Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Blue Signal Search is an executive search firm specializing in finance and accounting recruiting. Its client is seeking a hands-on Accounting Manager to oversee multi-entity close activities, reconciliations, financial reporting, fixed assets, audit support, and accounting process improvements while partnering closely with the Controller.
Responsibilities
- Own core close activities for a multi-entity organization, including journal entries, accruals, reclassifications, and supporting schedules
- Review general ledger activity and investigate unexpected balances, trends, and transaction-level discrepancies through resolution
- Prepare and review balance sheet reconciliations, clear reconciling items, and strengthen the quality of account support
- Maintain accurate accounting for fixed assets, including additions, transfers, disposals, depreciation, and capital project activity
- Support timely financial reporting by preparing account analyses, variance explanations, and schedules used in management reporting
- Partner with the Controller and internal stakeholders to resolve accounting questions and maintain consistent treatment across entities and operating locations
- Serve as a key contributor during year-end activities and external audits by organizing schedules, documentation, reconciliations, and responses
- Identify manual or inefficient accounting workflows and help design practical improvements that increase accuracy, consistency, and speed
- Support stronger accounting policies, procedures, controls, systems, reporting tools, and automation as the finance function evolves
- Manage recurring close deadlines and special projects with a high level of ownership, organization, and attention to detail
Skills
- • Approximately 5 or more years of progressive accounting experience with strong general ledger, close, reconciliation, and financial statement knowledge
- • Hands-on analytical approach, including the ability to research discrepancies independently, review work critically, solve accounting issues, and improve processes
- • Strong Microsoft Excel capability and confidence working within accounting and financial reporting systems
- • Demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities and recurring deadlines while maintaining accuracy, accountability, and careful attention to detail
- • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across functions
- • Bachelor's degree in accounting strongly preferred, with Finance or a closely related field also considered
- • Experience in a multi-entity, multi-location, restaurant, hospitality, retail, or other transaction-intensive environment is helpful but not required
- • Exposure to fixed asset accounting and external financial statement audits is a plus
- • CPA or progress toward CPA licensure is valued but not required
Benefits
- Fully remote opportunity with the ability to support a geographically distributed organization.
- Broad exposure to accounting activities across multiple entities and operating locations.
- Direct partnership with the Controller and opportunities to contribute beyond routine transaction processing.
- A hands-on environment where analytical thinking, ownership, and accounting judgment are valued.
- Opportunity to improve workflows, reduce manual effort, and help strengthen accounting processes and controls.
- Variety across close activities, reporting, reconciliations, fixed assets, audit support, and special projects.
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