Accounting Senior Manager of Business Initiatives works with the accounting leadership team to ensure accounting operations and initiatives are executed effectively. The position is responsible for promoting efficiency, overseeing cross-functional projects, and managing reporting and communication processes. Additionally, this role acts as a liaison between accounting leadership and internal stakeholders to assist in prioritizing initiatives, facilitating project execution, and maintaining accountability.
What You'll Do: Leadership & Business Initiatives
- Partner with the VP of Accounting on strategic initiatives and special projects.
- Act as the primary liaison between accounting leadership and other business partners
- Prioritize and track execution of critical initiatives across the accounting team.
- Anticipate leadership needs and proactively address challenges.
- Prepare executive updates, presentations, reports, etc. and board-level materials, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and insight into accounting operations and outcomes.
Enterprise Accounting Projects
- Manage enterprise-level accounting projects to ensure consistency in policies, internal controls, and reporting.
- Oversee accounting aspects of major organizational initiatives (ERP upgrades, M&A integration, automation, policy updates).
- Drive delivery and continuous improvement through data, metrics, and stakeholder feedback.
Operational Excellence
- Champion process improvements, automation, and systems enhancements that strengthen accounting operations.
- Drive standardization and scalability of accounting processes across diverse business units and locations.
- Ensure accounting policies and practices comply with GAAP and support enterprise growth and transformation.
- Anticipate risks, dependencies, and emerging issues; implement mitigation strategies to ensure operational continuity.
- Identify, investigate, and resolve accounting issues or discrepancies; lead root cause analysis and corrective action planning.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders to resolve data integrity issues or process breakdowns impacting financial reporting.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
- Represent the VP of Accounting in cross-functional meetings and working groups.
- Serve as the go-to contact for escalations and cross-departmental collaboration.
- Develop and oversee communication processes that drive alignment, transparency, and accountability with both accounting staff and executives.
- Serve as primary liaison between accounting leadership and internal/external stakeholders.
Leadership
- Lead and mentor accounting staff and project teams, promoting professional growth and cross-functional collaboration.
- Foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and operational excellence within the accounting team.
- Model adaptability, responsiveness, and execution focus in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
What We're Looking For: - 7-10 years of progressive accounting experience, including hands-on project and issue resolution work.
- Familiarity with Workday is a plus
- Exposure to cross-functional projects is a plus.
- Strong understanding of GAAP, technical accounting, and internal controls.
- Proven ability to manage competing priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical abilities.
- Effective verbal and written communication skills; able to explain technical topics to non-accounting audiences.
- High attention to detail with a continuous improvement mindset.
