Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting
This role is an office position based in Louisville, KY.
About the Role
The Sr. Manager, Corporate Accounting is responsible for leading the monthly close and core accounting operations for Heaven Hill’s U.S. and Global entities. This role oversees a broad range of accounting activities to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, balance sheet integrity, and compliance with company policies and accounting standards. This position operates within a high-volume, multi-entity environment with significant operational complexity, multiple systems, recurring tax compliance requirements, and cross-functional dependencies. The Sr. Manager coordinates close activities across the accounting organization, manages competing priorities within compressed timelines, and ensures financial results are complete, accurate, and audit ready. The role partners closely with finance leadership and cross-functional teams to improve close efficiency, strengthen internal controls, support process improvements, and maintain scalable accounting operations as the business continues to grow.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and manage the monthly closing process across all entities, ensuring timely and accurate completion of financial statements
- Establish and maintain clear ownership of balance sheet accounts and ensure all reconciliations are completed, reviewed, and supported
- Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial results to ensure accuracy and compliance with accounting policies
- Supervise and develop a team of accountants, ensuring appropriate workload distribution and accountability across functional areas
- Drive improvements in close efficiency
- Oversee tax-related accounting processes within the general ledger, including sales and use tax, VAT, GST, and excise taxes, ensuring timely reconciliation and filing compliance
- Support intercompany & consolidations team to ensure accurate intercompany balances, transfer pricing entries, and consolidation processes
- Support financial statement preparation and audit readiness
- Identify and resolve accounting issues, process inefficiencies, and implement sustainable solutions
- Participate in the development, documentation, and maintenance of accounting policies and procedures to strengthen internal controls and standardize processes
- Act as a key liaison between accounting, operations, sales, marketing, IT, and other departments to ensure accurate financial data and proper system functionality
- Support system improvements, including IFS enhancements, automation initiatives, and integration of new business activities or acquisitions
- Participate in strategic initiatives and special projects to support business growth and scalability
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- Minimum 10 years of accounting experience in a multi-entity, global organization
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, IFRS, and intercompany accounting
- Experience managing complex close processes with multiple entities, systems, and dependencies
- Ability to manage high-volume workloads and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Demonstrated ability to lead teams, drive accountability, and improve performance
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (especially Excel) and ERP systems
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA, CMA or MBA
- Experience with IFS (ERP system)
- Experience in the distilled spirits industry, manufacturing, or CPG industry
Physical Requirements
While performing duties of the job, the employee is occasionally required to:
- Stand; walk
- Use hands and fingers to handle or feel objects, and use a computer
- Reach with hands and arms
- Lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
Benefits
- Paid Vacation
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Health, Dental & Vision eligibility from day one
- FSA/HSA
- 401K match
- EAP
- Maternity/Paternity Leave