Panduit Corporation

Corporate Accounting Manager

Panduit Corporation$110K — $140K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in business or accounting; Master's preferred.
  • CPA certification required.
  • 5-7 years in accounting roles, including 2-4 years of people management; public accounting experience preferred.
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and month-end close processes.
  • Experience with multi-entity or global intercompany accounting preferred.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP systems required; Oracle Fusion experience a plus.
  • Strong leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the Corporate Accounting team, setting priorities and development plans.
  • Oversee the execution of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities.
  • Review and approve work from senior accountants, ensuring accuracy and completeness.
  • Manage complex corporate accounting areas requiring cross-functional coordination.
  • Provide oversight for intercompany accounting and issue resolution.
  • Monitor close progress and communicate significant issues to finance leaders.
  • Develop a high-performing team through coaching and feedback.

Benefits

  • Robust Total Rewards Program including health and financial benefits.
  • Flexible work options for work-life balance, with 50% in-office requirement.
  • Generous time off including vacation, sick days, holidays, and a volunteer day.
  • 401(k) match and profit sharing for financial security.
  • Supportive parental leave for family growth.
Full Job Description
Ready to make your mark as a Corporate Accounting Manager? Join a high-impact opportunity to shape the next phase of Corporate Accounting by strengthening close discipline, developing a growing team, and transforming how accounting processes operate across systems, shared services, and global stakeholders.

What You Will Do
  • Lead the Corporate Accounting team, including two Senior Corporate Accountants and the intercompany general ledger team in the Shared Operations Center (SOC), by setting clear priorities, accountability, service expectations, and development plans across both corporate and shared-services workstreams.
  • Own the execution and quality of assigned month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, variance analysis, and timely resolution of accounting issues.
  • Review and approve work prepared by senior accountants and analysts, challenging assumptions, coaching preparers, and ensuring conclusions and supporting documentation are accurate, complete, and audit-ready.
  • Own select complex corporate accounting areas that remain at the manager level, including employee-related and corporate accruals, commercial program accruals, and other assigned general ledger accounts and processes requiring judgment, cross-functional coordination, or escalation.
  • Provide leadership and oversight for intercompany general ledger accounting, including reconciliations, settlements, issue resolution, and coordination with global finance and accounting teams.
  • Monitor close progress, identify risks or dependencies, and communicate significant issues, accounting judgments, and results to the Assistant Controller and other Finance leaders.
  • Develop and coach a high-performing team through clear expectations, regular feedback, training, performance management, and thoughtful delegation that builds technical and leadership capability.
  • Serve as a primary accounting partner to Finance, Payroll, Human Resources, Legal, regional finance teams, and the shared operations center, translating business activity into accurate and supportable accounting outcomes.
  • Strengthen the control environment by reviewing key controls, identifying accounting or documentation gaps, driving corrective actions, and ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.
  • Lead the documentation and improvement of end-to-end accounting processes, including policies, standard operating procedures, control documentation, close calendars, and ownership requirements.
  • Champion the use of Oracle Fusion, FCCS, ARCS, Smart View, Excel, automation, and AI-assisted analytical tools to reduce manual work, improve data quality, and increase the efficiency and consistency of recurring processes.
  • Coordinate internal and external audit support for assigned areas, ensuring requests are addressed accurately and on time and that audit observations are resolved appropriately.
  • Support accounting transformation, system enhancements, and cross-functional initiatives, including testing, implementation, stabilization, and change management activities.


What You Will Bring
  • Education: Bachelor's degree in business or accounting required; Master's degree preferred.
  • Certification: CPA required.
  • Job Experience: 5-7 years in accounting role, with 2-4 years managing people. Public accounting experience preferred.
  • Accounting and Leadership: Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, month-end close, general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, accruals, internal controls, and audit support. Demonstrated ability to lead a distributed or shared-services team and develop accounting professionals.
  • Intercompany Experience: Experience with multi-entity or global intercompany accounting, reconciliations, settlements, and issue resolution preferred.
  • Systems: Strong Microsoft Excel and ERP experience required. Oracle Fusion experience preferred, with FCCS, ARCS, Smart View, Power BI, Tableau, Python, SQL, or ERP implementation experience considered a plus.
  • Skills: Strong accounting judgment, communication, organization, prioritization, and problem-solving skills. Ability to balance hands-on review with team leadership and cross-functional influence. Experience using automation, AI, and data-driven analysis is a plus.
  • Language: Spanish proficiency is a plus, particularly for collaboration with shared operations and regional finance teams.


What We Can Offer You
  • Competitive Pay & Benefits: Enjoy a robust Total Rewards Program that includes health, financial benefits, and more.
  • Work-Life Balance: Flexible work options to help you achieve the perfect work-life balance. This role will require you to be in the office 50% of the time (schedule based on manager's discretion).
  • Generous Time Off: Take advantage of our generous vacation, sick days, holidays, plus a volunteer day to give back to the community.
  • Retirement & Growth: 401(k) match, profit sharing, and abundant growth and development opportunities to help you advance your career.
  • Parental Leave: Because we care about your family and your future.


Compensation: The expected annual base salary range for this role is $110,000 - $140,000. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Work Shift
Day (United States of America)

About Panduit Corporation

Panduit Corporation is a global manufacturer of electrical and network infrastructure solutions. The company's products include cable ties, wiring ducts, connectors, and other products used in the construction and maintenance of electrical and network systems. Panduit Corporation serves customers in various industries, including data centers, industrial automation, and transportation. The company was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Tinley Park, Illinois.
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