Accounting Manager, Corporate

Construction Resources

$75K — $95K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting; CPA/CMA is a plus
  • 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, self-directed environment
  • Experience in the construction industry is beneficial

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of Senior and Staff Accountants
  • Manage accounting activities for designated business units
  • Oversee the month-end close process for assigned divisions
  • Present financial results and performance analyses to leadership
  • Serve as the primary accounting contact for assigned business units
  • Maintain compliance in transactional accounting processes
  • Develop reporting and performance metrics for complex accounting areas
  • Participate in special projects and ad-hoc requests

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Employer Paid Basic Employee Life and AD&D Insurance
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Voluntary Short-Term Disability
Full Job Description
SUMMARY/OBJECTIVE

The Accounting Manager leads a team of Senior and Staff Accountants responsible for accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting across designated business units or functional areas. This role manages all phases of the accounting cycle, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close activities, ensuring adherence to corporate accounting standards. The Accounting Manager collaborates with Corporate Accounting leadership and cross-functional teams to maintain consistency across processes, resolve complex accounting matters, and drive continuous improvement within the organization.

Essential Functions
  • Lead and develop an assigned accounting team, including Senior and Staff Accountants, by managing workload priorities, ensuring accuracy and timeliness, and promoting continuous improvement in accounting processes.
  • Manage and perform accounting activities for designated business units or functions, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with corporate accounting standards.
  • Oversee the month-end close for assigned entities or divisions including reviewing journal entries, validating P&L statements, and ensuring all balance sheet accounts are reconciled and supported.
  • Present financial results and performance analyses to Corporate Accounting leadership, providing clear insight into trends, variances, and underlying business drivers.
  • Serve as the primary accounting contact for assigned business units or processes, partnering with leadership, FP&A, and Operations to ensure alignment and accuracy in financial reporting.
  • Oversee transactional accounting processes within area of responsibility, maintaining compliance with policy.
  • Develop and maintain reporting and performance metrics for high-volume or complex accounting areas to enhance visibility, accuracy, and control.
  • Maintain and update corporate accounting policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) on a quarterly basis to ensure consistency, compliance, and alignment with evolving business needs.
  • Participate in and support special projects and ad-hoc requests as directed by management.

Competencies/Skills/Abilities
  • Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, CPA/CMA is a plus
  • 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience
  • Ability to work in a fast paced, self-directed environment
  • Previous work experience in the construction industry a plus

Supervisory Responsibility

This position manages senior and staff level accountants.

Work Environment

This job operates in a corporate environment.

BENEFITSMedical
Dental
Vision
Employer Paid Basic Employee Life and AD&D Insurance
Employer Paid Long Term Disability
Flexible Spending Accounts
Voluntary Short-Term Disability
Voluntary Life and AD&D Insurance
Voluntary Accident Insurance
Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to speak or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit for extended periods of time, stand, walk, climb stairs, use hands to finger, handle or feel, and reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
This is a full-time position that requires overtime as business needs dictate.

OTHER DUTIES
Please note: this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time, with or without notice.

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