We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive Senior Accounting Manager to support and oversee key accounting operations, including the monthly close, financial reporting, internal controls, audit support, M&A integration activities, and functional oversight of the Accounts Payable and Billing teams. This role will partner closely with the Controller, Director of Accounting, AP Manager, Billing Manager, and cross-functional stakeholders to drive financial accuracy, operational efficiency, process discipline, and a strong control environment. The ideal candidate is a strong technical accountant with demonstrated leadership capability, experience working in a fast-paced and asset-intensive environment, and the ability to balance hands-on accounting responsibilities with oversight of operational finance functions.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
Financial Close & Reporting
- Assist in overseeing the month-end close process, including coordination of AP, Billing, AR, accruals, subledger reconciliations, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting deliverables.
- Review and analyze financial results, balance sheet accounts, AP/AR activity, direct expense accruals, and operational trends to ensure completeness, accuracy, and timely resolution of issues.
- Partner with AP, Billing, Treasury, and Accounting team members to ensure recurring close activities, cash activity, customer billings, vendor payments, and subledger interfaces are appropriately recorded and reconciled.
- Support preparation of management reporting, variance analysis, weekly financial snapshots, cash flow reporting, and other analyses used by leadership to evaluate business performance.
- Record and reconcile monthly financial activity for foreign offices
- Prepare and review monthly cashflow activity
- Prepare quarterly financial statements for submission to Treasury
- Support any M&A initiatives with due diligence, purchase accounting and integration topics
- Provide support and assistance to Director and Controller for ad-hoc projects
Functional Oversight – Accounts Payable & Billing
- Provide oversight and direction to the Accounts Payable and Billing functions ensuring timely, accurate, and controlled execution of departmental responsibilities.
- Monitor key workflows, deliverables, reconciliations, aging items, and issue resolution to ensure alignment with accounting close deadlines, company policies, and operational objectives.
- Partner with the AP Manager, Billing Manager, Treasury, Operations, Sales, Credit & Collections, and Accounting leadership to resolve complex vendor, customer billing, cash application, credit memo, and reconciliation matters.
- Review and support the accuracy and completeness of AP, AR, Billing, and related subledger reconciliations, ensuring appropriate follow-up and resolution of reconciling items.
- Drive process improvements across source-to-pay and order-to-cash activities, including standardization, automation, documentation, control enhancement, and improved visibility into key operational metrics.
- Support the development and monitoring of key performance indicators for AP and Billing, including timeliness, accuracy, aging, unresolved items, and process exceptions.
Audit & Compliance
- Support year-end and interim U.S. audits, foreign statutory audits, and other compliance requirements, including preparation and coordination of audit schedules, support, and responses to auditor inquiries.
- Assist with annual internal controls testing, including walkthrough support, control documentation, review of design and operating effectiveness, evidence gathering, and remediation follow-up.
- Partner with process owners across Accounting, AP, Billing, Treasury, Operations, and IT to maintain accurate process narratives, risk and control matrices, and supporting control evidence.
- Identify control gaps, process inefficiencies, and opportunities to strengthen the control environment while balancing operational efficiency and audit readiness.
- Support implementation of internal control enhancements resulting from audit findings, business changes, system implementations, acquisitions, or process redesign.
Team Leadership & Development
- Provide leadership, coaching, and oversight to accounting team members and functional managers, including the AP Manager and Billing Manager, while promoting accountability, collaboration, and high-quality execution.
- Review team deliverables for accuracy, timeliness, completeness, and compliance with company policies, internal controls, and close deadlines.
- Support development of team members through coaching, performance feedback, training, process documentation, and cross-functional knowledge sharing.
- Foster a continuous improvement mindset across Accounting, AP, and Billing, encouraging proactive issue identification, ownership, and scalable solutions.
Process Improvement & Systems
- Lead and support continuous improvement initiatives across Accounting, AP, Billing, and related finance operations to improve accuracy, efficiency, scalability, and control.
- Identify manual processes, recurring issues, system limitations, and reporting gaps; recommend and implement practical process improvements and automation opportunities.
- Participate in ERP, billing, AP, reporting, and financial systems enhancements, including requirements gathering, user acceptance testing, data validation, documentation, and post-implementation support.
- Support finance transformation initiatives, including close acceleration, reporting automation, workflow standardization, and improved use of data and business intelligence tools.
Education / Experience
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting
- CPA mandatory
- 12-15 years of progressive accounting experience and responsibilities
- Audit experience preferably from an accounting firm
- Experience supporting U.S. and international audits
- Exposure to foreign statutory reporting and tax compliance preferred
Qualifications / Skills
- Experience over AP/Billing preferred
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and business intelligence tools (PowerBI, Qlik)
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP
- Familiar with General Ledger systems, FSM preferred
- Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
- Ability to understand and meet deadlines
Core Competencies
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
- Effective communicator with cross-functional and international stakeholders
- Proactive, solutions-oriented mindset
- Strong partnering and collaboration skills required