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.