Corporate Accounting Manager

Job Description: Corporate Accounting Manager

The Corporate Accounting Manager is responsible for supporting the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of corporate accounting and consolidated financial reporting. This includes, but is not limited to, leading core corporate accounting activities, managing the preparation of consolidated financial information, coordinating significant portions of the annual audit process, supporting accounting policy application, and helping drive effective use of financial systems and reporting tools. This position reports directly to the Director of Accounting & Financial Reporting and is intended to provide leadership and execution in the areas of corporate accounting, accounts payable, audit coordination, and financial consolidation.

The role supports the accounting organization in company's headquarters and partners closely with financial managers throughout the company and corporate leaders across treasury, tax, information technology, human resources, legal, and public affairs. The position is expected to combine strong technical accounting capability with practical leadership, sound judgment, and a continuous-improvement mindset.

Responsibilities may include, but are not limited to:

• Lead or oversee general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, and financial statement review for the corporate office and assigned holding entities.
• Manage the corporate accounts payable function, ensuring team performance to satisfy vendor payments within company guidelines.
• Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial information, including intercompany eliminations, consolidating adjustments, and supporting schedules.
• Coordinate significant portions of the year-end audit and other external audit procedures, including preparation of schedules, workpapers, analyses, and responses to auditor requests.
• Research and apply GAAP to routine and non-routine transactions, and provide guidance to accounting staff and financial managers on technical accounting matters.
• Assist in the annual budget process and provide financial analysis related to corporate administrative activities, projects, and other management requests.
• Support key financial systems, and consult on the use of information systems for transaction processing, reporting, and internal controls.
• Supervise, coach, and develop corporate accounting staff, while helping establish priorities, improve workflows, and strengthen accountability across the team.
• Identify and implement process improvements that reduce manual effort, strengthen controls, and improve reporting quality and efficiency.

The ideal candidate will have experience/qualifications including:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA designation strongly preferred.
• Progressive accounting experience with meaningful responsibility in corporate accounting, accounts payable, external reporting, consolidations, audit, or a combination of public accounting and industry experience. Manufacturing or multi-entity experience is highly valuable.
• Strong systems aptitude, including ERP and reporting tools.
• Advanced Excel skills preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership capability, including the ability to supervise staff, establish priorities, and manage multiple deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across accounting, operations, and senior management.
• High standards of ethics, accountability, and attention to detail, with a mindset toward continuous improvement and practical business support.