Primary Responsibilities:

The primary areas of responsibility for the Accounting Manager cover four main areas:

• Accounting: Comprehensive control and knowledge of the General Ledger system for all reporting entities, including process control, compliance with corporate and accounting standards and adherence to a disciplined approach to account control, reconciliation and reporting.
• Team Lead: As the leader of the accounting group within the finance team, the Accounting Manager will be responsible to hire, mentor, train and supervise accounting staff. Key will be the integration and interaction with all members of the finance team as well as responsiveness to company needs.
• Audit Lead: Maintain control of internal and external audits, including responsible preparation, continual guidance and successful conclusion.
• Tax: Coordinate tax compliance and planning with the tax staff. Ensure compliance and accurate recording of all tax entries.  

Duties:

This individual will work to ensure accurate and timely reporting of results to corporate management and provide guidance through formal and informal communication designed to maximize individual and organizational results. Some examples of specific duties are as follows:

• Develops and prepares operational and financial reports that assist the Vice President of Accounting and other senior management in the analysis of operations. 
• Ensures accurate and timely reporting of results to corporate business management.
• Provides corporate-level guidance in all business management functions through formal and informal communication designed to maximize individual and organizational results.
• Assists in the oversight of business standards and controls through financial reviews, and formal internal and external audits.
• Provides information to the VP of Finance on the necessary processes and systems to improve total performance.
• Develops advanced-level spreadsheets to analyze current operations and model projected financial results. Develops annual financial and operational plans through the budget process for multiple locations.
• Will work with accounting for business units, rolled up into legal entities, then rolled up into corporate structure.  

Additional areas of valuable previous experience include the following: consolidation of multiple entities, revenue recognition, budgeting, tax accounting, hedge accounting, financial statement preparation, SOX compliance, and process improvement.

Requirements:

• Bachelor degree in Accounting* (MUST HAVE)
• CPA with prior audit experience strongly preferred* (MUST HAVE)
• Five plus year’s progressive experience including financial statement preparation, consolidations, budgeting and SOX
• Solid communication, technology and analytical abilities 
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of corporate accounting functions
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of GAAP and SEC guidelines
• SAP knowledge a plus
• Bilingual (Spanish) strongly preferred* (MUST HAVE)

 

Diane Delgado LeMaire | Senior Managing Director, Accounting & Finance Recruiting | Creative Financial Staffing, a division of Fitts, Roberts CPA Firm | 5718 Westheimer Suite 800 | Houston, TX 77057 | 713-260-5238 | dcd@fittsroberts.com| Blog| Twitter| LinkedIn