Accounting Manager

About the Role

We’re hiring a hands-on Accounting Manager / Assistant Controller to own our accounting function end-to-end in Sage 50. This is a department-of-one role responsible for cleaning up and stabilizing the books, leading month-end close, managing AP and AR, coordinating/processing payroll (with leadership approvals), maintaining simple job costing, implementing practical internal controls, and delivering management reporting and KPIs leadership can rely on.

Transportation/trucking industry experience is a plus, but not required.

Key Responsibilities

·        Month-end close: bank/credit card reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, balance sheet schedules

·        General ledger ownership: maintain accurate coding, documentation, and financial integrity in Sage 50

·        Accounts Payable (AP): vendor setup/maintenance, bill entry/coding, payment prep, statement reconciliations

·        Accounts Receivable (AR): customer setup, invoicing, cash application, collections cadence, AR aging/DSO reporting

·        Payroll: coordinate/process payroll (weekly/biweekly), post payroll entries, reconcile payroll accounts/liabilities

·        Simple job costing: ensure AP and payroll costs hit the correct job; produce job profitability reports that tie to the GL

·        Internal controls: approvals, access/permissions, documentation standards, payment and payroll safeguards

·        Management reporting KPIs: monthly reporting package (P&L, cash summary, AR/AP aging, job profitability) plus KPI dashboard

What Success Looks Like (First 90 Days)

·        Reconciliations current and clean

·        Close calendar and checklist established and followed

·        Reliable AR aging with a consistent collections rhythm

·        Job profitability reporting that ties to financials

·        Monthly management reports KPIs delivered on schedule

·        Practical controls implemented without slowing operations down

Qualifications

·        5 years of progressive accounting experience (small company / department-of-one preferred)

·        Strong month-end close and reconciliation experience

·        Experience owning AP AR, including invoicing and collections

·        Payroll processing/coordination experience and solid payroll accounting knowledge

·        Sage 50 experience preferred (or similar system with ability to ramp quickly)

·        Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, reporting templates)

·        Independent, organized, high-integrity, and comfortable building process

Preferred Qualifications

·        Prior cleanup experience (books behind, missing processes, unreliable reporting)

·        Job costing experience and profitability reporting

·        Experience implementing internal controls in a small-company environment

·        Transportation/trucking experience (preferred, not required)

How to Apply

Submit your resume. Shortlisted candidates will be asked to walk through their month-end close process and provide examples of reporting/KPIs they’ve built (redacted is fine).