Manager Financial Close

The Manager of Managerial Accounting is a unique opportunity to play a key role in the Finance Group of our $1.9 billion public company. The individual will report to the Director of Managerial Accounting and collaborate with many other Departments including: Corporate Accounting & Reporting, Plant Controllers, FP&A and Supply Chain Finance to accurately prepare monthly financial statements utilizing SAP S/4 Hana, Power BI and other tools. This role will oversee the financial close, support continuous improvement within SAP, develope exception-based analytics and trend reporting, and support documentation necessary for audit requirements. Finally, the role also supports the overall achievement of the Finance Department’s objectives and annual goals as well as team and individual goals specifically.

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Responsibilities

Financial Close Oversight

Support the management and timing of the month end closing process.

Partner effectively with peers in Corporate Accounting & Reporting, Plant Controllers, FP&A and Supply Chain Finance to stay aware of issues to be addressed in the month.

Manage specific Balance Sheet & Income Statement areas of focus, including fixed assets, purchase price variances, rebates, insurance and various others.

Perform activities related to Corporate Allocations monthly.

Direct the timely preparation of monthly reconciliations and balance sheet analytical analyses.

Support Finance leadership in the comprehension of key business drivers in preparation for quarterly external reporting and communication.

Understand Manufacturing Variance and support Supply Chain and Sr Cost Accountant as needed.

Prepare audit schedules as needed for internal and external auditors.

Coordinate audit processes and follow-up procedures with internal and external auditors.

Engage in Process and Continuous Improvement Projects

Analyze processes and procedures to identify areas for improvement to gain efficiency and effectiveness in the financial close process.

Refine current SOP documentation and develop future SOP for all close related processes and procedures.

As needed, refine the detailed allocation process within SAP.

Provide hands-on support for other Finance Department Team.

Development of Exception-Based Analytic Tools and Trend Reporting

Create exception based analytic tools to allow for investigation and resolution of unusual transactions throughout the period.

Design and execute trend reporting to aid in the analytical review of key financial statement balances.

Other Areas of Focus

Fixed Assets

Support Fixed Asset and Capital Project Administration.

Successfully lead Corporate Fixed Asset Team.

Engage with Plant Finance and Project Teams to ensure assets are correctly stated in the financials.

Maintenance Repair & Overhaul (MRO)

Create, monitor, update and enforce the Company’s MRO Policy.

Provide continuous training on the MRO Policy.

Collaborate with plant Operations and Maintenance Teams to ensure MRO Policy deliverables are performed and support the established process successfully.

Analytically Review

Participate in continuous improvement projects

Team Development

Provide developmental guidance for Financial Close Staff through the establishment and maintenance of goals and the pursuit of growth behaviors progress.

Assist in the implementation and training used for corporate transactional accounting systems; focusing on opportunities to streamline and enhance current processes.

Control Environment

Perform assigned SOX controls in a timely and effective manner.

Accumulate SOX control testing support throughout the year.

Take appropriate actions should performance of assigned SOX control identify ineffectiveness/non-compliance in addressing the risk the control was intended to address.

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Qualifications

BA/BS degree in Accounting/Finance

Master’s Degrees/CPA, desired

7 to 10 years prior work experience in Financial Close and Systems Involvement (ERP)

Industry experience in food / consumer products / retail, preferred

Understanding of and ability to adhere to GAAP

Prior experience with SAP, required

Power BI experience, preferred

Expert with Microsoft Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Experience leading a team with objective setting, performance and development, desired

Ability to work in a team setting, drive team results and support change management within the organization

Sound interpersonal skills and strong verbal, written and presentation skills

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

Strong communication skills

Competencies

Critical Components of the Position:

Oversee the Financial Close processes in order to contribute an efficient, effective, and accurate closing of the books.

Support direct reports in the day-to-day and month end close processes that feed into the preparation of the monthly/quarterly/annual Financial Statements through leadership of staff and guidance for process development & improvement.

Support continuous improvement within SAP processes for optimization of the use of SAP.

Develop opportunities to optimize the use of SAP by engaging team members to adapt processes and procedures for improvement.

Develop analytics tools to improve close team’s proactive responses to unusual transactions.

Utilize SAP, PBI and other tools to develop specific analytics and trend reporting to monitor and resolve unusual transactions before period end.

Develop personnel through training, goal setting and consistent feedback.

Provides developmental guidance for Financial Close Staff through the establishment and maintenance of goals, the providing of consistent feedback and the pursuit of progress for selected growth behaviors.

Supervisory Responsibility:

Directly leads a team of 1 Financial Close Staff.

Regular Full-Time