Accounting Manager

Responsibilities

We are seeking a well-rounded, thoughtful, and motivated Accounting Manager to join our North America Controllership organization. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Accounting, this role combines individual contributor responsibilities with process improvement initiatives that strengthen, simplify, and scale the team's operations. The position plays an important role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of the company's financial results while identifying opportunities to expand the responsibilities and impact of the Accounting team. This individual will help build efficient, well-controlled processes that support sustainable growth.

The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in accounting principles, a continuous improvement mindset, and the ability to translate complex business arrangements into practical accounting solutions. This role is well suited for someone who enjoys thoughtful analysis, challenging existing practices, and broadening the team's oversight and responsibilities while maintaining strong accounting and control standards.

Success in this role requires intellectual curiosity, attention to detail, strong communication skills, and the ability to manage multiple priorities. The successful candidate will demonstrate a strong understanding of accounting principles, build alignment around new approaches, and move improvement efforts from concept through implementation and sustained adoption.

As an Accounting Manager, you will:

• Perform and oversee accounting activities associated with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Prepare and review journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial analyses to ensure accurate and timely reporting
• Analyze financial results, investigate variances, and identify trends requiring further evaluation or process action
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly and annual financial reporting deliverables
• As needed or directed by the Senior Manager, research accounting guidance and evaluate and document the accounting implications of transactions, business arrangements, and new initiatives
• Execute key internal control activities and strengthen the overall control environment as processes and responsibilities evolve
• Support internal audit, external audit or other review requests
• Help transition new activities into the Accounting team; assess requirements, risks, capacity, and dependencies; and lead implementation from design through stabilization
• Be a catalyst to simplify, standardize, and automate accounting processes while maintaining a strong control environment
• Potential for future role expansion which may include managing, developing and evaluating a staff of accounting professionals

What Will Make You Successful

The successful candidate will:

• Demonstrate strong analytical, root-cause, and problem-solving abilities
• Exercise sound professional judgment when evaluating accounting matters
• Communicate clearly and effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Produce high-quality work with strong attention to detail
• Build credibility through reliability, professionalism, accountability, and follow-through
• Enjoy learning new concepts, sharing knowledge, and helping the team build new capabilities
• Thrive in an environment where priorities shift and new responsibilities emerge
• Bring a continuous improvement mindset and constructively challenge existing practices
• Balance efficiency, scalability, accounting requirements, and internal controls when designing solutions
• Translate broad objectives into clear workplans, owners, milestones, and measurable outcomes
• Take ownership of assignments and improvement initiatives from diagnosis through sustained implementation, including clear communications and status updates to management

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 5-8 years of progressive accounting experience
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP
• Demonstrated ability to research accounting issues and develop supportable conclusions
• Advanced Excel skills

Preferred

• CPA (or actively working on CPA licensure)
• Public accounting experience strongly preferred
• Experience leading accounting process improvement, standardization, automation, or transformation initiatives with strong internal controls
• Experience in a complex, multi-entity or publicly traded environment
• Experience with SAP (or similar ERP platforms), close management tools, workflow solutions, or other technologies used to improve large-scale accounting processes

Success Profile

• Leading Complexity
• Leading People
• Leading the Business
• Leading Self

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