Accounting Manager (Carlyle, IL)

Duties & Functions: 

• Lead and develop a team of accounting professionals through active participation in the Performance Management process and through routine and just-in-time coaching.
• Prepare and review, financial statements, journal entries, and account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Support the external auditing process by coordinating and providing financial records and statements to external auditors.
• Partner with the business-integrated accounting team members to support financial planning, forecasting, and general accounting inquiries.
• Effectively plan, organize, prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities to meet accounting deadlines and reporting requirements.
• Identify opportunities to automate accounting processes, propose efficiency improvements and serve as accounting lead on systems implementations.
• Deliver routine management reporting and provide ad hoc financial and operational metric reporting and analysis.
• Oversee maintenance of the general ledger, ensuring accurate tracking of assets, liabilities, expenses, and revenues.
• Partner with accounting leadership on monthly, quarterly and annual accounting close and financial reporting.
• Oversee and enforce internal controls, standardized business processes, and inventory management best practices to ensure accuracy, compliance, and operational efficiency.

Minimum Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's Degree, Accounting or Finance

Experience

5 years accounting experience and 2 years of supervisory experience 

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of:
• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
• Accounting best practices and procedures
• Process documentation of accounting procedures and internal controls

Skilled in:
• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Organization, planning, and project management
• Computer software tools - specifically Excel, Work, and Outlook
• Time Management, multi-tasking, and prioritization
• Identifying problems and providing solutions
• Clear communication across all organizational levels

Ability to:
• Prepare written reports and presentations
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
• Successfully lead, mentor, coach, and motivate others
• Establish effective working relationships with others
• Analyze business problems and make sound business decisions
• Think strategically about business decisions and issues (eg. cost/benefit)
• Work independently and as a member of a team in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment
• Troubleshoot and provide solutions for day-to-day challenges
• Collaborate with key stakeholders

Compensation:
Targeted pay range of $80,000 - $90,000 USD annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

Benefits:
The Maschhoffs offers full-time regular employees a comprehensive benefits package including:
• Your choice between a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) plan and a High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP) plan.
• Two options for dental coverage, both of which cover three main types of expenses and cover preventative care at 100%.
• Group rate vision benefits.
• Complimentary Basic Life Insurance as well as voluntary employee, spouse, and child life insurance policies.
• Short Term and Long Term Disability coverage, at no cost to the employee.
• A traditional pre-tax 401(k) plan as well as a Roth 40(k) plan. The Company matches the first 4% of employee contributions, which is immediately vested.
• A generous paid time off program, including a life event day and volunteer day each year for full time employees.

Salary : $80,000 - $90,000