Senior Accounting Manager

Role Overview

• Month-End Close & Financial Reporting
• Texas Entity Close: Lead the preparation of the monthly close process for the Texas entity, ensuring it is completed accurately and strictly within timelines.
• Intercompany Accounting: Prepare intercompany entries based on specific agreements, ensuring full understanding of both Tax and US GAAP implications.
• Financial Analysis: Collaborate with the FP&A team to ensure proper General Ledger coding and department allocation on financial statements; implement process improvements to ensure coding accuracy at the source.
• Reporting: Prepare quarterly reports for debt covenants and assist in the preparation of audited financial statements.
• Large Data Management: Utilize strong excel skills and working knowledge of SQL Server Management Studio to generate and analyze large data sets using existing report scripts for the preparation of the month-end entries for our Texas subsidiary.
• Payroll Accounting & Oversight
• Process Management: Establish and enforce payroll processes to ensure proper accounting methods in accordance with US GAAP and company policies.
• Review & Approval: Execute a comprehensive review and approval of payroll for timely submission on a bi-monthly basis.
• Accruals: Prepare accurate bonus accruals as part of the month-end close.
• Audit, Compliance & Tax
• Audit Support: Support annual audits with external auditors and complete internal control testing on a quarterly basis.
• Tax Compliance: Ensure compliance with sales tax and franchise/business tax, including the preparation and filing of reports as needed.
• Internal Controls: Work with internal and outsourced teams to resolve accounting issues, review reports, and provide US GAAP guidance.
• Operational Accounting & Ad-Hoc
• Team Oversight: Review and approve journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations prepared by outsourced team members.
• Insurance Management: Manage the insurance renewal process, prepare files for renewals, issue Certificates of Insurance (COI) as requested by business stakeholders, and file claims.
• Collaboration: Partner with other departments to obtain necessary information for the month-end close and collaborate with the Controller on ad-hoc tasks and reporting needs.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required (CPA or CPA equivalent preferred).
• Experience: 8-10 years of progressive accounting experience with mix of public and private companies. Big 4 or Tier II Audit firm experience is a plus. Experience working with Texas Utilities (e.g. ERCOT) is also a plus.
• Technical Skills: Strong working knowledge of Excel and familiarity with SQL Server Management Studio is required.
• GAAP Knowledge: Deep understanding of US GAAP, specifically regarding revenue recognition, payroll, intercompany transactions, and financial reporting.
• Soft Skills: Proven ability to work collaboratively with outsourced teams and internal departments (e.g., FP&A, HR, TX Operations).

Tech Stack

• SQL

Benefits

• A full-time position, with a competitive salary based on experience. The base salary for this role is: $150k
• $180k. We use market data and consider your job family, background, skills, experience, and U.S. work location to determine compensation within our established pay range.
• Fully remote work environment with home office set-up allowance.
• Real and lived work-life balance
• Company perks include no pre-set vacation limits (with a top-down culture of taking meaningful PTO every year!), parental leave benefits, and a corporate value of working sustainably and putting families first.
• Competitive benefits package that includes numerous health and wellness benefits.
• 401(k) plan, with employer contributions to the same.
• Opportunity to work with amazing people who are passionate about their mission, thriving in a fully-remote work environment, and learning and growing every day.