CA20-ESG-Mgr, Corporate Accounting (Direct Hire)

Key Responsibilities

• Planning, organizing, and leading accounting department staff in the activities supporting general ledger, sub-systems, and related business applications.
• Preparation, review, and accuracy of business activities within the department, including executing financial close activities, reviewing and updating business practices, performing internal control self-assessments, preparing forecasts and annual business plans, and performing ongoing process improvements.
• Managing the recruitment, training, and development of accounting personnel within the assigned area.
• Serving as a trusted business advisor to management on key financial issues, financial performance, and strategy execution, including commercial business insight.
• Interpreting and applying company policy and accounting principles to financial transactions for internal control compliance.
• Managing payroll accounting, accruals, balance sheet reconciliations, and GL entries.
• Managing PTO/vacation reserve tracking and year-end vacation payouts.
• Reconciliation of payroll accounts, including wages payable, taxes, and benefits.
• Maintaining accurate payroll records for audits and regulatory purposes.
• Managing internal and external audits related to payroll.
• Ensuring adherence to internal controls and company policies.
• Identifying and implementing improvements to payroll processes.
• Supporting payroll system upgrades or implementations.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have an accounting or business university degree and at least 8 years of progressive experience in finance or accounting related roles, to include management experience.
• Experience with direct payroll accounting responsibilities in a large enterprise is strongly preferred.
• Strong command of GL accounting, accruals, reconciliation, and payroll-related accounting treatments.
• Demonstrated project management skills and awareness of financial performance metrics.
• Strong knowledge in aspects of finance and accounting, internal controls and risk mitigation, company policy, financial analysis and statutory reporting, forecasting, and financial applications.
• SAP S/4HANA experience is required; ADP familiarity is a plus.
• A CPA preference or active pursuit of one is preferred.
• Professional accounting certification is preferred.
• Experience with ADP GlobalView (or enterprise-level payroll system) and SmartCompliance in a large enterprise payroll environment is preferred.
• Blackline experience is preferred.