Accounting Close & Financial Reporting Manager

About the role

We are seeking a qualified Accounting Close & Financial Reporting Manager to join our Nottingham, PA team on-site. This role owns and drives the company’s month-end close process, internal and external financial reporting, and standard cost accounting activities, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial results while supporting a strong control environment.

Responsibilities

• Own and lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Manage internal and external financial reporting requirements, including monthly management reporting and external financial reporting deliverables.
• Own the company’s standard cost processes: set and update standards, review cost assumptions, analyze variances, and support accurate product costing and inventory valuation.
• Analyze manufacturing and inventory-related variances, identify root causes, and partner with operations and supply chain leaders to improve accuracy and performance.
• Coordinate close calendars, deadlines, and deliverables across the accounting team to ensure disciplined and efficient close execution.
• Review and improve account reconciliations, close documentation, and supporting workpapers to strengthen control and accuracy.
• Partner with leadership to enhance close, reporting, and cost accounting processes through systems usage, standardization, automation, and process improvement.
• Support internal and external audit requests related to financial reporting, close activities, inventory, and standard cost accounting.
• Prepare and communicate financial results, variance analysis, and key insights to finance leadership and business partners.
• Develop and mentor a team of 4 by setting expectations, providing feedback, and fostering a continuous-improvement culture.
• Lead and influence employees toward goal and KPI achievement, maintaining accountability for action steps and timing.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field required.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience with meaningful ownership of month-end close and financial reporting responsibilities.
• Direct experience with standard costing in a manufacturing environment, including standard setting, variance analysis, and inventory valuation.
• Strong experience managing or coordinating a disciplined monthly close process in a complex business environment.
• Progressive experience in manufacturing, food, or consumer packaged goods environments strongly preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems, financial reporting tools, and process improvement initiatives.
• CPA preferred; public accounting experience is a plus.

Skills

• Strong experience owning and driving a disciplined month-end close process in a complex accounting environment.
• Hands-on knowledge of standard cost accounting, including setting standards, analyzing purchase price, labor, and manufacturing variances, and supporting inventory valuation.
• Strong understanding of financial reporting requirements, account reconciliations, accruals, and financial statement preparation under US GAAP.
• Analytical and detail-oriented with the ability to investigate issues, identify root causes, and translate findings into actionable business insight.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage deadlines, competing priorities, and close-related pressure in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong systems aptitude, including experience with ERP platforms, financial reporting tools, and Excel; Microsoft Dynamics experience preferred.
• Effective communication and cross-functional partnership skills, particularly with operations, supply chain, and finance leadership.
• Process improvement mindset with the ability to improve close efficiency, reporting quality, and standard cost accuracy.
• High level of ownership, accountability, and follow-through in a challenging and highly visible role.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and hearing insurance.
• Marathon Health Clinic on-site healthcare provider at the Nottingham, PA facility offering tailored healthcare services, preventative care, and wellness programs.
• Opportunity to contribute to a 401k with a company match.
• Paid vacation, holiday, and sick time.
• Paid employee referral program.
• Elective benefits include long-term disability, life insurance, accident, hospital and critical illness indemnity plans, and legal plans.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• EAP services.
• Benefits start the first of the month following 30 days of service.

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 40+ hours per week.