Position Summary:The Accounting Manager leads accounting operations, financial reporting, and close processes to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial results while supporting business performance and decision-making. This role supervises accounting staff, partners with cross-functional business leaders, and supports the Accounting Director in maintaining strong internal controls, financial reporting integrity, and continuous process improvement. The position plays a key role in general ledger accounting, consolidations, intercompany accounting, and compliance with U.S. G.A.A.P. and company policies.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- Supervise, develop, coach, and mentor accounting team members.
- Establish performance expectations, conduct evaluations, and support employee development.
- Review accounting work products and ensure accuracy, compliance, and adherence to accounting standards.
- Manage departmental priorities, resource allocation, and achievement of team objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
Financial Close Management- Lead and coordinate month-end close activities to ensure timely completion of all assigned closing tasks.
- Review and monitor close checklists and proactively resolve outstanding items.
- Prepare and post monthly journal entries, accruals, and reclassifications.
- Analyze account activity and investigate variances impacting monthly results.
Accruals and Expense Accounting- Obtain and review monthly IT accrual information from business partners.
- Prepare and record IT-related accruals and miscellaneous accrual entries.
- Maintain storage, logistics, and operational accruals based on quarterly guidance from operations teams.
- Record fleet revenue accruals and related incentive accruals.
- Prepare customer accrual reversals and other adjusting entries as required.
Debt and Interest Accounting- Record monthly interest expense entries for revolving credit facilities and term loans.
- Reconcile loan balances, interest expense, and principal activity to debt schedules provided by finance.
- Investigate discrepancies and prepare necessary reclassification entries between principal and interest accounts.
- Ensure compliance with debt reporting and accounting requirements.
Reconciliations and Account Analysis- Perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations and account analyses.
- Maintain intercompany reconciliation processes and resolve outstanding differences.
- Complete accounts receivable reconciliations and miscellaneous receivable analyses.
- Review affiliate activity and ensure proper presentation in liability and receivable accounts.
- Perform reserve analyses including bad debt reserves and mileage credit reserves.
Intercompany Accounting- Prepare and review intercompany invoices and settlements.
- Coordinate affiliate billing activities with affiliated entities.
- Manage month-end intercompany reconciliations and resolution of variances.
- Execute intercompany settlement processes following monthly close.
Commodity and Swap Accounting- Prepare and review swap reconciliations based on confirmations provided by operations and logistics teams.
- Analyze swap activity and prepare required journal entries.
- Maintain supporting documentation for commodity and contract-related accounting activities.
Consolidations and Financial Reporting- Prepare and review consolidated financial information for multiple entities.
- Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting requirements.
- Generate management reporting packages, trend analyses, and financial statement presentations.
- Prepare balance sheet and income statement reports for internal stakeholders.
- Analyze trial balances and EBITDA reporting to ensure consistency with financial results.
- Coordinate external audit support and requests.
- Assist with annual statutory reporting requirements.
- Support implementation of new accounting standards and policies.
- Prepare schedules supporting internal and external audits.
Internal Controls and Process Improvement- Ensure compliance with company accounting policies and internal controls.
- Maintain supporting schedules and documentation for audit and review purposes.
- Identify opportunities to improve close processes, reporting efficiency, and accounting accuracy.
- Collaborate with cross-functional departments to strengthen financial processes and controls.
- Partner with Finance leadership to support strategic initiatives, system implementations, and organizational growth objectives
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting is required.
- Active CPA strongly preferred; CMA or MBA considered beneficial.
- Minimum of 7+ years of progressive accounting experience required.
- Experience with month-end close, general ledger accounting, intercompany accounting, and financial reporting.
- Experience in manufacturing, logistics, or multinational environments preferred.
Skills and Competencies:
- Strong understanding of U.S. G.A.A.P. and financial reporting principles.
- Advanced knowledge of accrual accounting and journal entry preparation.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and account analysis.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including PivotTables, Power Query, and complex financial reporting.
- Experience with Microsoft D365, SAP, or similar ERP systems.
- Experience with financial reporting and consolidation tools preferred.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods of sitting and working at a computer.
- Ability to occasionally lift up to 15 pounds.
- Ability to meet the physical demands of the position.
