What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Accounting Manager position at Coda Search│Staffing?
About the Role
This role will be responsible for, in association with Global Finance, supporting US practice offices for training, quality control, and monitoring of finance and accounting functions, while delivering full cycle finance service and support through a solid understanding of all areas of the Finance department, including billing and operations. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.
Responsibilities & Qualifications
Other key responsibilities include:
- Implementing initiatives across the practice offices by developing training materials, testing, and other key staff; including their schedules and work activities
- Identifying activities that the Global Services Office (GSO) can do to support practice office needs to allow local office to focus on revenue focused responsibilities such as billing/collections and local trust functions
- Assisting local office accounting managers to recruit, select, train, and coach employees
- Reviewing, investigating, and resolving problems encountered by practice offices or GSO. Identifying root cause of issues and developing training and other plans to prevent or identify similar issues in the future
- Working and communicating with practice office accounting managers, supervisors, and GSO staff to ensure high level accounting support and customer service are provided to the firm
- Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that our client retains
We’d love to hear from you if you:
- Demonstrate excellent leadership skills (i.e., organizing, planning, problem-solving, and decision-making) necessary for effective management
- Possess the ability to proofread the work of others to ensure compliance and accuracy
- Exhibit strong communication skills, both written and verbal
And have:
- A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, or related field
- A minimum of ten (10) years’ professional accounting experience
- Experience at a global multi-office law firm, accounting firm, or other professional services organization
- A minimum of five (5) years’ relevant management experience
- Experience with Elite, Emburse, or comparable accounting software application
- Experience with on-line banking and automated vendor, and expense reporting processes
