Accounting Manager Job at Confidential in Dallas

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Responsibilities

• Oversee daily accounting activities, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, and general ledger functions.
• Prepare and analyze financial statements and provide financial data and insights to management.
• Identify account variances and provide required financial narratives for Management visibility.
• Streamline accounting processes, improve data accuracy, and leverage technology to enhance efficiency.
• Use expertise to find solutions for complex financial challenges and avoid future problems.
• Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expense entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
• Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, and reconciling transactions and resolving discrepancies.
• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Responsible for overseeing the processing of general ledger entries and bank account reconciliations and resolving any discrepancies, as necessary.
• Directly manages staff/senior accountant(s) to ensure that invoices are processed regularly, and the Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable functions are managed effectively along with all other assigned individual and team responsibilities.
• Oversees the processing of daily ACH entries for customers and vendors through bank portals and posts related general ledger entries.
• Establishes and enforces proper accounting methods, policies and principles.
• Responsible for generating custom reporting in ERP or other systems as required to meet accounting reporting requirements.
• Mergers and Acquisition team member assisting with the integration efforts to coordinate streamlining of work into company’s existing accounting processes and financial statements.
• Coordinates month-end close activities and required reports to finalize the financial statements.
• Performs Balance sheet and Income Statement account analysis for multiple entities and identify/resolve any exceptions.
• Ensures compliance with GAAP including working with audit partners to implement any required changes.
• Assists with the year-end close process.
• Works directly with audit team to support the audit fieldwork process as required.
• Provides requested tax related documentation and responds to Tax Partner inquiries as required.
• Establishes and maintains fiscal files and records to document transactions and provides adequate audit trail as required.
• Manages the monthly cash reconciliation process and follows up as required to ensure all revenue is received.
• Works with the IT and Operations teams to ensure all assets are safeguarded and reported accurately.
• Assists with managing the sales and use tax requirements for the organization and verifying that the applicable returns are filed timely and in compliance with state regulations.
• Responsible for the timely and accurate issuance of annual 1099 reporting for the organization.
• Develops and implements accounting procedures by analyzing current procedures and recommending changes to gain departmental efficiencies.
• Provides cost savings recommendations based on analytical review of financial results.
• Supports accounting and finance team management in monitoring actual results to budget forecast.
• Trains accounting team and supports as required.
• Works directly with all team members to provide ERP and process training sessions or to address any accounting process issues to resolution.

Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, or a bachelor’s degree in business/finance required.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of accounting related experience required
• The ideal candidate for this role is highly analytical, detail oriented and collaborative.
• Proven working experience in management and ability to direct and supervise.
• Expert level MS Excel proficiency is required
• Knowledge of bookkeeping and accounting principles, practices, standards, laws and regulations.
• Ability to multitask and meet accounting deadlines.
• High attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience with ERP Systems (Netsuite preferred) is required
• Excellent communication and written/verbal presentation
• Experience with and solid understanding of US GAAP
• Experience with financial reporting requirements
• Ability to assess procedures and to make recommendations to streamline or automation to gain efficiency
• Must have the ability to develop and maintain strong relationships at all levels of the organization
• Advanced computer skills and proficiency in using Microsoft Suite (including Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Job details

• Seniority level: Not Applicable
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Accounting/Auditing