Sr Manager, Accounting Systems and Operations

About the role

The Manager, Accounting Systems and Operations leads the improvement, support, and functional use of the systems, data, and processes supporting the Accounting function. This role serves as the primary connection between Accounting and Technology, helping translate business needs into effective system and process solutions. The Manager oversees accounting application priorities, reporting, data quality, process improvement, testing, documentation, and user adoption. This role partners closely with Accounting leaders, Technology teams, vendors, and other business functions to ensure systems such as Vista, Keystyle, Textura, etc. support accurate financial operations, strong controls, and continued business growth.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the functional Financial team owner and primary contact for accounting applications.
• Partner with Accounting leaders to identify system, reporting, data, and process needs.
• Translate business needs into requirements, workflows, priorities, and implementation plans for Technology teams and vendors.
• Develop and partner with IT Financial Team to maintain a roadmap for accounting system improvements, integrations, reporting, and automation.
• Lead the business side of accounting application implementations, enhancements, upgrades, testing, and adoption.
• Identify opportunities to streamline accounting processes, reduce manual work, strengthen controls, and improve the user experience.
• Oversee accounting reporting and analytics, ensuring leaders have access to accurate and useful financial and operational information.
• Establish standards for accounting data quality, system use, documentation, and process ownership.
• Partner with Technology teams to support integrations, resolve system issues, and manage dependencies across applications.
• Coordinate issue prioritization and serve as an escalation point for complex accounting system and process concerns.
• Maintain process documentation, system procedures, training resources, and internal control documentation