Manager of Accounting

About Herff Jones:

Indianapolis-based Herff Jones is the nation's leading provider of handcrafted graduation and educational products and services. With more than 100 years of experience, Herff Jones inspires achievement, fosters memorable student experiences, and builds lasting connections with educators, students, and their families. For more information, visit

Your Opportunity:

• As the Accounting Manager, you will apply analytical and problem-solving skills to address financial management issues within sales territories, with a particular focus on Commission and Field Bank activities. This role is responsible for facilitating audit requests related to Commissions and Field Banks and ensuring all related information is complete, accurate, and timely.
• Your role will manage and support 1 onsite Accountant and an offshore team that prepares daily activities, including journal entries and bank reconciliations.

What You'll Be Doing On A Daily Basis:

• Implement a standardized process to managing the commission system.
• Supervise staff to ensure the commission and field bank accounting is complete and accurate.
• Monitor system interfaces and system enhancements impacting the commissions recorded and validate through testing the systems are properly calculating commissions.
• Commission and field bank variance analysis and assist in forecasting the balance sheet accounts as well as cash receipts and disbursements.
• Assist in the creation of presentations for the Executive Leadership Team to report commission status, overdraft reserve, and field bank receipts as needed.
• Monitor and remediate gaps in the internal control structure of the commission and field bank areas.
• Balance sheet account reconciliations review and audit
• Partner with key stakeholders to continuously improve processes as opportunities for improvement are identified.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP standards, SOX controls and documentation.
• Providing relevant and timely information to the Corporate Controller and CFO on balance sheet and cash flow budget/forecast.
• Backup preparer for the payment run calculation and release in alignment with the cash forecast, weekly.
• Miscellaneous project assistance

What You'll Bring to the Table: (make sure you include years of experience and skills needed)

• Maintain a high level of integrity. Communicate directly and truthfully, with strong ability to establish and maintain effective relationships.
• Demonstrate sound business judgment, strong analytical skills and establish a track record of taking ownership, leading fact-based analyses, and influencing results.
• Demonstrate a high level of organization and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proven ability and willingness to take accountability for process design and management.
• Customer service oriented with an ability to partner with individuals at all levels and functions of the business.
• Ability to think creatively, innovatively, and strategically in making recommendations to senior leadership.
• Demonstrated ability to execute in an ambiguous environment with competing priorities.
• Embrace a leadership style based on the Herff Jones Core Values of achieving greatness, doing the right thing, being accountable, showing respect and being passionate.

Education / Certifications Required (if needed):

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance, CPA license is a plus.
• 3-4 years' accounting experience. Supervisory experience a plus
• Strong in MS Office Applications, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook
• Use of advanced MS applications such as PowerPivot, Power Query and Power BI
• Use of large ERP systems such as SAP, JD Edwards, Oracle or Peoplesoft
• SAP and/or Infor experience is a plus

Physical Requirements:

• Daily activity includes but is not limited to lifting, carrying, sitting, grasping, reaching, standing, kneeling, walking, bending, twisting.
• Reading, communication, math.
• Working at a computer for extended periods of time.
• Ability to regularly lift/move up to 50lbs.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to above

Herff Jones, Inc. and its affiliates are equal opportunity employers and maintain affirmative action plans to recruit, retain, develop, and promote qualified individuals without unlawful consideration of race, gender, gender identity, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Herff Jones strives to maintain a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and harassment, where associates are treated with respect and dignity.

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