Director of Cash & Revenue Accounting

Carolina PRG has partnered with a large publicly traded services organization headquartered in Charlotte, NC, in their search for a Senior Manager / Director of Cash and Revenue Accounting. The company operates across a broad national footprint and has a portfolio of well-known consumer-facing brands.

The organization is seeking a Senior Manager / Director of Cash and Revenue Accounting to lead accounting activities related to cash, revenue, and related balance sheet accounts in a U.S. GAAP and SOX-compliant public company environment. This is a critical leadership role focused on strengthening processes, internal controls, documentation, and audit readiness following a period of heightened scrutiny.

This individual will lead a multi-location team and partner closely with Treasury, FP&A, AR/AP, Financial Reporting, Tax, Systems, and Internal and External Audit. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical accounting expertise, a hands-on leadership style, and proven experience improving processes, remediating control deficiencies, and building sustainable accounting infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a multi-location team responsible for cash, revenue, and related accounting activities
• Oversee accounting for cash transactions, revenue recognition, reserves, accruals, reconciliations, and related balance sheet accounts
• Ensure accurate and timely preparation and review of journal entries, account reconciliations, variance analyses, and close deliverables
• Partner with Treasury on cash activity, liquidity reporting, and reconciling items
• Collaborate with AR teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of revenue and cash application processes
• Design, implement, and sustain SOX-compliant processes and controls
• Support remediation of prior control deficiencies and strengthen review standards, documentation, and ownership
• Serve as a key accounting contact for internal and external audits related to cash and revenue
• Partner with Financial Reporting on disclosures, footnotes, and quarterly/annual reporting support
• Drive process improvement, close acceleration, reconciliation automation, and KPI development
• Work cross-functionally with FP&A, Tax, Systems, and operational teams to improve data quality and reporting accuracy

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required
• CPA required
• 10 years of progressive accounting experience; Director-level candidates will typically bring 12–15 years
• Public company experience required
• Strong U.S. GAAP, SOX, and ICFR expertise
• Demonstrated experience remediating control deficiencies and improving accounting processes
• Proven ability to operate in complex, fast-paced, and audit-sensitive environments
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional partnership skills

Preferred Background

• Public accounting experience, ideally Big 4 or national firm
• Experience with revenue complexity, multi-location operations, or franchised business models
• Exposure to complex cash structures, securitized debt, multi-entity environments, or multi-currency operations
• Oracle ERP and EPM experience
• Experience driving process automation, close transformation, and scalable accounting infrastructure