Accounting Manager

Job Description

Job Description

Fast-Track Your Career

Are you a high-performing accounting professional ready to step into a leadership role with a clear, defined trajectory to Controller?

Our client is a premier, multi-discipline industrial fabrication and heavy mechanical services corporation with a 130-year legacy of excellence. Serving critical global markets, defense contractors, and vital government agencies, they provide unmatched stability and a pipeline of high-value projects. We are seeking a hands-on, ambitious Accounting Manager who wants to master financial operations, mentor a talented team, and actively prepare to take the reins as the future financial executive.

Why Join Them?

• This role is explicitly designed for growth. You will work closely with leadership to absorb institutional knowledge and transition into the Controller position.
  
• Our client has thrived for over a century by partnering with both massive commercial sectors and high-security government/defense agencies.
  
• You will own the full accounting lifecycle, drive ERP optimizations, and act as a strategic partner to departmental leaders.
  

Key Responsibilities

• Financial Leadership & Close: Lead the month-end, quarterly, and annual close processes. Prepare high-level financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and deliver variance analyses to leadership.
  
• Full-Cycle Operations: Oversee all daily accounting functions, including AP (vendor relations, 1099s), AR (billing, cash application, collections), and Fixed Assets (depreciation, capitalization, and construction-in-progress).
  
• Cash & Treasury Management: Monitor daily cash activity, oversee bank reconciliations, and support precise cash-flow forecasting and working capital management.
  
• Controls & Audit Readiness: Enhance accounting policies, maintain tight internal controls, and serve as the primary point of contact for external audits and tax filings.
  
• Team Development: Supervise, mentor, and elevate the accounting staff, establishing clear priorities and a culture of continuous improvement.
  

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance; a CPA or MBA is highly preferred and will fast-track advancement.
  
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including a proven track record of supervising or managing a team.
  
• Deep knowledge of U.S. GAAP, robust experience with enterprise ERP systems, and advanced Excel skills.
  

Benefits

Benefits: 401K plan with 6% match, medical, dental and vision, paid time off, vacation, short term disability and life insurance.