Position Title:
Corporate Accounting Manager (Inventory Focus)
Location:
Hybrid – Based in the Greater Philadelphia Area
Reporting To:
Director of Financial Reporting and Corporate Accounting
About Sila Services:
Sila Services is one of the country’s largest, best-performing and fastest-growing HVAC, Plumbing and Electrical home services companies. We have a deep passion for customer service and are focused on empowering our team members to succeed in building a distinctive, operationally focused home services platform. Backed by Goldman Sachs Asset Management, one of the world’s most successful large cap private equity sponsors, Sila is continuing to accelerate its balanced approach of combining exceptional organic growth with a proven M&A engine that is scaling Sila’s team, capabilities, and geographic scope in a distinctive fashion.
Position Summary:
The Corporate Accounting Manager supports the company’s corporate accounting functions with a strong emphasis on inventory accounting. This role reports directly to the Director of Corporate Accounting and Financial Reporting.
The manager oversees accounting operations for the corporate entity, leads the month‑end close process, and serves as a key liaison to business units on inventory accounting matters, including coordination of the quarterly cycle count process.
Key Responsibilities:
Inventory:
- Oversee regular cycle counts across all operating sites and ensure timely resolution of discrepancies. This requires travel (~30%) to certain sites who require more robust direction.
- Own the full inventory accounting process, including maintenance and enhancement of SOPs.
- Partner with site teams, Accounting, and the COE/ServiceTitan to investigate and reconcile count variances.
- Establish and maintain best practices for cost accounting across the organization.
- Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to support accurate internal and external financial reporting.
Corporate Accounting & Process Transformation:
- Lead the monthly close process, including journal entry review and reconciliation oversight.
- Support the enforcement of consistent accounting policies, procedures, and controls across all brands and entities.
- Drive automation and standardization initiatives to improve close efficiency and enhance financial accuracy.
- Prepare complex reconciliations and journal entries related to deferred revenue, goodwill and intangible amortization, debt, stock compensation, and other special transactions.
- Analysis and review of monthly operating results of the Corp entity and operational regions
Audit, Controls & Compliance:
- Assist in coordinating external financial audits and manage all related deliverables.
- Strengthen internal control structures and support implementation of SOX‑like control procedures where applicable.
- Design and implement a scalable internal control framework that supports audit readiness, investor confidence, and future compliance needs.
- Identify and remediate areas of control risk, including misappropriation of assets and valuation discrepancies.
Team Development and Leadership:
- Mentor and guide Operational and Corporate Accounting staff, fostering skill development and a best‑in‑class mindset.
- Cultivate a culture of collaboration, continuous learning, and accountability across the team.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; CPA required.
- 7+ years of progressive accounting, including multi-entity and multi-location environments.
- Experience in job costing and inventory management for an operationally intensive field business
- Strong command of GAAP, technical accounting, and financial reporting.
- Proven experience contributing to accounting functions in private equity-backed, fast-growth, or highly acquisitive environments.
- Proven track record of leading process improvements
Desired:
- Experience in residential services or operationally intensive field businesses.
- Familiarity with Sage Intacct, ServiceTitan, OneStream, and other financial systems.
Key Skills & Attributes:
- Builder Mindset: Skilled at designing and scaling accounting infrastructure in a high-growth setting.
- Willing to dive deep into the accounting schedules and be able to create and fill any gaps in reporting and processes.
- Control-Oriented: Unwavering commitment to accuracy, governance, and compliance.
- Change Agent: Leads transformation of legacy processes and systems, with a sharp focus on automation, standardization, and accelerated close times.
- Collaborative Leader: Effective at partnering across departments including finance, operations, legal, and IT.
Compensation & Benefits:
Sila Services offers a competitive executive compensation package including base salary,
annual performance bonus, equity incentives, and comprehensive benefits.
Why Join Sila?
- Strategic Impact: Be a driving force behind Sila’s growth through M&A.
- High-Visibility Role: Work directly with senior leadership and influence the future of the organization.
- Professional Growth: Join a high-performing team with mentorship, autonomy, and development opportunities.
- Private Equity-Backed Platform: Benefit from the backing of Goldman Sachs Asset
- Management and an aggressive, well-funded growth strategy.
- People-First Culture: Work in a fast-paced but collegial environment that values humor, hard work, and collaboration.
