Accounting Manager

CMT Imports makes international business easy and fun. We eliminate the risks of international trade by partnering with premier global manufacturers to deliver highly engineered metal components to OEMs across North America. Our core product offerings include castings, forgings, machined components, hydraulic components, and engineered metal products. Our highly collaborative team works hard, loves what we do, and celebrates our wins. We are looking for individuals who are energized by business development, relationship building, and helping customers solve complex supply chain challenges. Position Summary: The Accounting Manager is responsible for leading CMT's accounting and finance function, ensuring accurate financial reporting, strong internal controls, healthy cash flow, and timely business insights that support strategic decision-making. This position oversees all accounting operations, develops financial processes and controls, manages the accounting team, and partners closely with the President and leadership team to improve profitability and drive business performance. The Accounting Manager ensures compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), maintains the integrity of the company's financial information, develops key performance indicators (KPIs), supports pricing and profitability analysis, and continuously improves financial systems and processes that contribute to CMT's long-term success. Key performance objectives in order of priority with projected time allocation are: Accounting Department Oversight & Strategy (20%): Lead and oversee the accounting department, focusing on strategic planning, adherence to financial procedures, and accurate reporting. Coordinate with the leadership team on financial strategies. Daily Accounting Operations (30%): Execute & supervise daily accounting tasks and month-end closing processes to ensure timely and accurate financials. Strategic Financial Analysis & KPI Reporting (20%): Support the leadership team by providing comprehensive financial analysis, monitoring key performance indicators, and facilitating data-driven decision-making. Accounts Receivable & Accounts Payable (10%): Manages and performs daily accounts receivable and accounts payable duties to ensure accurate financials and cashflow management. Pricing Adjustments (10%): Manages pricing adjustment processes to ensure profitability & team alignment throughout the life of a project. Note: Ten percent of time is reserved for ancillary responsibilities and activities unrelated to the performance objectives. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: The responsibilities listed are fundamental to the position and must be performed successfully to achieve the key performance objectives of the role. Other responsibilities may be assigned. Interpersonal Responsibilities Communicates, engages, and interacts with the leadership team, department managers, and employees on a full range of business issues impacting short-term and long-term goals and objectives. Leads, manages, and directs accounting staff, ensuring all processes are completed timely and accurately. Provides regular performance feedback to accounting staff and identifies development needs and training plans. Conducts new hire orientations and onboarding process to ensure key employment policies and procedures are reviewed and all new hire paperwork is completed accurately and on time. Operational Responsibilities Ensures the company’s financial policies are compliant with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and all financial reporting accurately reflects the condition of the business and provides reliable information necessary to control operations. Records and analyzes daily financial transactions, reviews general ledger accounts, analyzes bank statements, enters required journal entries, reconciles &and closes at period end. Prepares internal management reports including but not limited to profit and loss statements, balance sheets, cash flow projections, and operating performance. Manages the billing and accounts receivable process and daily cash flow. Performs the timely and accurate completion of all related reporting; monitors collection activities of all past due receivables; reviews daily cash deposits and reconciles daily cash reporting. Manages accounts payable; ensures accurate and timely processing of vendor payments, petty cash, core employee expense reports and cash control. Works in collaboration with Quality and Operations to process vendor chargebacks. Initiates and coordinates all necessary wire transfers, checks, and ACH payments with customers and vendors for President’s approval. Ensures the financial integrity of the financial system, the inventory management system, and the reliability of the data and information reporting. Assists Warehouse Manager with inventory reporting and inventory adjustments as needed. Sets up new customers, places purchase orders for new tool orders, and maintains and updates the tooling tracker. Manages the pricing adjustment process with quarterly updates for freight, material and exchange rate, and profitability analysis per customer. Prepares commission reporting, including payments and accruals, to submit to President for approval. Provides commission reporting to outside sales representatives monthly. Manages internal payroll processing and employee benefits administration, including, but not limited to, compliance with 401k and health benefit plans. Organizational Responsibilities Develops, implements, and maintains accounting and organizational policies, procedures, and systems that result in effectively meeting the company’s strategic and operating goals. Works with the President and leadership team to identify departmental budgets and key performance indicators (KPIs). Evaluates the company’s performance to plan; collects and analyzes data on KPIs, develops both ad hoc and scheduled accountability reports and presents finding to the President and leadership team. Works with the President on formulating pricing strategies that fit market conditions and align with the company’s revenue and profitability goals. PERFORMANCE FACTORS: The performance factors described here are core abilities that translate into desired on-the-job behaviors which contribute to successfully achieving the position’s performance objectives and carrying out the assigned responsibilities. Time and Priority Management: Prioritizes and completes tasks to deliver desired outcomes within allotted time frames.Effectively manages difficulties and delays to complete tasks on time; demonstrates an ability to maintain deadlines during crisis; balances timelines and desired outcomes; takes initiative and prioritizes tasks to stay on schedule; accepts responsibility for deadlines and results; creates an environment conducive to effectiveness. Personal Accountability : Is answerable for personal actions. Strives to take responsibility for personal actions; accepts personal responsibility for outcomes; observes and analyzes data to learn from mistakes; and sees new possibilities by examining personal performance. Self-Starting: Demonstrates initiative and willingness to begin working. Possesses a strong work ethic and belief in getting results; takes initiative and does whatever it takes to achieve objectives; projects self-assurance in getting the task started; starts quickly to avoid setbacks; willing to begin working regardless of circumstances; accepts personal responsibility for achieving personal and professional goals; functions effectively and achieves results regardless of circumstances; displays self-confidence, conscientiousness, assertiveness, persistence and is achievement-oriented. Customer Focus: Anticipating, meeting and/or exceeding customer needs, wants and expectations. Strives to anticipate, identify, and understand customers' wants, needs and concerns; responds to customers with a sense of urgency; follows through on customer requests; resolves issues and complaints to the satisfaction of customers; develops relationships with customers; partners with customers to assist them in achieving their objectives; acts as an advocate for customers' needs. Decision Making: Analyzes all aspects of a situation to make consistently sound and timely decisions. Gathers relevant input and develops a rationale for making decisions; asks the right questions rather than making assumptions to produce a timely decision; evaluates the impact or consequences of decisions before making them; acts decisively once all aspects have been analyzed; is willing to update decisions if more information becomes available. Planning and Organizing: Establishes courses of action to ensure that work is completed effectively. Works effectively within established systems; utilizes logical, practical and efficient approaches; prioritizes tasks for optimum productivity; develops procedures, processes and systems for order, accuracy, efficiency and productivity; anticipates probable effects, outcomes and risks; develops contingency plans to minimize waste, error and risks; allocates, adjusts and manages resources according to priorities; monitors implementation of plans and makes adjustments as needed; establishes action plans to ensure desired results. Problem Solving: Defines, analyzes, and diagnoses key components of a problem to formulate a solution. Utilizes logical processes to analyze and solve problems; defines the causes, effects, impact, and scope of problems; prioritizes steps to an effective solution. CMT Imports is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from all backgrounds to apply #J-18808-Ljbffr