Lead bookkeeping and accounting engagements for a portfolio of clients.
• Design and set up bespoke processes for each client.
• Oversee month-end and year-end close processes for multiple clients.
• Review bookkeeping output for accuracy and completeness.
• Ensure timely and accurate delivery of financial reporting packages.
• Supervise reconciliations, accruals, journal entries and reporting schedules.
• Implement quality control procedures across engagements.
• Support ad-hoc projects including building financial models & business plans, fundraising and M&A transactions.
• Provide exceptional service and expert financial advice to clients and build strong relationships.

Team leadership & people management

• Lead and mentor assistant managers, seniors and staff accountants.
• Support recruitment, training and getting new members up to pace.
• Set performance goals and conduct regular performance reviews.
• Drive employee engagement, ownership, accountability and retention.
• Identify training needs and support capability building across the team.

Process improvement & controls

• Identify automation and process improvement opportunities.
• Drive standardisation, efficiency and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure strong internal controls and compliance standards.