Accounting Manager

About the role

We are partnering with a large, publicly traded global organization on a newly created Accounting Manager opportunity within its Operational Accounting team. This role offers a great combination of general accounting, people leadership, process improvement, and high-visibility projects. The Accounting Manager will report to the Senior Accounting Manager and lead a team of 1-3 Accountants. This person will oversee and perform more complex accounting work across areas including operational accounting, commissions, profit sharing, inventory, procurement, third-party transportation/vendors, revenue recognition, and some payroll-related activities. This is a great opportunity to gain well rounded accounting experience, financial reporting, process improvement, and SOX experience with a large, growing organization. They also offer strong work-life balance, a beautiful modern corporate office with an onsite gym (with Peloton equipment!), and EXCELLENT growth potential!

Location: Fort Mill, SC (10 minutes from Charlotte!)
Hybrid Flexibility: 4 days onsite/1 day remote - with very flexible hours!

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a small accounting team
• Manage and review month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial analyses
• Review and perform more complex accounting and methodology analyses
• Support accounting for commissions, profit sharing, inventory, procurement, revenue recognition, and operational/field activities
• Own key relationships with external auditors and coordinate audit requests and deliverables
• Own and support assigned SOX controls
• Analyze financial results and identify accounting or process issues
• Partner cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Payroll, Procurement, and other teams
• Drive process improvement, automation, and standardization across accounting processes
• Help influence and improve accounting policies, methodologies, and procedures

Projects & Opportunities

This role will have significant opportunity to improve and modernize processes, including:

• An upcoming commission system implementation in which Accounting will play a major role
• Improving and streamlining the profit-sharing process
• Identifying automation opportunities within inventory accounting
• Potential improvements to fuel inventory accounting and methodology
• Modernizing balance sheet reconciliation processes
• Helping build more scalable and efficient accounting processes as the organization continues to grow

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 5+ years of progressive accounting or Big 4/large regional audit experience
• Recent experience in a manager-level role with direct reports
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, month-end close, reconciliations, and journal entries
• Experience with SOX/internal controls
• Exposure to commissions, profit sharing, inventory, payroll, inventory, and/or revenue recognition experience is nice to have
• Process improvement, automation, or systems implementation experience preferred
• CPA preferred but not required; obtaining a CPA would be beneficial for future advancement

Pay

$140,000 - $160,000 + 15% bonus depending on experience-level, education, and certifications.