Senior Manager, Accounting Operations

Work with a Top 20 CPA and advisory firm that Accounts for Anything. Aprio has 40 U.S. office locations, as well as international office locations and more than 3,200 team members that speak 60+ languages across the globe. By bringing together proven expertise, deep understanding, and strategic foresight for fast-growing industries, Aprio ensures clients are prepared for wherever life or business may take them.

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Join Aprio's Accounting Operations team and you will help clients maximize their opportunities. Aprio Advisory Group, LLC is a progressive, fast-growing firm looking for a Senior Manager to join their dynamic team.

The Senior Manager, Accounting Operations is responsible for leading the day-to-day activities of Aprio's accounting and finance operations function. This role serves as the operational backbone of the Finance department, ensuring that core accounting processes are executed accurately, efficiently, and in compliance with firm policies and GAAP. A core responsibility is safeguarding the integrity of financial data at the source - ensuring every transaction is captured with the dimensions, classifications, and tracking attributes required for accurate reporting across entities, practice areas, and management views.

The Senior Manager will lead and develop a team of accounting professionals, own key monthly close processes, and drive continuous improvement across the operations they oversee.

This is a high-visibility role that requires both technical accounting depth and a strong operational mindset. The ideal candidate is organized, detail-oriented, and a proactive communicator who can work effectively across practice areas and functional teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Monthly Close Leadership

* Own and manage the end-to-end monthly financial close cycle, from pre-close planning through final financial statement delivery.

* Maintain a detailed close calendar with assigned owners, hard deadlines, and dependency mapping.

* Drive accountability across all contributing teams - GL, AP, AR, payroll, and revenue - to ensure on-time, accurate close completion.

* Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the close process through process redesign, automation, and clear escalation protocols.

* Produce and review monthly journal entries, accruals, prepaid schedules, and balance sheet reconciliations.

* Establish and monitor KPIs related to close timelines and reconciliation quality.

* Partner with the FP&A team to ensure GL activity is accurately reflected in management reporting and variance analysis.

Data Integrity

* Apply knowledge of GAAP to review and approve journal entries, ensuring proper recognition, classification, and matching of revenues and expenses.

* Oversee data tagging at the transaction level across 7 different data tags.

* Manage the chart of accounts structure to ensure financial data is properly coded for reporting, analytics, and compliance purposes.

* Identify, document, and track EBITDA addbacks at the source, ensuring consistent classification and clear audit trail to support lender reporting and management views.

* Partner with the Financial Reporting team to ensure month end close output directly supports P&L, balance sheet, and management reporting deliverables.

* Controls, Compliance & Process Excellence

* Design and maintain a robust internal control environment to safeguard financial data accuracy and completeness.

* Support external auditors by preparing audit schedules, responding to requests, and coordinating the annual audit process.

* Ensure compliance with debt covenant reporting requirements and support preparation of lender reporting packages.

* Document accounting policies and standard operating procedures; maintain updated close playbooks for all key processes.

* Lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce close cycle time without compromising accuracy.

Treasury Management

* Oversee day-to-day treasury operations, including cash management and bank account oversight.

* Partner with the FP&A team to monitor cash balances and forecasts to ensure adequate liquidity for…