INTERIM ACCOUNTING MANAGER
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CFO’s Domain is a national accounting & finance consulting and recruiting organization serving CFOs and their stakeholders. Our consultants are among the best practitioners in the marketplace, serving clients across a diverse range of industries and stages of growth. Our consultants serve clients with mission critical deliverables when they are experiencing capacity or capability constraints. Our consultants receive benefits, competitive compensation, gain access to the full breadth of our recruiting capabilities and are introduced to roles that are accretive to their personal and professional growth.
OVERVIEW:
Our client is a growth-oriented organization with a complex finance and accounting environment, including multi-entity activity, management reporting needs, investor and debt-related reporting requirements, and ongoing process improvement initiatives. The business is seeking experienced interim accounting support to strengthen reporting, improve visibility, and support accounting leadership during a period of increased activity.
They are seeking an Interim Accounting Manager for a consulting assignment to support close activities, financial reporting, cash flow analysis, audit readiness, intercompany accounting, lease accounting, and integration-related accounting workstreams. This role is well suited for a hands-on accounting professional who can quickly assess priorities, work independently, and support multiple detailed accounting projects with limited ramp-up time.
The ideal consultant brings strong accounting fundamentals, technical depth, cash flow experience, intercompany expertise, financial reporting capability, and the ability to improve processes in a fast-moving environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Support monthly close activities, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, variance review, and close-related reporting deliverables.
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, account analyses, supporting schedules, and financial reporting packages.
- Support cash flow reporting and analysis, including cash forecasting inputs, working capital visibility, liquidity-related schedules, and variance explanations.
- Assist with management reporting, investor reporting, debt reporting, and other stakeholder-facing financial reporting needs.
- Support audit readiness activities, including PBC schedules, reconciliation support, documentation requests, variance explanations, and auditor follow-up.
- Manage intercompany accounting activity, including reconciliations, settlements, eliminations support, balance review, and related documentation.
- Support integration-related accounting activities, including opening balance review, reporting alignment, process harmonization, and post-close clean-up.
- Assist with lease accounting under ASC 842, including lease schedules, journal entries, supporting documentation, and reporting requirements.
- Partner with Accounting, Finance, Treasury, Legal, and other business stakeholders to resolve accounting questions and support reporting needs.
- Identify process gaps and help improve close efficiency, reporting accuracy, reconciliation quality, documentation standards, and accounting workflows.
- Develop or refine templates, schedules, reporting files, and repeatable processes to improve continuity and handoff.
- Use available systems, data, and technology tools to organize information, investigate issues, and improve accounting execution.
- Bring curiosity around AI and automation, including the ability to test tools, ask effective questions, and identify practical ways to improve accounting processes, documentation, or reporting.
- Operate independently as a quick learner and self-directed consultant while keeping leadership informed on priorities, risks, and progress.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field required.
- 6+ years of progressive accounting, audit, financial reporting, or controllership experience.
- Prior experience at the Accounting Manager, Senior Accountant, Assistant Controller, or equivalent level preferred.
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, monthly close, reconciliations, accruals, financial reporting, and audit support.
- Cash flow reporting, cash forecasting, working capital, or liquidity analysis experience required.
- Experience supporting integration-related accounting workstreams, opening balance review, post-close reporting, or process alignment required.
- Experience with ASC 842 lease accounting required.
- Intercompany accounting experience required, including reconciliations, settlements, eliminations support, and balance review.
- Experience preparing or supporting management reporting, investor reporting, debt reporting, or lender-related financial reporting required.
- Audit readiness experience required, including preparing audit support, responding to auditor requests, and maintaining well-organized documentation.
- Experience in a growth-oriented, multi-entity, recurring revenue, technology-enabled, or similarly complex business environment preferred.
- Strong Excel skills and experience working with ERP, reporting, or accounting systems.
- AI curiosity and willingness to use technology to improve accounting processes, reporting workflows, research, documentation, and recurring deliverables.
- Quick learner with the ability to operate independently, prioritize effectively, and manage multiple workstreams in an interim consulting environment.
- Strong communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
Pay: $75.00 - $90.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Vision insurance
Application Question(s):
- Do you have an active CPA license?
- How many years of public accounting experience do you have?
- Are you available to start immediately for an interim consulting engagement?
Work Location: Remote
