Accounting Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Own assigned general accounting responsibilities in support of the Controller, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and supporting schedules as part of the monthly financial close.
• Lead the accounting oversight of the Order-to-Cash cycle, ensuring accurate invoicing, receivable balances, customer deductions, cash application, and collections.
• Own monthly close activities related to Accounts Receivable and other assigned accounting areas, including journal entries, reconciliations, reserve analyses, and supporting schedules.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, company accounting policies, and internal controls; review reconciliations, aging reports, deduction reserves, and trade funding balances for accuracy and completeness.
• Improve working capital performance through DSO reduction, timely collections, and deduction resolution.
• Support internal and external audits, and establish accounting policies, processes, and controls for new business initiatives, customer programs, and system implementations.

Order-to-Cash Operations

• Lead the day-to-day Order-to-Cash team responsible for billing, cash application, collections, customer deductions, and credit support.
• Monitor customer account health and resolve issues impacting collections and invoice accuracy, including pricing discrepancies, shipment issues, order holds, and billing concerns.
• Establish KPIs and reporting to monitor AR performance, deduction aging, cash application, and customer compliance.

Trade Funding & Customer Deductions

• Oversee customer deduction accounting, validation, recovery, and settlement, ensuring claims align with approved trade programs and contractual agreements.
• Support trade funding accounting by partnering with Sales and Finance to reconcile trade funding accruals and identify opportunities to recover invalid deductions.
• Analyze root causes of deductions and implement process improvements that reduce future chargebacks and revenue leakage.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Partner with IT and external trading partners to resolve system issues impacting invoicing, collections, or customer compliance.
• Identify automation opportunities and support ERP implementations, system enhancements, and continuous improvement across OTC processes.

Leadership, Reporting & Development

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing Order-to-Cash team, setting clear performance expectations and supporting career development.
• Foster collaboration across Accounting, Sales, Customer Service, Supply Chain, and IT while promoting accountability, continuous improvement, and customer service excellence.