Manager, Accounting

Position Summary

The Accounting Manager is responsible for a wide range of general ledger accounting duties, financial reporting, and variance analysis. The position also has direct supervision responsibilities and is required to lead specific accounting related projects.

Position Responsibilities:

· Monthly closing duties including calculation and preparation of journal entries and/or review of journal entries prepared by the accounting team

· Pre-closing tasks such as review of preliminary financial statements to identify potential corrections

· Post-closing duties such as account analysis and reconciliations

· Coordination of subsidiary accounting

· Parent company reporting duties including final results upload and balance verification

· Income tax duties including preparation of information for federal and state quarterly and annual filings

· Other tax preparation functions including providing information for foreign tax filings

· Quarterly and year-end audit support including gathering data and responding to auditor inquiries

· Annual financial statement and footnote preparation

· JSOX audit responsibilities including documenting and testing procedures

· Other miscellaneous accounting duties as assign

Essential Skills and Experience:

Education

· Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required

Training

· NA

Skills

· Will be a skilled communicator, team builder, leader and able to apply financial expertise in support of an entrepreneurial business environment (As determined in job interview).

· Will have excellent skills in Microsoft Excel (As demonstrated in interview test).

Experience

· Minimum of four years of progressive accounting experience.

· Experience in any of the following areas is preferred: internal audit, SOX or JSOX audit, corporate tax preparation, financial reporting for income taxes, or financial reporting for foreign subsidiaries.

Nonessential Skills and Experience:

CPA, MBA or equivalent is preferred. Experience with Sage software is preferred.

Reporting to this position: Various accounting positions in Accounts Payable and Financial Analysis may report to this position (as determined by the Controller).

Physical demands and work environment

The physical and mental demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

On the job the employee must:

Have natural or corrected eyesight capable of working daily at a computer workstation in office lighting.

Have normal range of hearing, or corrected hearing, to be able to respond to normal workplace sounds including alarm systems in the workplace.

Be able to conduct the following activities for the duration listed at minimum:

Mental

On the job the employee must be able to perform these functions on a daily basis:

Read and comprehend written word

Communicate orally and in writing

Reason and analyze

Environmental

On the job the employee:

Works in an office environment and typically there are no environmental concerns.

General sign-off: The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and to act as a role model in the adherence to policies.