Exponent
Exponent is hiring: Accounting Manager in Boston
Exponent, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Accounting Manager role in a downtown Boston-based professional services firm offering a chance to serve as "CFO lite" for several business units, assist in month-end close improvements, and strategic accounting initiatives in a fast-paced, multi-entity environment.
Why We Like This
- Strategic impact: Opportunity to assist in month-end close optimization, aiming to reduce close from 15-16 days to 10, freeing up time for more strategic accounting initiatives.
- Process ownership: Manage multiple entities with a focus on process improvement and infrastructure build-out, including onboarding new acquisitions and driving efficiency.
- Growth environment: Join a fast-paced, high-growth professional services firm with a collaborative culture that values proactive, self-starting accounting managers.
Requirements
- Proactive Process Management: Self-starter mindset essential to independently drive month-end close and resolve financials without heavy oversight, addressing past gaps in initiative.
- Multi-Entity Accounting Expertise: Comfort managing 3 to 6 partner entities with varying complexity, coordinating with on-site office managers, and handling reconciliations across diverse business units.
- Public Accounting & Technical Rigor: Preference for candidates with public accounting background or equivalent rigor to thrive in a fast-paced environment and bring strategic thinking beyond routine close tasks.
Responsibilities
- Improve month-end close process: Lead and optimize the month-end close across multiple entities, targeting a reduction in close cycle from 15-16 days down to 10 days by enhancing process efficiency and accuracy.
- Reconciliation and financial review: Oversee comprehensive account reconciliations including bank, inventory, fixed assets, and leases; conduct budget vs actual analysis to spot anomalies and uncover improvement opportunities.
- Cross-functional communication: Serve as the key finance liaison partnering with business units, office, and warehouse managers to collect data, resolve issues, and ensure timely, accurate financial reporting.
- Process management and improvement: Drive scalable process improvements and infrastructure build-out, including onboarding new entities and shifting transactional work offshore to strengthen control and scalability.
- Team and project oversight: Indirectly manage offshore accounting teams, support their training and development, and engage in strategic initiatives beyond transactional accounting, effectively acting as a proactive "CFO" for assigned entities.