Sr. Accounting Manager

Job Description:

Job Summary: 

The Senior Accounting Manager is a hands-on leader responsible for driving the monthly close, ensuring GAAP compliant financial reporting, strengthening internal controls, and elevating accounting operations across multiple entities. This role partners closely with Operations, Treasury, AP/AR, Payroll, and IT to streamline processes and provide timely, decision ready insights to leadership. It is ideal for a manager who enjoys both leading a team and owning complex technical accounting areas.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities:

Month-End Close & General Ledger

• Multi-entity Monthly closings and delivery accurate timely results
• Prepare, Review complex journal entries, accruals, account reconciliation, and consolidations
• Resolve variances and drive continuous improvements

Financial Reporting

• Prepare and review financial statements; produce variance analysis with operational narratives for leadership
• Partner with FP&A to strengthen reporting, automation, improving accuracy and timeliness.

Audit & Compliance

• Coordinate internal and external audits, mange audit requests, schedules
• Ensure adherence to GAAP, update and enforce accounting policies across all business units.

ERP Implementation

• Participated in ERP system implementation and upgrades.
• Ensure accurate data migration and integration with financial processes.
• Provide feedback on system functionality and assist with user training.

ROU Fixed Asset Accounting

• Oversee lease accounting (ASC 842 including ROU asset schedules, amortization and disclosures.
• Manage fixed asset accounting, capitalization policies, depreciation and roll-forwards.
• Reconcile fixed asset accounts and support related audits.

Tax

• Prepare and review sales & use tax, property tax, franchise\CAT tax  and other compliance filings.
• Assist with tax accruals and reconciliations.
• Support external tax advisors and ensure timely submissions.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to streamline accounting processes.
• Implement best practices for efficiency and accuracy.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Work closely with operations, procurement, and project teams on cost tracking and job profitability.
• Provide accounting support for OEM programs and related initiatives.

Working Conditions:

• Open office environment.
• Hybrid, 3 days onsite
• Some overtime required as special projects arise.
• Minimal Travel

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 3+ years leading teams.
• Experience may be substituted for education
• Strong command of U.S. GAAP, close cycles, consolidations and audit preparation.
• Advanced Excel; familiarity with data/reporting tool.
• Proven ability to collaborate cross-functionally and communicate complex topics clearly.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in multi-entity, multi-site environments (construction, field services, HVAC or manufacturing.
• Exposure to Microsoft Dynamics Solomon a plus.
• Prior involvement in WIP accounting and management.
• Experience in consolidations, intercompany transactions, and equity eliminations

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Leadership skills and effective leadership behaviors for leadership and some individual contributor roles
• Analytical problem-solving, Systems thinking, Process optimization
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Strong work ethic
• Capable of making good judgments/decisions
• Strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills, with all levels of the organization
• Able to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment
• Proactive mindset
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail and the ability to multi-task
• Ability to build positive relationships with customers, both internal and external
• Willingness and ability to work collaboratively with all levels of the organization
• Safety mindset and acceptance of a safety culture

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to lift/move up to 10 pounds frequently
• Must be able to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE) including but not limited to hard hat, safety glasses, ear plugs, masks/respirators, reflective safety vests, gloves and safety toe, construction-grade work boots
• Must be able to adhere to long periods of standing, walking or sitting
• Ability to hear, understand and distinguish speech and/or other sounds to operate phones or other equipment safely.
• With natural or corrected vision, able to see and focus for close, distance, peripheral vision with normal depth perception
• Ability to express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word to impart oral information to others 
• Ability to enter text or data into a computer by means of a traditional keyboard or 10-key numeric keypad
• Must be able to use arms and hands to reach overhead, signal, grab, hold, lift, turn, push and pull objects and tools

Airtron is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.