Accounting Manager
Legora · New York City
About Us
Legora is redefining how legal work gets done. Not built for lawyers, built with them. We work alongside the world’s best legal teams, who expect excellence, precision, and speed, and we hold ourselves to the same bar.
Our AI-native workspace lets legal professionals move faster, think more clearly, and operate with sharper precision. By analysing thousands of documents in minutes and powering end-to-end workflows, we cut through complexity, teams can focus on what matters: judgment, strategy, and outcomes.
2,100+ customers across 80+ countries trust us, including Cleary Gottlieb, Goodwin, Linklaters, White & Case, Dentons, and Barclays. We’ve scaled to $200M+ in ARR, with teams across Europe, North America and APAC, and continue to expand through acquisitions including Qura, Walter AI, Graceview, Cadastral, and Wexler.
We partner with world-class performers: including Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees, Ludvig Åberg (and his caddie), and campaigns featuring Jude Law.
Joining Legora means three things.
We lean in: ownership over titles, outcomes over intentions.
We fight for excellence: high standards, direct, ego-free feedback.
We grow together: as a team and with our customers.
Mission before ego. Everyone contributes. No one coasts.
If you’re driven by impact, pace, and raising the bar. This is the place.
The Role
Legora is scaling quickly, and our accounting team is growing with it. We’re hiring a Corporate Accounting Manager in New York to run our global close and manage a team of senior accountants across New York and Stockholm.
You’ll own the close end to end and make it faster and more reliable as we prepare for SOX and move to NetSuite. You’ll report to the Assistant Controller and work closely with Technical Accounting, FP&A, Tax, and our AP, AR, and Payroll teams.
What You’ll Do
Run the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close across all entities, including the close calendar, journal entry review, reconciliations, and flux analysis
Shorten our close by standardizing the close checklist, templates, and review process across entities, and automate manual work, including with AI tools
Own what the Corporate accounting team in New York and Stockholm delivers each month, from task assignment to final sign-off
Prepare key reconciliations, accruals, and journal entries alongside the team during close when needed
Partner with the AP, AR, and Payroll leads on cutoff, accruals, and the other inputs the close depends on
Partner with Technical Accounting to book and support complex areas such as leases and capitalized software
Help integrate acquired entities into our close, consolidation, and control environment
Own our balance sheet reconciliation standards and design internal controls as we prepare for SOX
Serve as the main point of contact for our external auditors and own the audit timeline
Lead the accounting side of our move to NetSuite
Partner with FP&A on monthly reporting and with Tax on key inputs for provisions, transfer pricing, and indirect tax
What You Bring
6+ years of accounting experience, including time at a high-growth tech company
Experience running a multi-entity close and consolidation under US GAAP
A track record of shortening a close or rebuilding close processes at a growing company
Strong US GAAP knowledge
Experience managing accountants as direct reports
Audit experience: you’ve been the main point of contact and kept the audit on schedule
Detail-oriented: you keep the close on schedule and still check the work yourself
Clear communicator, comfortable working across time zones with Finance and the rest of the business
Nice to Have
CPA or other accounting certification
Big 4 audit experience
IFRS or K3 experience
Experience implementing SOX controls at a pre-IPO or public company
NetSuite experience, ideally including an ERP migration
Experience using AI tools in accounting workflows
What’s In It For You
Global collaboration: Partner with teams and clients across Europe, APAC, and North America.
Competitive package: Comprehensive salary, benefits, and tools for success.
Meaningful work: Your efforts shape how thousands of lawyers use AI daily.
In-person environment: Union Square office designed for ambitious builders and company provided lunch daily.
Benefits & Perks: We invest in our people with a comprehensive, thoughtfully designed benefits package:
Medical, Dental & VisionMultiple medical plan options through Aetna and Kaiser Permanente
HSA or Healthcare FSA (based on plan selection)
Dental plans via MetLife
Vision plans via Vision Care
Family Support
Generous parental leave
Free access to Maven Clinic
Dependent Care FSA
Free One Medical membership for employees and dependents
Additional Perks
Pre-tax commuter benefits
Life Insurance + STD/LTD
401(K) with generous company match
Unlimited PTO
Robust voluntary benefits, including identity protection (via Aura), legal coverage via MetLife, pet savings programs, and more
Legora is an Equal Opportunity Employer
At Legora, we believe great teams are built on diversity of thought and experience. We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive, high-performance culture where everyone can do their best work. We welcome people of all backgrounds and don’t discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.