Accounting Manager

Growing and family owned building materials supplier!!

The Accounting Manager will also play a crucial role in accurate financial reporting, implementing effective internal controls, and providing insightful analysis to support informed business decisions.



Responsibilities:

• Planning, directing, and coordinating all accounting operational functions with a hands-on approach, including but not limited to:
• Oversee financial transactions for coding and accuracy
• Sales Tax and State Agency Filings and payments
• Timely completion of monthly account reconciliations
• Business support to commercial and operational partners
• Accurate preparation of journal entries as part of month-end closing process
• Manage intercompany sales, payables and receivables, ensuring proper reconciliation and elimination at period end
• Support daily/weekly treasury functions by processing wires, checks, cash forecasting and other daily cash reporting functions
• Various audit schedules and functions as needed to support a clean and efficient year-end audit
• Develop, implement, and maintain financial controls and guidelines
• Collaborate with the leadership team, managers, and other key leaders as appropriate, to resolve issues and identify opportunities
• Offer recommendations for improvement and implementing new processes and procedures.
• Encourages the development of finance department team members by providing relevant information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities
• Understand legal and financial regulations and requirements to ensure compliance and keep the company in good standing
• Responsible for overall accounting operations including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Accounting, Inventory Accounting, Treasury, and Payroll.
• Ensuring systems of internal controls are in place to safeguard company data, assets, and systems. Monitor and identify expenses/accounts to ensure proper allocation of spending and determine if there are ways to reduce expenses
• Define and document all finance Core Processes and Standard Operating Procedures
• Encourages the development of finance team members by providing relevant information, educational opportunities, and experiential growth opportunities.
• Providing management with information vital to the decision-making process
• Coordinating and preparing internal and external financial statements
• Overseeing regulatory reporting, including sales tax, tax planning and compliance
• Leverage technology and data to develop findings and make strategic recommendations

Qualifications:

• Proven experience as an Accounting Manager or similar role
• 5+ years of experience in Finance/Accounting roles
• In-depth knowledge of accounting principles and regulations
• Demonstrated experience in financial analysis and reporting
• Ability to manage and lead a team effectively
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance
• Experience in a direct sales retail/distribution environment is a plus
• Proficiency with Oracle NetSuite is a plus
• CPA designation is a plus