Accounting Manager

Role Overview

• Assist Financial Leadership in providing the vision and objectives for the accounting team
• Work with Financial Leadership to implement better reporting and analysis
• Identify areas for process improvement and work with appropriate Corporate and business units to design, test, and implement solutions
• Supervise effectively and identify areas for process improvement to drive out excess costs of the various accounting processes
• Provide training and development opportunities to the financial accounting team
• Design, implement and maintain standardized accounting practices
• Work closely with business units’ finance staff, Internal Audit, Corporate staff departments, external auditors, offshore resources, and other key members of the Corporate Controller’s group
• Provide supervision, analysis, insight, and reconciliation of acquisitions, lease accounting, restructuring activities, impairment analysis, and other requests from senior management
• Oversee the general ledger and sub-ledger production process and provide application instruction and problem-solving for both the Shared Service Center and end-user personnel in the business units
• Responsible for general ledger reporting on a monthly and quarterly basis including internal and external audit requests for specified areas
• Monitor and maintain general ledger metrics including the reconciliation reviews
• Manage quarterly SOX compliance for areas of responsibility
• Staff and develop the financial accounting team, including the development of team goals and performance measures
• Assist Financial Leadership with ensuring the accuracy and adequacy of internal controls
• Evaluate performance and provide feedback to the team on overall and individual performance
• Effectively manage the work product of our Off-Shore group
• Work with executive management to bring more analytical work from the field into the shared services organization
• Support continuous improvement initiatives of the center by reviewing internal processes to identify opportunities
• Help to foster acceptance of change and drive change management within the team
• Support and participate in the transition of new business to the Center
• Actively participate in the successful integration of acquisition operations into the Center
• Assumes other responsibilities as needed or assigned by executive management

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or equivalent experience required
• A minimum of five(5) years of experience in accounting, including general ledger and fixed assets
• Demonstrated leadership and team-building qualities required
• Knowledge of GAAP and proficiency with fundamental accounting concepts and procedures
• May require knowledge of or the ability to quickly learn specialized software
• Must be able to recognize anomalies and critical situations and respond appropriately
• Ability to multitask and shift priorities and/or deadlines as needed
• Excellent verbal & written communication, interpersonal, and time management skills required
• Customer service oriented with excellent follow-up skills
• Must be detail-oriented yet have the ability to see the larger picture
• Strong knowledge of desktop software such as Microsoft Word, Excel, and Powerpoint
• Experience in SAP, HFM, Essbase, and/or Oracle preferred but not required

Tech Stack

• Oracle

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision coverage
• paid time off
• disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• life insurance
• other voluntary supplemental insurance coverages
• parental leave
• adoption assistance
• tuition assistance
• employer/partner discounts