Chief Accounting Officer

Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) at CSC Leasing

About CSC Leasing

At CSC Leasing we equip innovators with the tools they need to accelerate progress and build a better future. Founded in 1986 and family‑owned and operated, we provide flexible financing alternatives to companies ranging from venture and private equity‑backed to Fortune 500. We focus on equipment financing for mission‑critical assets and serve growth equity‑sponsored companies in technology infrastructure, food & beverage, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, defense, and energy technology.

Role Overview

The Chief Accounting Officer (CAO) is responsible for overseeing the company’s accounting function, ensuring the integrity, accuracy, and timeliness of financial reporting. This executive leads the development and implementation of accounting policies, internal controls, and operational accounting processes while partnering closely with the CFO and senior leadership to enhance department capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver a best‑in‑class financial reporting function, ensuring faster, accurate, and increasingly automated processes.

• Ensure all reports comply with GAAP standards.

• Provide rigor to financial reporting, data timelines, and management information while improving confidence in decision‑making.

• Strengthen analytical review procedures tied to company core metrics to improve visibility and inform leaders.

• Build, mentor and lead a high‑performing accounting team, fostering accountability, collaboration and professionalism.

• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, performance standards, and operating rhythms aligned to company scale.

• Support new business lines and initiatives by assessing accounting implications, control requirements, system needs, staffing plans, and ongoing reporting.

• Own the accounting function’s roadmap and governance for the ERP environment, including Net Suite refinement and administration, configuration improvements, and reporting enhancements.

• Improve data integrity, reporting usability and system‑enabled reconciliations to reduce close friction and strengthen audit trails.

• Enhance internal controls environment to support scale, audit expectations, and operational resilience via standardized workflows, approvals, documentation standards and segregation of duties.

• Serve as lead with outside auditors and tax consultants; govern key accounting standards such as ASC 842.

• Own CECL reporting and ongoing oversight in partnership with other departments, including methodology, documentation, model governance, and audit‑readiness.

• Coordinate with tax advisors to improve tax efficiency and accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting; CPA required.

• 10+ years of progressive accounting leadership experience including public accounting and corporate roles.

• Deep knowledge of GAAP and technical accounting concepts.

• Experience with ASC 842, ASC 326 and related guidelines preferred.

• Proven success building scalable accounting teams in high‑growth or complex environments.

• Strong analytical, communication and leadership skills.

Preferred Experience

• Experience with complex revenue models (e.g., SaaS, equipment leasing, financial services).

• Familiarity with Net Suite and modern financial technology platforms.

Company Vision and Values

At CSC Leasing, we believe in the power of innovation to reshape the world. Our vision is to create a future reshaped by the ingenuity of innovators. We are guided by six core values:
Golden Rule, Innovation, Integrity, Ambition, Humility, and Optimism.

Benefits

Employee benefits overview:

Seniority Level

Executive

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Accounting/Auditing and Finance

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