Accounting Manager
Responsibilities
- Drive Financial Excellence
- Lead the monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes
- Deliver timely, accurate, and actionable financial results
- Review and approve journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and variance analyses
- Ensure integrity of financial data
- Translate financial data into meaningful insights to support business decisions
- Own Cash & Working Capital Operations
- Oversee cash and banking activities
- Ensure accuracy and visibility into company liquidity
- Manage the allowance for doubtful accounts
- Partner closely with Treasury, AR, and AP teams to resolve discrepancies and optimize working capital performance
- Strengthen Controls & Processes
- Ensure all balance sheet reconciliations are completed accurately and on time
- Proactively resolve issues
- Champion a strong internal control environment
- Identify risks and implement improvements
- Maintain and evolve accounting policies and procedures
- Drive consistency and governance across operations
- Lead Transformation & Innovation
- Serve as a key accounting leader on cross-functional initiatives
- Participate in system implementations and enhancements
- Drive initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve accuracy, and enhance reporting capabilities
- Collaborate with IT, Finance, and Operations to ensure seamless adoption of new processes and tools
- Audit & Compliance Leadership
- Act as a primary liaison for internal and external audits
- Prepare documentation and articulate accounting positions
- Ensure ongoing compliance with regulatory and audit requirements
- Address audit findings and lead corrective action plans to strengthen processes
- Inspire & Develop Talent
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of accounting professionals
- Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
- Oversee workload planning, performance management, and career development
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to both team members and cross-functional partners
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field (CPA or CMA preferred)
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including leadership responsibilities
- Deep understanding of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, and internal controls
- Experience supporting system implementations, process improvements, or automation initiatives
- Strong analytical thinking with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset
- High attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Advanced proficiency in ERP systems and Excel
- Excellent communication and leadership skills, with the ability to influence across functions
- Adaptability and resilience, especially under tight deadlines
Qualifications
Skills & Strengths
About Us
With a legacy spanning more than 80 years, NSF leverages science and innovation to improve human and planet health. We provide science-driven, independent testing, inspection, certification, and advisory services and develop the very standards that drive the food, water, and life sciences industries worldwide. We empower our clients to navigate shifting regulations to improve consumer health, safety, and quality of life.
One Core Value
We Are One NSF. This means that while we’re one team, we embrace the cultural, ethnic, language, and demographic diversity that reflects the societies in which we live and work.
About The Team
We are the guardians of NSF’s assets. We are the keepers and providers of accurate and useful financial information which empowers careful and rational decision making. We do this so NSF may better advance its public health and safety mission.