Accounting Manager
The Accounting Manager is responsible for a wide range of general ledger accounting duties, financial reporting, and variance analysis. The position also has direct supervision responsibilities and is required to lead specific accounting related projects.
Position Responsibilities :
- Monthly closing duties including calculation and preparation of journal entries and / or review of journal entries prepared by the accounting team
- Pre-closing tasks such as review of preliminary financial statements to identify potential corrections
- Post-closing duties such as account analysis and reconciliations
- Coordination of subsidiary accounting
- Parent company reporting duties including final results upload and balance verification
- Income tax duties including preparation of information for federal and state quarterly and annual filings
- Other tax preparation functions including providing information for foreign tax filings
- Quarterly and year-end audit support including gathering data and responding to auditor inquiries
- Annual financial statement and footnote preparation
- JSOX audit responsibilities including documenting and testing procedures
- Other miscellaneous accounting duties as assigned
- Actively drive continuous improvement in process optimization and workflow simplification.
- Supervise a team of 6 direct reports. This includes active performance management and staff development.
- Support continuing Finance efforts to drive a culture of compliance and ethical conduct throughout VASCOR.
- Support ongoing efforts to build and maintain a strong platform of internal controls exists throughout all VASCOR Finance processes and drive strong governance.
Qualifications :
Essential Skills and Experience :Education : Bachelor's degree in accounting requiredSkills : Will be a skilled communicator, team builder, leader and able to apply financial expertise in support of an entrepreneurial business environment (As determined in job interview).Will have excellent skills in Microsoft Excel (As demonstrated in interview test).Experience : Minimum of four years of progressive accounting experience.Experience in any of the following areas is preferred : internal audit, SOX or JSOX audit, corporate tax preparation, financial reporting for income taxes, or financial reporting for foreign subsidiaries.Nonessential Skills and Experience : CPA, MBA or equivalent is preferred. Experience with Sage software is preferred.Reporting to this position : Various accounting positions in Accounts Payable and Financial Analysis may report to this position (as determined by the Controller).Physical demands and work environment : The physical and mental demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.On the job the employee must :Have natural or corrected eyesight capable of working daily at a computer workstation in office lighting.Have normal range of hearing, or corrected hearing, to be able to respond to normal workplace sounds including alarm systems in the workplace.