Accounting Manager (m/f/d)

Founded in 2020, unybrands is the next-generation brand accelerator platform built to acquire, integrate, and scale digital-first consumer brands. Headquartered in Miami, with offices in New York, London, Berlin, and Shenzhen, our 240+ team brings deep expertise across e-commerce, brand management, consumer retail, operational scaling, and M&A. Since inception, we have acquired 30+ brands across Pet Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Supplements, Baby & Juvenile, Garden & Outdoor, Sports & Fitness, and Home & Lifestyle — completing 20+ acquisitions and delivering 16 consecutive quarters of like-for-like organic growth post-integration. Our competitive advantage lies in a fully integrated operating system purpose-built to transform digital brands into omni-channel category leaders. Powered by a proprietary technology stack built on NetSuite ERP with 200+ data integrations, our platform enables brands to thrive across marketplaces, direct-to-consumer channels, and brick-and-mortar retail. We focus on acquiring digital-first brands within carefully selected verticals, then applying tailored value creation playbooks that drive growth through innovation, expansion, and automation. We believe the next generation of consumer brands will be built differently — and we're building the AI-enabled retail tech platform to help them consolidate and win. About the role As Accounting Manager, you will lead our GL/AR/Inventory team and coordinate the monthly close across our legal entities under IFRS and in NetSuite for a multi-entity organization. Alongside the close, you will own actuals-based controlling and recurrent process improvements. You will also contribute to cross-functional projects across finance and the wider business. You will report to the Sr. Director of Global Accounting and Finance Operations and lead a small team of accountants. Main responsibilities • Own the month-end and year-end close end to end across all entities, including the close calendar in Jira, checklist and sign-off, coordinating deadlines and handovers across time zones. • Lead, coach and review the work of the GL team, including allocating tasks, managing capacity and developing skills. • Review and approve journal entries. • Ensure timely balance sheet reconciliations, with documented review and sign-off. • Coordinate intercompany reconciliation and matching across entities, ensuring balances are fully matched and eliminated ahead of consolidation. • Prepare the monthly group consolidation under IFRS, including intercompany and equity eliminations in NetSuite. • Operate and strengthen close controls and maintain SOPs and close documentation. • Report close status, open issues and close KPIs to stakeholders. • Coordinate external and tax audits end to end: act as the first point of contact for auditors, own the PBC (prepared-by-client) list and deliverables, manage auditor requests and deadlines across entities, and track findings through to resolution. • Maintain…