Advantage Solutions

Manager Accounting, Billing

Advantage Solutions$90K — $120K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related field
  • 6-8 years of experience in accounting, controllership, or financial reporting
  • Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting requirements
  • Experience with process improvement and automation solutions
  • Knowledge of internal controls and compliance requirements
  • Proficient in financial systems and data tools
  • Strong communication and leadership skills

Responsibilities

  • Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes to ensure accurate financial reporting
  • Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and billing outputs
  • Identify and implement process improvements and automation across accounting functions
  • Collaborate with finance, operations, technology, and other stakeholders to resolve accounting issues
  • Ensure effective design and execution of internal controls
  • Develop team members with focus on skills in automated workflows
  • Enforce consistent application of accounting policies and procedures

Benefits

  • Opportunity for professional development and team building
  • No travel requirements
  • Collaborative work environment across multiple business functions
  • Ability to influence and shape internal controls and processes
  • Leadership role with direct reports and mentorship opportunities
Full Job Description
Summary

Accounting Manager

The Accounting Manager is a key leadership role within the controllership organization responsible for overseeing assigned accounting functions and ensuring accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting in accordance with accounting standards and company policies. This role leads close processes while managing accounting professionals and automated workflows across systems, driving process improvements and strengthening internal controls. The position also oversees billing operations to ensure revenue is properly recognized and invoices are issued accurately and on time.

Job Will Remain Open Until Filled

Responsibilities
  • Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes ensuring accurate financial reporting through use of automated workflows and system integrations
  • Review and approve journal entries, reconciliations, and billing outputs while validating accuracy of automated processes and ensuring timely invoicing
  • Identify and implement process improvement and automation opportunities across accounting and billing functions
  • Partner with finance, operations, technology, and other stakeholders to resolve accounting issues and support business initiatives
  • Ensure effective design and execution of internal controls including compliance with audit and regulatory requirements
  • Lead and develop team members while building capability in automated and data driven workflows
  • Maintain and enforce accounting policies and procedures while ensuring consistent application across processes
  • Support talent development including hiring, onboarding, and training with focus on evolving skillsets and process improvement

Qualifications
  • Education Requirements: Bachelor's degree
  • Experience Requirements: 6-8 years experience in relevant field (Accounting, controllership, or financial reporting experience preferred)
  • Travel requirement: No travel requirements

Supervisor Responsibility
  • Direct Reports: Hires, retains, trains, coaches, guides, directs, and develops direct reports using company-wide processes, tools and resources
  • Indirect Reports: May delegate work of others and provide guidance, direction and mentoring to indirect reports

Required Knowledge and Skills
  • Strong understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting requirements
  • Ability to manage close processes and financial reporting cycles
  • Strong analytical and problem solving skills
  • Experience improving processes and implementing automation solutions
  • Knowledge of internal controls and compliance requirements
  • Ability to collaborate across multiple business functions
  • Strong communication and leadership skills
  • Experience using financial systems and data tools

Environmental & Physical Requirements

Office / Sedentary Requirements: Incumbent must be able to perform the essential functions of the job. Work is performed primarily in an office environment. Typically, requires the ability to sit for extended periods of time (66%+ each day), ability to hear telephone, ability to enter data on a computer and may require the ability to lift up to 10lbs.

Additional Information Regarding Job Duties

Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one's supervisor or other manager related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job positions, or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by law.

About Advantage Solutions

Advantage Solutions is one of North America’s leading sales, marketing and technology services company specializing in outsourced sales, merchandising, category management and marketing services to manufacturers, suppliers and producers of food products and consumer packaged goods.
Learn more about Advantage Solutions
Market Cap
$620.3 million
Industry
Net Income
-$2.7 million
Founded
1987
NASDAQ

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