Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Vice President-Finance, the Accounting Manager will be responsible for managing general accounting, month-end/year-end closing processes, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, Credit & Collections, Fixed Assets and other functions key to timely and accurate financial reporting. The Accounting Manager will bring a strong sense of collaboration and willingness to develop Steel King’s people, processes, and capabilities of the accounting department to support the organization’s growth and strategies. Essential Functions

• Lead, mentor and develop a high performing team. Fostering collaboration, productivity and professional development. 

Execute a timely and accurate month end close process.

• Prepare and deliver insightful monthly financial statements and management reporting packet including key financial metrics and supporting commentary. • Develop, document, maintain business processes and accounting policies to ensure strong internal controls.

• Identify opportunities and push to automate, scale and streamline existing accounting processes.

• Work collaboratively with members of various departments, acting as a change agent to help identify, present and implement solutions that result in process improvements, automation and enhanced reporting capabilities across the organization.

• Monthly Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Variance analysis including monthly account reconciliations.

• Research and recommend appropriate accounting treatment for business activities and technical accounting issues.

• Provide leadership and team coaching, validating work products are accurate and appropriate, including journal entries, financial analysis, external and regulatory reports, etc.

• Develops, implements, and documents a robust business process to close the books with special emphasis on a structured, repeatable process with clear responsibilities driven by SOPs and clear deliverables with deadlines

• Lead the Corporate Departmental budget process, working directly with peers to establish annual department level budgets and monthly variance reporting.

• Works closely with the external auditors and serves as the primary contact for all external audit matters • Ensures the quality of the function’s deliverables are of the highest standard and installs a culture of “no surprises”

• Effectively communicates to various levels of management and within theaccounting team • Leads and models engagement of the accounting team with other parts of the business to drive value

• Performs other duties as assigned

Education/Experience Required 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting

• CPA or CMA preferred

• 3+ years experience Accounting Management – Corporate or Divisional Level

• Manufacturing Experience required

• Excellent knowledge of US GAAP and internal controls

• Ability to lead and develop people, processes and technology

• Comfortable and thrive in a fast-past, growing organization

• Significant experience with ERP systems, preference given to prior JD Edwards experience. 

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Communication skills – verbal and written

• Attention to detail

• Ability to plan, prioritize and organize

• Problem solving

• Customer Service Orientation

• Stress tolerance

• Ethical Conduct

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the position. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with, or without notice. Steel King Industries, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. This means that we do not discriminate based on race, creed, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, or other classification protected under applicable law. Reasonable accommodations will be considered for qualified applicants.