Accounting Manager

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced Accounting Manager to support a manufacturing operation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This Long-term Contract position requires a hands-on, detail-oriented individual who can strengthen day-to-day accounting processes, improve financial visibility, and provide practical oversight in a fast-paced, high-volume environment. The role is fully onsite and is expected to begin with a heavier workload before transitioning into a steadier ongoing rhythm. You will partner with leadership to identify opportunities for improvement across accounting and finance while helping maintain accurate reporting and stronger controls.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee core accounting activities, including general ledger maintenance, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close procedures.

• Review and improve accounts payable workflows to establish stronger controls, resolve processing issues, and support reliable vendor payment practices.

• Prepare timely and accurate financial statements and management reports that help leadership assess performance across key areas of the business.

• Manage expense classification and allocation processes, ensuring transactions are assigned appropriately across business classes and reporting categories.

• Analyze financial results for different operating lines and help clarify profitability, cost trends, and margin performance.

• Support the transition of accounting data and workflows across QuickBooks, Shoptech, and JobBOSS where needed, while maintaining reporting accuracy and continuity.

• Partner with internal stakeholders to identify process improvements that increase efficiency, strengthen accounting discipline, and reduce manual effort.

• Provide practical accounting leadership in a high-volume manufacturing setting, helping balance immediate operational demands with longer-term financial improvements.

• Strong experience leading or supervising accounts payable activities and establishing effective payment controls.
• Solid understanding of month-end close, general ledger activity, journal entries, and account reconciliation.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare financial statements and support financial reporting in an operational business environment.
• Experience with allocation methods, expense coding, and class-based or departmental reporting structures.
• Hands-on knowledge of QuickBooks; familiarity with JobBOSS and related manufacturing or job-costing systems is preferred.
• Broad accounting and bookkeeping knowledge with the ability to recognize issues, investigate root causes, and recommend practical solutions.
• Background working in manufacturing, job-shop, or other high-volume environments with complex costing or margin considerations.