Accounting Manager Job Cincinnati area,Ohio USA,Accounting

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…