Manager, Budget & Cost Accounting

Summary

Axonic Insurance, a NYC-based insurance business, is seeking a Manager, Budget & Cost Accounting to establish and manage core financial tracking and spend visibility processes across the organization. This role will provide critical support to the FP&A function by ensuring accurate, timely, and detailed tracking of budgets, invoices, and actual spend.

This individual will play a key role in bringing structure and transparency to financial operations, partnering closely with FP&A, Accounting, and business teams to maintain a clear and consistent view of financial performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • Coordinate the budgeting process, including establishing timelines and ensuring timely and accurate submission of budget and expense data across departments and cost centers.
  • Manage invoice tracking and accrual processes to ensure accurate reflection of expenses in financial reporting.
  • Partner with others in the finance team during month-end close to validate expense data and ensure alignment with financial statements.
  • Support the budgeting and forecasting process by maintaining clean, reliable underlying data.
  • Develop and maintain reporting that provides transparency into spend trends, variances, and risks.
  • Work with business teams to monitor budgets and staffing plans, flag discrepancies, and improve spend discipline.
  • Establish and improve standardized processes for expense tracking, approvals, and documentation.
  • Identify gaps in data quality or process inefficiencies and implement practical improvements.
  • Support vendor spend tracking and improve visibility into contractual and recurring expenses.
  • Collaborate with FP&A to ensure data flows effectively into planning models and reporting tools.
Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in finance, accounting, or financial operations roles.
  • Strong understanding of expense tracking, accruals, and financial reporting processes.
  • High attention to detail with the ability to manage and reconcile large data sets.
  • Advanced Excel skills; experience with financial systems (Netsuite is a plus) and reporting tools preferred.
  • Ability to work cross-functionally and follow up effectively to gather required information.
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple priorities.
  • Comfortable operating in an environment where processes are being built and refined.
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