Accounting Manager

Our client is a full-service management consulting firm focused on one thing: empowering rapid, significant, and measurable results. Their experts provide guidance in strategic planning, digital transformation, and organizational effectiveness across a variety of industries to enable large and mid-sized companies to implement fundamental transformation!

The Accounting Manager reports directly to the Director of Accounting and Finance, is part of the Internal Operations team, and is not a consulting/client-facing role.

• Lead and provide oversight to Financial Accounting team
• Lead Financial Reporting, banking, and cash management activities
• Oversee Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll and Fixed Assets
• Establish accounting policies, particularly related to revenue recognition and cost accounting and ensure compliance and consistency across the organization
• Drive change, as needed, to ensure compliance to GAAP/SOX, review and deliver recommendations for continuous improvement, and clearly communicate relevant fiscal information to executive management
• General Ledger management
• Oversee General Ledger account reconciliations
• Supervise journal entry preparation, monthly close process, analysis and monthly reporting tasks
• Review cash management schedules and provide oversight to the cash management process
• Assists and support the annual federal tax preparation process
• Coordinate with external 401(k) auditors to facilitate the annual audit process

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• CPA preferred
• 5+ years of relevant experience in Accounting and/or Finance
• Project-based work experience including project leadership roles
• Diverse people and team supervisory or management experience
• Participation in volunteer activities, professional organizations, etc.
• Preferred: Experience working in a consulting or professional services environment
• Advanced proficiency with MS Office product suite
• Strong business writing and verbal information-sharing abilities
• Strong presentation and meeting facilitation abilities
• Project management proficiency (e.g., project planning, status reporting, risk and issue management)