Senior Manager/Manager, Accounting

Cvent

📍Tysons Corner, VA
Posted May 19, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Senior Manager/Manager, Accounting

Company

Cvent

Location

Tysons Corner, VA

Work Type

On-site

Job ID

li-4415688074

Job Description

Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 5,500+ employees and ~30,000 customers worldwide, including 60% of the Fortune 500. Founded in 1999, Cvent delivers a comprehensive event marketing and management platform for marketers and event professionals and offers software solutions to hotels, special event venues and destinations to help them grow their group/MICE and corporate travel business. Our technology brings millions of people together at events around the world. In short, we’re transforming the meetings and events industry through innovative technology that powers the human connection.

The DNA of Cvent is our people, and our culture has an emphasis on fostering intrapreneurship - a system that encourages Cventers to think and act like individual entrepreneurs and empowers them to take action, embrace risk, and make decisions as if they had founded the company themselves. At Cvent, we value the diverse perspectives that each individual brings. Whether working with a team of colleagues or with clients, we ensure that we foster a culture that celebrates differences and builds on shared connections.

Cvent, Inc. is seeking a Senior Manager/Manager of Accounting for our Tysons Corner, VA office. The Senior Manager/Manager will be responsible for maintaining the company’s general ledger, reviewing account reconciliations, and managing the monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting process. This position will supervise our team of Staff and Senior Accountants and work closely with the accounting team in our Gurugram, India office. Individuals seeking a challenging, multifaceted role in a fast-paced work environment will enjoy the diverse responsibilities of this key position within our Finance department. This position reports to the VP, Finance & Global Controller.

Hybrid: 2 days in office at our Tysons Corner, VA office

  • Manage the financial close process

  • Determine proper handling of financial transactions and approve transactions within designated limits

  • Analyze financial information and prepare reports to summarize and interpret the company’s current and projected financial position

  • Prepare monthly, quarterly and annual financial reporting package

  • Monitor and manage compliance with generally accepted accounting principles

  • Assist with SOX audit work as needed to ensure compliance

  • Manage team of Staff and Senior Accountants

  • Manage Blackline and Alteryx

  • Assist international financial reporting process

  • Account for mergers and acquisitions and facilitate post-merger accounting integrations

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required

  • Minimum 7+ years of progressive accounting related work experience

  • A proven background in leadership and management of a company’s accounting function

  • Big 4 experience and CPA preferred

  • Public company/Financial reporting experience preferred

  • Demonstrated knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)

  • Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

  • Strong interpersonal and organizational skills and able to work well with a team

  • Self-starter who is action oriented and possesses a strong sense of urgency

  • Ability to comfortably work in an intensely deadline-oriented environment

  • Proficient in Microsoft Office products and advanced Excel skills required

  • Administrative experience in Oracle, Blackline and Alteryx is a plus

  • Exposure to AI, automation, or digital transformation initiatives

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Walk me through your approach to managing the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close process, and how you ensure accuracy under tight deadlines.
  • 2.Cvent frequently engages in M&A activity. Can you discuss your experience with merger and acquisition accounting, specifically regarding purchase price allocation and post-merger integration?
  • 3.How have you utilized Alteryx, Blackline, or other automation tools to transform an accounting process? What was the impact?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you had to manage and align an onshore accounting team with an offshore team, such as a team in India. How did you handle communication and workflow challenges?
  • 2.Describe a situation where you identified a GAAP compliance issue or a material misstatement during a financial reporting cycle. How did you resolve it?
  • 3.Give an example of a time you acted as an 'intrapreneur' within your accounting department. How did you take ownership of a problem and drive change?
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.It is day two of the quarterly close, and your team in Gurugram has identified a significant discrepancy in the account reconciliations that could delay the reporting package. The VP of Finance needs the numbers by tomorrow. How do you handle this?
  • 2.You are tasked with integrating the financials of a newly acquired company into Cvent's Oracle and Blackline systems, but the acquired company uses entirely different accounting software and slightly different revenue recognition policies. What is your action plan?

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Financial CloseGAAPSOX ComplianceMergers and AcquisitionsBlacklineAlteryxOracleFinancial ReportingOffshore Team ManagementGeneral LedgerCPAProcess Automation

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