Accounting Manager Jobs in Austin, TX
Accounting Manager jobs in Austin, Texas are in steady demand across technology, healthcare, and financial services, with roles concentrated in the Domain, downtown, and the South Congress corridor. Employers hiring right now include Amazon, Meta, and Corporate Finance Group. See the openings below and apply to the ones that match your experience.
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DRTx is currently recruiting for an Assistance Accounting Manager! This position will be based in Austin, Texas.
The Assistant Accounting Manager is responsible for supporting DRTx Fiscal Department Accounting Manager and Finance Director in accounting responsibilities including financial analysis, reconciliations, reporting, grant compliance oversight, payroll oversight and processing. This role will supervise an Accounting Support Specialist and will report to the Accounting Manager. As a member of the management team of the organization, this position will play a key role with others to build and sustain the appropriate organizational culture to attain the organization’s goals and objectives, around and in the spirit of the organization’s mission, vision and values.
The Assistant Accounting Manager will support all areas of the Fiscal Team, but will focus on accounting processes, grant compliance and reporting, and payroll oversight and processing. In addition, this position contributes to resource development efforts by working with the Finance Director, Management, and other internal and external leaders in developing resource development strategies to further strengthen long term growth goals to increase and maintain excellent legal advocacy client services to individuals with a disability across Texas.
Physical/Mental Requirements
- Works at least two (2) days in the Austin office.
- Uses computers approximately seven to eight (7 to 8) hours per day.
- Uses telephone, virtual online, Teams, and email to communicate with staff, vendors, and other professionals, approximately one to two (1 to 2) hours per day.
- Spends approximately one to three (1 to 3) hours per week in meetings.
- Sits approximately seven to eight (7 to 8) hours per day.
- Requires working under a moderate degree of stress (time constraints, deadlines, muti-tasking high-level projects and issues, complex issues; and conflict resolution).
Essential Functions
- Supervise, coach, mentor, hire, train, and manage assigned staff members in accordance with organization work rules and policies.
- Assist the Accounting Manager to manage the day-to-day accounting operations and ensure there is redundant process backup in place for every critical operation.
- Provide complex and high-level financial support to executive leadership through tasks such as preparing financial reports, timesheet and payroll processing, grant compliance support reporting.
- Maintains tracking and recording the accumulation and use of vacation, holiday, sick day, and miscellaneous leaves of absence and other program vendors.
- Appropriately prioritize and assign tasks as needed and to multi-task numerous responsibilities in a timely manner.
- Assist with organizing, coordinating and producing complex agency, state, federal and regulatory financially based reports which involve collecting, tracking, and summarizing data from multiple sources.
- Ensure compliance with budget limits and compliance with financial policies and procedures.
- Establish personal credibility throughout the organization, in order to be an effective manager.
- Maintain thorough and complete records; produce and maintain quality, error free materials both printed and electronic.
- Effectively and regularly communicate with employees, vendors, management, external volunteer leadership at the individual, team and organizational levels.
- Maintain, when required based on subject matter, strict confidentiality of information not meant for other consumption.
- In conjunction with managers and staff, assists in assessing the organization’s culture and health to then report consolidated feedback information and trends to fiscal leadership and to senior leadership team, along with recommendations for any interventions, if appropriate.
- Develop and maintain collaborative, cooperative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the board of directors as well as employees at all levels of the organization.
- Continuously evaluate and analyze the operations, resource and technology of the team implementing solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness and customer service.
- Apply the principles of the organization’s vision and values in all work-related business and interactions.
- Perform other duties as requested or required.
Required Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Public Administration, or a related field and two (2) years of relevant experience working with varied sources of funding or grant or contract funding; or
- Four (4) years of equivalent related experience.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of basic accounting principles and financial accounting, reconciliations, reporting, payroll processing oversight, grant fiscal oversight compliance reporting, or the ability to acquire such knowledge within a reasonable period of time.
- Ability to analyze information, identify issues, and support development of effective strategies.
- Ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences using a variety of communication methods, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic work environment.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
- Enthusiastic to perform as a hands-on leader of the team in which they lead.
- High level of commitment to service excellence.
- High degree of integrity, ethics and judgment.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Accounting applications and Payroll applications and Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in an accounting department.
- Experience working with various sources of funding with compliance and reporting requirements.
- Familiarity with grant or contract management.
Work Environment & Functional Requirements
- This position involves regular use of computers, telephones, and other communication tools to perform job duties, including documentation, communication, and coordination with internal departments and external parties.
- Duties may be performed in a seated, standing, or alternative position. The role includes managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and interacting with staff, funders and vendors.
- Required to work out of the Austin office Fiscal Department at least two days per week, as responsibilities of this role require physical presence in the Austin office to perform some job functions.
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
DRTx is currently recruiting for an Assistance Accounting Manager! This position will be based in Austin, Texas.
The Assistant Accounting Manager is responsible for supporting DRTx Fiscal Department Accounting Manager and Finance Director in accounting responsibilities including financial analysis, reconciliations, reporting, grant compliance oversight, payroll oversight and processing. This role will supervise an Accounting Support Specialist and will report to the Accounting Manager. As a member of the management team of the organization, this position will play a key role with others to build and sustain the appropriate organizational culture to attain the organization’s goals and objectives, around and in the spirit of the organization’s mission, vision and values.
The Assistant Accounting Manager will support all areas of the Fiscal Team, but will focus on accounting processes, grant compliance and reporting, and payroll oversight and processing. In addition, this position contributes to resource development efforts by working with the Finance Director, Management, and other internal and external leaders in developing resource development strategies to further strengthen long term growth goals to increase and maintain excellent legal advocacy client services to individuals with a disability across Texas.
Physical/Mental Requirements
- Works at least two (2) days in the Austin office.
- Uses computers approximately seven to eight (7 to 8) hours per day.
- Uses telephone, virtual online, Teams, and email to communicate with staff, vendors, and other professionals, approximately one to two (1 to 2) hours per day.
- Spends approximately one to three (1 to 3) hours per week in meetings.
- Sits approximately seven to eight (7 to 8) hours per day.
- Requires working under a moderate degree of stress (time constraints, deadlines, muti-tasking high-level projects and issues, complex issues; and conflict resolution).
Essential Functions
- Supervise, coach, mentor, hire, train, and manage assigned staff members in accordance with organization work rules and policies.
- Assist the Accounting Manager to manage the day-to-day accounting operations and ensure there is redundant process backup in place for every critical operation.
- Provide complex and high-level financial support to executive leadership through tasks such as preparing financial reports, timesheet and payroll processing, grant compliance support reporting.
- Maintains tracking and recording the accumulation and use of vacation, holiday, sick day, and miscellaneous leaves of absence and other program vendors.
- Appropriately prioritize and assign tasks as needed and to multi-task numerous responsibilities in a timely manner.
- Assist with organizing, coordinating and producing complex agency, state, federal and regulatory financially based reports which involve collecting, tracking, and summarizing data from multiple sources.
- Ensure compliance with budget limits and compliance with financial policies and procedures.
- Establish personal credibility throughout the organization, in order to be an effective manager.
- Maintain thorough and complete records; produce and maintain quality, error free materials both printed and electronic.
- Effectively and regularly communicate with employees, vendors, management, external volunteer leadership at the individual, team and organizational levels.
- Maintain, when required based on subject matter, strict confidentiality of information not meant for other consumption.
- In conjunction with managers and staff, assists in assessing the organization’s culture and health to then report consolidated feedback information and trends to fiscal leadership and to senior leadership team, along with recommendations for any interventions, if appropriate.
- Develop and maintain collaborative, cooperative relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including the board of directors as well as employees at all levels of the organization.
- Continuously evaluate and analyze the operations, resource and technology of the team implementing solutions to improve efficiency, effectiveness and customer service.
- Apply the principles of the organization’s vision and values in all work-related business and interactions.
- Perform other duties as requested or required.
Required Qualifications
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, Finance, Public Administration, or a related field and two (2) years of relevant experience working with varied sources of funding or grant or contract funding; or
- Four (4) years of equivalent related experience.
Knowledge and Skills:
- Knowledge of basic accounting principles and financial accounting, reconciliations, reporting, payroll processing oversight, grant fiscal oversight compliance reporting, or the ability to acquire such knowledge within a reasonable period of time.
- Ability to analyze information, identify issues, and support development of effective strategies.
- Ability to communicate effectively with diverse audiences using a variety of communication methods, with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a dynamic work environment.
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively within a team environment.
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and follow-through.
- Enthusiastic to perform as a hands-on leader of the team in which they lead.
- High level of commitment to service excellence.
- High degree of integrity, ethics and judgment.
Technical Skills:
- Proficiency in Accounting applications and Payroll applications and Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in an accounting department.
- Experience working with various sources of funding with compliance and reporting requirements.
- Familiarity with grant or contract management.
Work Environment & Functional Requirements
- This position involves regular use of computers, telephones, and other communication tools to perform job duties, including documentation, communication, and coordination with internal departments and external parties.
- Duties may be performed in a seated, standing, or alternative position. The role includes managing multiple priorities, meeting deadlines, and interacting with staff, funders and vendors.
- Required to work out of the Austin office Fiscal Department at least two days per week, as responsibilities of this role require physical presence in the Austin office to perform some job functions.
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
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- Amazon51
- Meta13
- Corporate Finance Group13
- Aprio6
- Sonar6
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- Accounting & Auditing
- Consulting & Professional Services
Accounting Manager Jobs in Austin: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a accounting manager job in Austin?
Focus your search on Austin's dominant hiring sectors: enterprise technology firms, fast-growing startups, healthcare systems, and real estate developers. Roles concentrate in the Domain and downtown central business district. Candidates who stand out locally combine CPA credentials with experience in high-growth or venture-backed environments, since many Austin companies are scaling quickly and need accounting managers who can build processes from the ground up.
Which companies hire accounting managers in Austin?
Austin accounting manager roles are posted by Amazon, Meta, and Corporate Finance Group and others right now, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Austin's hiring mix skews toward technology companies, regional healthcare networks, and private equity-backed businesses, many of which staff finance and accounting functions locally rather than relying on out-of-state shared service centers.
Are there remote accounting manager jobs in Austin?
Yes, though partially: accounting manager work involves enough team oversight, close period-end coordination, and systems access that fully remote arrangements are less common than for purely analytical roles. About 53% of accounting manager openings tied to Austin are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting that arrangement. Month-end close management and FP&A collaboration are the functions Austin employers most readily allow hybrid schedules for.
How can I get a accounting manager job in Austin with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path in Austin is moving up from a senior accountant role at a local technology company or regional CPA firm, where accounting managers are often promoted internally. Austin's high volume of Series B and Series C startups regularly hire first-time accounting managers to build out their finance function. Targeting companies in the 50-to-300 employee range in the Domain or East Austin tech corridor gives candidates the best opening.
Which industries hire the most accounting managers in Austin?
Austin accounting manager roles concentrate in Science & Research, Accounting & Auditing, and Consulting & Professional Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Austin's sustained expansion in enterprise software, semiconductor manufacturing, and healthcare delivery has driven consistent headcount growth in finance and accounting, making those sectors the steadiest source of accounting manager openings in the metro.
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