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Accounting Manager
Innovative SolutionsUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Jan 2025
About the role
Innovative is hiring an Accounting Manager to lead our accounting team in a scaling business. This role involves managing staff and senior accountants, collaborating with the FP&A function, and ensuring timely and accurate reporting. Ideal candidates have experience in service-driven, tech-focused industries and deep knowledge of GAAP, including the ability to support rigorous audits. A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance, 6+ years of experience, and private equity background are strongly preferred. What this role is responsible for:· Maintaining and enforcing a documented system of accounting policies and procedures· Managing an accounting team of Staff Accountants, Project Accountants, and Senior Staff Accountants· Planning, directing, and coordinating all monthly close activities· Managing the accumulation and consolidation of all financial data necessary for an accurate accounting of consolidated business results· Coordinating and preparing internal and external financial statements· Coordinating activities of external auditors· Providing management with information vital to the decision-making process including weekly cash forecasting· Assessing current accounting operations, often reinventing processes and changing procedures to support our growth and scale · Overseeing regulatory reporting, frequently including tax planning and compliance· Hiring, training, and retaining skilled accounting staff· Overseeing and managing AR, AP, GL, and risk management· Regularly evaluating and improving upon insurance, banking/credit card relationships, and related vendors · Owning and improving the close process, implementing changes necessary to support a 3-day monthly close cycle· Managing cash controls, cash forecasts, and optimizing for income tax savings opportunities while measuring and improving upon DSO Experience Needed to be Successful in this Role:· Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, with MBA or CPA a plus, and 5-10 years of progressive responsibility· 4-5 years of relevant experience in a services-based organization, preferably one that is PE backed· Comfortable leading a function with the rigor and scale to support a Big 4 audit· Professional services experience in a technology-first market would be ideal but not required · Proficiency in GAAP· Software Proficiency in:· Sage Intacct· Datto/ServiceNow/ConnectWise· Expense Management systems
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