Accounting Manager

Join the Weisiger Group Team

As a family-owned company under our fourth generation of leadership, we have built our business based on the principles of trust, integrity, and a desire to help our customers and employees succeed.

Since 1926, we’ve supported the strength of our communities by supplying equipment for critical infrastructure and commerce, and by funding programs that advance social and economic vitality. Being around for nearly 100 years means we change and pivot to capture opportunities and avoid challenges. We make smart investments in our company and continuously improve as part of our vision to be a trailblazing company that’s built to last. 

We’re looking for hard-working, team-oriented professionals who enjoy working on new challenges every day. We believe our employees are the key to our success, and we’re committed to providing a work experience that helps our team grow to their full potential. 

Join a leading solutions provider and be a part of a group of highly skilled technicians, sales and support team members who exist to serve as a trusted partner to our customers, communities, and fellow employees.

Summary

Weisiger Group, a third generation, full-service distributor of construction, power generation and industrial equipment is in need of a dynamic Accounting Manager who can oversee divisional accounting functions of this rapidly growing, multi-state organization. We strive to streamline existing processes and develop new processes. Successful continuous improvement should help the Finance organization meet its stated purpose of being a trusted partner and deliverer of value-added information to the business.

This role will handle a variety of general ledger accounting, reporting and analysis, and shared service responsibilities.

Essential Functions

• General ledger account reconciliation preparation and review of assigned accounts
• Prepares and reviews journal entries; ensures sufficient documentation supporting the transactions exist thereby facilitating future examination of underlying purpose.
• Prepares balance sheet and other financial reports.
• Develop, implement, modify, and document accounting systems and associated accounting processes.
• Ensure strong internal controls exist and are operating effectively for the functions managed.
• Support external audits related to various aspects of general accounting by providing support schedules, reconciliations and answering questions posed by the audit team.
• Coach, train, and evaluate employees to enhance their performance and personal growth; foster communication and teamwork within the teams managed as well as across the organization.
• Continually monitor business practices and procedures and identify areas of improvement and act accordingly to implement improved practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has supervisory responsibilities for 2-3 Accountants.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualifying individuals to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or comparable educational background with 5+ years of equivalent, appropriate experience.
• Licensed CPA
• Good understanding of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Demonstrated leadership and management skills.

Other Qualifications

• Ability to make rational decisions based on facts and experienced intuition.
• Must exhibit detail orientation and ability to execute and manage many priorities simultaneously..
• Ability to communicate as an “equal” across levels of the organization.
• Ability to delegate, make decisions, and hold people accountable for agreed upon job goals.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; ability to present ideas in business-friendly language.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Strong problem solving skills; active curiosity for why things are done.
• Ability to motivate and coach in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Action-oriented with regard to compliance with established policies, practices, and controls while fostering good long-term relationships with the impacted parties.
• Must be willing to use his/her “voice” to educate the business about standard processes and the “why” behind them and address issues as they occur to help drive the business to its highest performance.
• Action-oriented with regard to employee advoc