Accounting Manager ( Multi-State Construction / Manufacturing Operations )

We need to output HTML fragment with sections using

for headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections that have real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. Must not include Job ID etc. Must preserve all substantive info, remove boilerplate, duplicated lines, application instructions, cookie/nav/legal/EEO etc. Must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Must only include sections where posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting for content. Let's extract relevant info: Job title: Accounting Manager Accounting Services (maybe duplicate). Not needed as heading. Reports to: Director of Accounting Services Location: Tempe (Greater Phoenix), AZ - on-site Travel: Minimal; occasional jobsite or production floor visits Confidential retained search note: "Do not post publicly or circulate outside the retained search. Approach candidates confidentially, on a no-names basis until mutual interest is established." This is instruction to recruiter, maybe not needed for candidate? It's part of posting but maybe considered boilerplate? It's not typical candidate-facing content but it's part of posting. The instruction says remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. This note is not exactly those but it's a recruitment agency instruction. Might be considered not candidate-facing; but we can keep as a short paragraph? It's not about role. Might be considered not needed. Safer to omit? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." This note is substantive for recruiter but not for candidate. However it's part of posting. I'd keep it as a short paragraph maybe under a generic "Notes" but we don't have a heading for Notes. Could embed in a

without heading. Since we only output sections with headings, we can include paragraphs outside headings? The instruction: "Use

for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). Use

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  sections. We need to decide which sections to create based on content. Let's identify sections: - About the role: could include description of role, reporting line, location, travel, nature of shared services, assignments change, generalist, etc. - Responsibilities: list of duties: close and reconciliation, controls and audit, systems/process/service, unit economics, etc. - Requirements: maybe qualifications: tenure, ownership, credentials, NetSuite hands-on, etc. - Qualifications: maybe education? Not explicit. Could include CPA requirement. - Skills: maybe technical foundation, depth areas, etc. - Benefits: not mentioned explicitly. No benefits details. So we should not create Benefits section. - Pay: not mentioned. No pay info. So omit. - Schedule: not mentioned besides on-site, minimal travel. Could be considered schedule? Not explicit. Probably omit. Thus we may have About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to ensure we don't create sections with filler. Must have real specific content. Let's extract content for each. About the role: - Reports to Director of Accounting Services. - Location: Tempe (Greater Phoenix), AZ - on-site. - Travel: Minimal; occasional jobsite or production floor visits. - This is a retained search confidential note? Might be omitted. - The role is not dedicated to one operating company; accountants sit in shared services entity and assigned across group by VP of Accounting through his two directors, based on where work is. Assignments change. Need people comfortable with that, get better at business rather than territorial. - Profile: strong generalist with real depth in at least one specialty (list later). Prefer three managers with complementary depth rather than three who all do same thing. - Not looking for mechanical accountant; want someone who understands economics of business they are accounting for, can interpret numbers. - Every finalist sits timed closed-book written exercise: real arithmetic on this business, plus written judgment on situations they would face. - NetSuite is ERP and this is a hands-on seat. Need to confirm hands-on use, not exposure. - Three things we check early: Tenure (pattern of five- and six-month stints is hard stop), Ownership (whether performed work as employee or advised as consultant), Credentials (if résumé says CPA, want state and license number). - How This Function Is Built: description of centralized shared accounting function, etc. - Who We Hire - Apex to Base: description of pyramid, Alpha/Lead, Positive Temperament, Solution-Driven. - Skill Set: technical foundation essential and assumed. - About The Company: description of equity-backed residential energy infrastructure business, etc. - The Mandate: rebuilding function, systems investment, committed calendar, process library, automation. - What This Role Is Not: list of what it's not. - What Every Manager Here Carries: list of responsibilities (close and reconciliation, controls and audit, systems/process/service, unit economics). - Unit Economics - Non-Negotiable: details. - Depth - Pick Your Lane, Then Widen It: list of specialties. - The Path: reporting to Director, ladder to directorship. - The First Twelve Months - How We Will Measure It: list. - How We Assess Candidates: description of assessment process. We need to decide which content goes where. Probably: About the role: high-level overview: reporting line, location, travel, nature of role (shared services, assignments change, generalist, depth, not mechanical, economics understanding, written exercise, NetSuite hands-on, tenure/ownership/credentials check). Responsibilities: list of duties: close and reconciliation, controls and audit, systems/process/service, unit economics (maybe broken down), etc. Requirements: maybe the hard stops: tenure pattern, ownership vs consulting, credentials (CPA state/license), NetSuite hands-on, etc. Qualifications: maybe education? Not given. Could include CPA requirement as qualification. Also maybe experience in certain specialties. Skills: maybe the technical foundation list (the base), plus the depth specialties, plus positive temperament, solution-driven, alpha/lead. We need to avoid duplication. Let's craft. First, we need to ensure we don't include boilerplate like "Do not post publicly or circulate outside the retained search." That's instruction to recruiter; maybe we can keep as a note but it's not candidate-facing. I'd omit. Also "NOTE This is not a seat dedicated to one operating company." That's part of role description; we can incorporate. Now produce HTML. We'll start with a

  for any intro prose not under heading? Could embed About the role heading then paragraphs. Let's structure:

  About the role

  Reports to the Director of Accounting Services. Located in Tempe (Greater Phoenix), AZ – on‑site with minimal travel (occasional jobsite or production floor visits).

  This is a shared‑services position: you are hired into the centralized accounting function, not into a single operating company. The VP of Accounting (through two Directors of Accounting Services) assigns you across the group based on bandwidth and need, and assignments change over time. We look for a strong generalist who is comfortable with shifting assignments and focuses on learning the business rather than protecting a territorial piece.

  The ideal candidate is a mechanical‑accountant alternative: someone who understands the economics of the business they account for, can interpret a number and explain what it means and what to do about it. All finalists complete a timed, closed‑book written exercise that includes real arithmetic on the business and written judgment on situations they would face in the seat.

  The role is hands‑on in NetSuite; we require confirmed hands‑on use, not just exposure.

  Early screening focuses on three items: (1) Tenure – a pattern of five‑ and six‑month stints is a hard stop; (2) Ownership – whether the work was performed as an employee or advised on as a consultant (we need to know which); (3) Credentials – if a résumé lists a CPA, we expect the state and license number.

  That seems good. Now Responsibilities: We can list bullet points from "What Every Manager Here Carries" and maybe also from "The Mandate" etc. Responsibilities: - Part of the monthly and quarterly close for assigned entities, delivered on a committed calendar. - Balance sheet reconciliations completed monthly with real supporting evidence, prepared for review. - Prepaids, accruals and amortization schedules. - Intercompany transaction processing and elimination support. - Investigate discrepancies; chase down transactions rather than reconcile around them. - Operate internal controls over your area and plainly report when a control is not working. - Support external audit: populate request list ahead of auditors. - Hold the line on judgment calls; explain decisions well. - Work hands‑on in NetSuite every day and push the automation agenda forward with technology. - Write standard procedures for everything you own into the group process library (required template). - Run accounting as a service to the business – fast, useful and trusted by operations. - Train non‑accounting staff on submission, coding and system processes. - Produce, explain and defend unit economics for your area (installation side: cost per install, cost per watt by market/crew/channel, bid‑to‑actual variance at job level with root cause while job is open, margin by job/crew/configuration; manufacturing side: fully loaded cost per unit, variance decomposition, absorption vs normal capacity, yield, scrap and warranty cost per unit; across the group: installed‑cost curve as manufacturing comes in‑house, make‑versus‑buy delta). - Document work properly as part of the job (coverage built in for vacations, departures, surges). We'll put these in
  • . Now Requirements: Hard stops: tenure pattern, ownership vs consulting, credentials (CPA state/license), NetSuite hands‑on. Also maybe "No experience" is acceptable for self‑rating but overstatement costly. But that's part of assessment. We'll list: - Demonstrated hands‑on experience with NetSuite (not just exposure). - Stable employment history; patterns of five‑ or six‑month stints are disqualifying. - Clear indication whether prior accounting work was performed as an employee or as a consultant. - If holding a CPA, provide the state and license number. Now Qualifications: Maybe include: CPA preferred (if applicable), experience in at least one of the depth specialties (list). Also "strong generalist with real depth in at least one specialty". We'll list: - Strong generalist background with proven depth in at least one of the following specialties (construction/job cost, manufacturing cost, fixed assets and capital, revenue and contracts, group and consolidation). - Experience operating in a centralized shared‑services accounting environment. - Ability to understand and communicate business economics (unit economics, margin analysis). Now Skills: Maybe include the technical foundation (essential and assumed) plus the behavioral competencies: Alpha/Lead (ownership, setting standard, lifting team), Positive Temperament (resilient, constructive, energizing), Solution‑Driven (answers, owning outcome), plus the specific technical skills from the depth list. We'll list: - Technical foundation: core accounting principles, GAAP, familiarity with NetSuite, ability to prepare close, reconciliations, controls, process documentation. - Behavioral: Alpha/Lead – takes ownership, sets standards, elevates teammates; Positive Temperament – resilient, constructive, energizing under pressure; Solution‑Driven – brings answers, owns outcomes. - Specialty skills (choose one or more): construction/job cost (WIP schedules, %‑of‑completion, job‑level P&L, retainage, subcontractor accounting, lien wa