Accounting Close & Financial Reporting Manager

About the role

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. Reporting to the Assistant Controller, this role ensures the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of financial results while supporting a strong control environment and delivering meaningful insight to business leaders.

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, 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.
• 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.
• 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 clearly to finance leadership and relevant business partners.
• Develop and mentor a high-performing team by setting expectations, providing feedback, building bench strength, and fostering a service-oriented, continuous-improvement culture.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field required.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 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.

Qualifications

• 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 but not required.

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.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision and hearing insurance.
• Long term disability, life insurance, accident, hospital and critical illness indemnity plans, and legal plans.
• Opportunity to contribute to a 401k with a company match.
• Vacation, sick and holiday pay.
• EAP services and tuition reimbursement.
• Marathon Health Clinic – an on-site healthcare provider at the Nottingham, PA facility offering tailored healthcare services, preventative care, and wellness programs.
• Paid employee referral program.

Schedule

Monday–Friday, 40+ hours per week.