Position Overview:
We are seeking an experienced and detail-oriented Accounting Manager to oversee and execute core accounting functions, ensure accuracy in financial records, and support process improvements across multiple entities globally. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with accounting operations, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting, and will be comfortable working with foreign entities, foreign currency conversions, and ERP systems.
Key Responsibilities:
Order-to-Cash & Accounts Receivable:
- Oversee end-to-end order-to-cash processes from Shopify orders to cash receipts in the bank.
- Provide ad hoc reporting and analysis on sales returns, refunds, discounts, and credit card transactions to support decision-making.
- Reconcile Accounts Receivable (AR) on a monthly basis, ensuring accurate and timely collection reporting.
- Reconcile Shopify orders to revenue recorded in the financial statements, ensuring proper recognition and accounting compliance.
- Identify discrepancies, investigate variances, and escalate unresolved issues for timely resolution.
Accounting Reconciliations:
- Perform initial review of account reconciliations, ensuring all balances are accurate, complete, and supported by appropriate documentation.
- Maintain and update the monthly Reconciliation Master File, tracking the status of all reconciliations for timely month-end close.
- Identify and analyze reconciling items, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate with the team to resolve issues promptly.
Journal Entries & Month-End Close:
- Conduct preliminary review of non-critical journal entries (JEs) and escalate exceptions.
- Assist the team in correcting errors and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
- Support month-end close procedures, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
Financial Reporting & Audit:
- Prepare internal reporting packages, including add-back schedules and detailed financial results files.
- Perform reconciliations between statutory books and Sage, applying foreign exchange (FX) logic as needed.
- Support global financial statement preparation, including functional-to-USD conversions, consolidation adjustments, and intercompany eliminations.
- Collaborate with external auditors during statutory and global audits, providing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation in a timely manner.
Banking & Payment Transition:
- Assist with bank transition activities, including new bank account setups, reconciliations, and system configurations.
- Facilitate partner payments on new mobile platforms and financial tools.
Process Improvements & Documentation:
- Implement accounting processes and controls based on Controller/CFO guidance.
- Build and execute standardized procedures, documenting workflow and best practices.
- Identify opportunities to optimize operational efficiency and internal controls.
Data Management & Analysis:
- Clean, organize, and maintain accounting and financial data.
- Support creation of templates, macros, and automated reporting tools in Power BI.
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA preferred.
- Minimum 4 years accounting experience.
- Proven experience managing accounting month-end close processes for multiple foreign entities in an ERP system.
- Strong expertise in multi-entity accounting, statutory and GAAP reporting, functional-to-USD currency conversion, and foreign exchange (FX) accounting.
- Hands-on experience with accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, revenue recognition, intercompany reconciliations, accruals, and prepaids.
- Experience with financial reporting, P&L variance analysis, and data management, including use of Power BI or similar data analysis tools to generate financial reports.
- Hands-on experience with process improvement, SOP documentation, and internal controls.
- Experience in bank transitions, cash management, partner/vendor payments, and bank reconciliations.
- Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with a detail-oriented and proactive approach.
Preferred Competencies:
- Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to escalate issues appropriately.
- Familiarity with Shopify order management and integrating financial processes across e-commerce platforms.
