Sr. Manager / Director, Finance & Accounting

The Sr. Manager / Director, Finance & Accounting is a hands-on leadership role responsible for managing the monthly close, enhancing internal controls, driving forecasting discipline, and overseeing day-to-day accounts payable/receivable and vendor management. The role also involves improving cash and cost tracking, including revenue share and litigation-related expenses, and contributing to executive and Board reporting. The position supports operationalizing the Approval Authority MatrixDescriptionLocation: SF Bay AreaReports to: VP, Finance & AdministrationTHE COMPANYVideoLabs is a professional intellectual property licensing platform with its headquarters in the Silicon Valley and a presence in Europe and Asia. We serve our clients globally with trusted executive, business, technical, legal, and licensing expertise. We serve the technology industry through focused patent aggregation, licensing programs, and consulting and expert services.VideoLabs' vision is to optimize the global high-tech intellectual property environment to be efficient, respected, and balanced. This will allow technology companies to have predictable, low-cost design freedom and will provide fair and just compensation to innovators who create impactful patented inventions. VideoLabs is well funded, has a core team of highly experienced business, intellectual property, and legal experts, and is rapidly growing across all aspects of its business. More information is available at www.videolabsinc.com.THE POSITIONThe Sr. Manager / Director, Finance & Accounting is a critical operating leader within VideoLabs' Finance & Administration (F&A) function. Reporting to the VP, Finance & Administration, this individual partners closely with senior leadership to ensure our financial foundation is accurate, timely, well-controlled, and scalable. The role exists to strengthen our core financial processes, provide resiliency for the function (eliminating single points of failure), and deliver the analytics, controls, and insights that enable disciplined decision-making and cash stewardship.This is a hands-on role: you will lead the monthly close, elevate internal controls, drive forecasting discipline, own day-to-day AP/AR and vendor/DPO management, enhance cash and cost tracking (including revenue share and litigation-related spend), and implement pragmatic tools and process improvements. You will also contribute to Board and executive reporting, help operationalize the Approval Authority Matrix.KEY RESPONSIBILITIESAccounting Operations & Close Leadership: handle the monthly, quarterly, and annual close process end-to-end, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, amortization schedules, and classifications. Maintain an organized close calendar and ensure books are audit-ready, accurate, and delivered on schedule in QuickBooks Online and supporting workpapers.Internal Controls & Compliance: Strengthen and document an effective control environment aligned with GAAP and company policy. Implement and maintain approval workflows, segregation of duties, and evidence trails; support tax compliance and external CPA coordination. Operationalize the company's Approval Authority Matrix within daily processes.FP&A: Budgeting, Forecasting & Management Reporting: Support and improve the annual budget, quarterly forecasts, and rolling cash outlooks. Build concise management reporting and variance analysis that inform decisions by the VP, F&A, COO, CEO, SLT, and Board; drive scenario planning to anticipate risk and opportunities.AP/AR, Vendor & DPO Management: Administer AP/AR workflows end-to-end: vendor onboarding, PO/contract-to-invoice matching, coding, and payment schedules. Ensure accurate, timely invoicing and collections. Optimize Days Payable Outstanding while balancing vendor relationships and cash objectives.Cost Tracking & Revenue Share Accountability: Maintain granular cost tracking for patent acquisitions, ILCs, legal and litigation expenses, vendor costs, and contractual revenue shares. Support deal waterfall tracking and ensure obligations are timely, accurate, and well-documented.Cash, Banking & Controls: Coordinate with banking partners to execute payments under dual-control standards and policy. Monitor cash positions, implement DPO approach and reporting, support cash forecasting, and ensure treasury activities adhere to internal controls and authorization limits.Tools, Systems & Process Improvement: Implement or optimize pragmatic tools (e.g., QuickBooks Online, Concur/expense management, dashboards/trackers) to improve accuracy, cycle time, and transparency. Create and maintain SOPs and training materials to institutionalize best practices.Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with business development, IP engine, licensing, legal, and operations to align financial processes with business needs (e.g., post-deal billing, membership/settlement invoicing, and data-room support). Provide finance inputs for strategic initiatives and special projects.Quality, Documentation & Continuous Improvement: Champion high-quality documentation, consistent file structures, and repeatable processes. Identify root causes of errors or delays and implement corrective actions to drive continuous improvement across F&A.BACKGROUND AND EXPERIENCE FOR THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE4-7 years of progressive experience across corporate accounting, financial operations, and/or FP&A; prior deep experience with month-end close and internal controls in a lean or growth environment strongly preferred.Demonstrated mastery of accounting fundamentals (GAAP), reconciliations, accruals, revenue recognition basics, and documentation standards; experience preparing audit-ready workpapers.Proficiency with QuickBooks Online and advanced Excel/Sheets; experience with expense management (e.g., Concur) and automation/dashboards is a plus.Practical experience running AP/AR lifecycles, vendor onboarding, and DPO optimization; strong attention to coding, timing, and contractual details.Hands-on FP&A support: budgeting, forecasting, cash outlooks, and decision-oriented reporting for senior audiences.Operational rigor with a builder's mindset: designs processes, writes SOPs, and improves controls and cycle time.Clear, concise communicator who presents financial information effectively to cross-functional peers and executives.Personal attributes: meticulous, curious, proactive, and collaborative; rolling up sleeves and thriving in a fast-paced environment. Strong self-management.CULTUREAt VideoLabs, we believe in improving access to innovation while reducing inefficiencies, cost, and risk across the IP ecosystem. We value drive, curiosity, and a commitment to making things better, with quality over quantity. We are a lean, nimble team that makes outsized progress through accountability, collaboration, and disciplined execution.