Sr. Accounting Manager
Mansfield, OH area
Hybrid Schedule: Enjoy the flexibility of working from home one day per week!
- Lead an Experienced Team: Take charge of a highly skilled accounting team (avg. 10+ years tenure) while driving key process improvements.
- Enjoy a Dedicated Private Space: Work comfortably from your own private, dedicated office—not a cubicle or shared workspace.
- Enjoy True Flexibility: Balance your week with a hybrid schedule (one remote day/week) alongside flexible start and finish times.
- Immediate & Affordable Benefits: Access competitive medical coverage starting the 1st of the month after hire, plus generous 401(k) matching and profit-sharing after 90 days.
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Fast-paced manufacturer is hiring a Sr. Accounting Manager to lead a team of tenured accounting professionals. As the Sr. Accounting Manager, you will report to the Controller and will be responsible for the following tasks:
- General Ledger & Month-End Close: Oversee and actively participate in the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes. Ensure the accurate and timely booking of all necessary journal entries in accordance with GAAP and company policies.
- Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Lead the comprehensive monthly reconciliation of all balance sheet accounts, ensuring accuracy and proper documentation.
- Supervisory Responsibilities: Directly supervise, mentor, and develop a team that includes a Financial Analyst, Accounts Payables, and Accounts Receivables.
- Accounts Payables: Oversee the efficient processing of accounts payable transactions, ensuring timely payments, proper expense coding, and tax compliance.
- Cost Accounting Support: Assist with cost accounting related to standard cost development, variance analysis, and inventory valuation.
- SOX Compliance & Internal Controls: Ensure strict adherence to Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance and maintain internal controls over financial reporting (ICFR).
- Financial Reporting & Analysis Support: Contribute to the preparation of various financial reports and analyses and assist in identifying trends and providing insights into financial performance.
- Process Improvement: Identify opportunities for process efficiencies, automation, and improvements within the accounting department.
- Financial Statement Review: Prepare, review, and analyze financial statements to ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Ad Hoc Analysis: Perform ad hoc analysis and special projects as requested.
- Backup and Support: Have the potential to learn key controller functions and provide backup as needed.
Qualified candidates should be customer focused, proactive, have a sense of urgency, be resourceful, assertive and flexible with their work duties. This is a hands-on managerial role. The qualified individual will be open to doing presentations at both managerial and staff levels. There is minimal time spent on the manufacturing floor in this role, and this position requires less than 5% travel. Additional benefits include AFFORDABLE medical, dental, vision, holiday pay, EXCELLENT 401K, 14 paid holidays, and vacation. This is a hybrid position, offering one day of work per week from home.
REQUIREMENTS for the Sr. Accounting Manager:
1. Bachelor's degree in a related field, ideally accounting or finance
2. At least 5-10 years of similar manufacturing accounting experience
3. Experience providing daily direction to others
4. Experience contributing to month-end and year-end closing
5. Experience contributing to the budgeting and forecasting processes
6. Experience with balance sheet reconciliation
7. Strong financial analysis skills
8. ERP experience
9. Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs
Skills preferred but NOT required:
1. CPA or other certifications
2. Automotive supplier experience
3. Power BI
4. Cost accounting skills
5. SOX compliance
6. Payroll experience
Reasons to work for this company:
- Diverse business mix
- Have your own office
- Air conditioned facility; stay cool in the summer
- Lead, motivate and direct a solid accounting team
- 401K and profit sharing
- Benefits are very competitive, available day one of employment and AFFORDABLE
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Work Location: In person
