Accounting Close & Financial Reporting Manager
Job Summary
The Manager, Accounting Close and Financial Reporting is a critical finance leader responsible for owning and driving the company’s month-end close process, internal and external financial reporting, and standard cost accounting activities. This role plays an essential part in ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial results, while supporting a strong control environment and delivering meaningful insight to business leaders.
Key Responsibilities
Own and lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes, ensuring accurate, timely, and well-controlled execution of journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
Manage internal and external financial reporting requirements, including monthly management reporting, supporting schedules, and external financial reporting deliverables.
Own the company’s standard cost processes, including setting and updating standards, reviewing cost assumptions, analyzing variances, and supporting 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, visibility, and performance.
Cook up and coordinate close calendars, deadlines, and deliverables across the accounting team to ensure a disciplined and efficient close process.
Review and improve account reconciliations, close documentation, and supporting workpapers to strengthen control, accuracy, and repeatability.
Partner with the Assistant Controller to enhance close, reporting, and cost accounting processes through better systems usage, standardization, automation, and process improvement.
Prepare and communicate financial results, variance analysis, and key insights clearly to finance leadership and relevant business partners.
Support internal and external audit requests related to financial reporting, close activities, inventory, and standard cost accounting.
Help build a culture of accountability, ownership, and continuous improvement across close and reporting activities.
Qualifications
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.
Ability to effectively present complex information in one-on-one and small group situations to internal/external customers.
Skills/Expertise Desired
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.
Ability to effectively present complex information in one-on-one and small group situations to internal/external customers.