Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting
Rush Street Interactive is seeking a Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting to lead the day-to-day operations of the corporate accounting function. Reporting to the Senior Director, Corporate Accounting & Reporting, this role owns the monthly close process across all corporate sub-teams, including General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Treasury.
The role involves partnering closely with other finance and accounting functions, such as SEC Reporting, FP&A, Accounting Operations, and International Finance, while supporting special projects as needed. As the company scales, this position is responsible for strengthening the accounting function and building the operational rigor required for the next stage of growth.
- Own the monthly close – drive timelines and deliver consolidated results across the Accounting and Finance function.
- Coach and develop – lead through real-time coaching, mentoring, and feedback, building leaders and driving accountability, not just completing tasks.
- Anchor technical accounting decisions - serve as the first line of authority on US GAAP questions across the corporate accounting function.
- Assess risk and strengthen controls – apply ongoing risk assessment to the Corporate Accounting function, strengthening the control environment as the business scales.
- Drive cross-functional alignment - anticipate dependencies across teams and resolve issues before they become blockers, picking up special projects as needed.
- Manage other Corporate Accounting leaders, who oversee day to day General Ledger, Accounts Payable, and Treasury accounting.
- Own GL accounting across cash, prepaid and other assets, long-lived assets, investments, accounts payable, and accrued and long-term liabilities, including review of journal entries and reconciliations.
- Oversee the end-to-end procure-to-pay process, ensuring strong controls and accountability across vendor master maintenance, invoice approvals, payment execution, and GL recognition; partner cross-functionally on vendor sourcing, selection, and contracting.
- Support cash management and oversight of manual cash payments, contribute to banking relationships, and lead short-term liquidity forecasting and working capital planning.
- Partner with SEC Reporting to ensure the global consolidation is accurate, complete, and delivered ahead of each reporting deadline - including coordinating intercompany and multi-currency considerations and ensuring alignment between operating results and consolidated financial statements.
- Identify and lead opportunities to automate and improve processes across the Corporate Accounting function, including the use of AI tools.
- Partner with Latin America Finance to ensure global alignment of accounting processes and policies, and collaborate with leaders across accounting, finance, and the broader organization.
- BA/BS/MS degree in Accounting or CPA required.
- Demonstrated leadership ability, the kind that moves people and drives accountability (required).
- Experience leading in structured, high-stakes environments is a meaningful differentiator (nice-to-have).
- Proficiency in US GAAP with the ability to independently evaluate and guide accounting conclusions across a broad range of corporate accounting areas (required).
- Comfort leveraging AI and automation tools to improve close accuracy, reduce manual work, and scale team output (required).
- Familiarity with multi-currency accounting and intercompany transactions across global entities (required).
- Proven track record of managing and developing a team in an accounting or finance function (required).
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to track multiple moving parts across teams and keep close processes on schedule (required).
- Ability to exercise influence without direct authority - credible and effective across teams regardless of reporting lines (required).
- Clear, direct communicator with the ability to set expectations, deliver feedback, and escalate appropriately (required).
- Experience with ERP systems (required).
- NetSuite experience a plus (nice-to-have).
- Public company experience preferred (preferred).
- Able to travel occasionally both domestically and internationally (required).
- Discretionary annual company bonus (Eligibility Varies by Role)
- 401(k) plan with 100% company match on the first 4%
- Comprehensive medical coverage (HSA & FSA plans), dental, and vision insurance
- Paid Time Off (Eligibility Varies by Role)
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Rush Street Interactive is an online casino and sports betting operator founded in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago. It runs the BetRivers brand in regulated US states and Ontario, and RushBet in Colombia and Mexico. The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker RSI.
