Accounting Manager (MA25003)

Job # MA25003

Job Title Accounting Manager

Office Location Houston, TX or Roanoke, VA preferred

Business Function/Department Finance

Sales Territory, if applicable N/A

General Role Description

Develop and maintain a financial and business analysis function capable of providing accurate and timely financial information which will enable the international, multi-entity, multi-currency company to meet its business commitments

Role Accountabilities

- Lead monthly financial close process for US and foreign entities to ensure timely and accurate financial statements, including consolidation and foreign currency translation for foreign affiliates and account reconciliations

- Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees to ensure successful delivery of finance services aligned with business objectives

- Ensure the Oracle based ledger systems for all legal entities comply with appropriate country regulations

- Lead the accurate and timely preparation of consolidated financial reporting package in line with US GAAP and ad hoc requests including presentation materials for senior leadership

- Implement the effective design, development, implementation, measurement, and management of finance and accounting to continuously increase capability and performance

- Implement and maintain a robust internal control environment

- Lead the annual financial audits with external auditors, including resolution of key accounting issues

- Ensure accurate and timely processing of accounts payable, accounts receivable, fixed assets and inventory transactions

- Provide necessary data for the completion of the annual tax return preparation, including the research & development and other tax credits, in collaboration with internal tax team and external tax advisors

- Provide business unit and shared service departments with timely and accurate information, as necessary or requested

- Manage annual lease accounting process per ASC 842

General Employee Accountabilities

- Bring full effort to bear on tasks assigned by manager

- Give manager best advice

- Give earliest notice when work cannot be delivered as specified

- Cooperate and collaborate with peers and interact cross-organizationally as specified by manager

- Exemplify Company Core Values: Integrity, Client Focus, Team Orientation, and Personal Commitment

- Comply with all Company policies, practices, and procedures and all regulations and laws

- Recommend viable improvements proactively

- Ensure effective utilization of business tools and processes

Manager Accountabilities

- Build and lead a team of committed and capable employees

- Plan for, appropriately assign, resource, and integrate the work of the team

- Lead, expect, and implement continuous improvement

- Own the output of the team

- Ensure team members fulfill functional and general employee accountabilities

- Exercise effective managerial leadership to include

- Two-way managerial team working

- Fair and just treatment of direct reports

- Context setting

- Planning

- Task assignment

- Ongoing performance management

- Coaching

- Selection and orientation

- De-selection and dismissal

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

- BS in accounting or finance or equivalent via education and/or work experience

- 8 years’ progressively responsible positions in finance and/or accounting

- Demonstrated knowledge of applicable legislation and regulatory guidelines and their impact on business processes and strategy

- Demonstrated ability to analyze and project financial impact of multi-currency, multi-entity transactions on the general ledger

- Proficiency in financial module of an ERP system

- Demonstrated analytical and problem-solving skills

- Proficiency in MS Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook

- Demonstrated experience leading a team to achieve business goals

- Demonstrated success developing, implementing, measuring, and improving effective systems in functional areas

- Demonstrated continuous improvement in areas of responsibility

- Demonstrated successful working relationships with clients, suppliers, and other internal and external contacts

- Demonstrated successful and positive personal leadership, interpersonal, organizational, administrative, and communication skills

- Availability to travel, domestically and internationally, up to 10%

Preferred Qualifications

- CPA or CMA Certification

- Demonstrated experience in a business with foreign ownership, preferably Japanese

- Demonstrated experience in a business which measures results principally by project and by levels of overall support