Manager, Accounting

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The position is based at RAC’s new corporate headquarters in Peachtree City, Georgia, which is an award-winning suburban community approximately 25 miles south of downtown Atlanta. This role is on-site four days per week, not remote.

The Accounting Manager’s mandate is to support a multi‑plant, non‑union manufacturing environment. The scope is corporate office and multi‑location U.S. manufacturing and distribution center footprint encompassing several hundred to low‑thousands of employees.

This role reports to the Controller, and manages a team of 4-5 people, including a Sr. Accountant and Plant Accounting leader.

• Manage and review monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial statements
• Prepare and review balance sheets, income statements, and cash flow statements
• Ensure completeness and accuracy of journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations
• Analyze financial results and provide variance explanations to management

• Oversee general ledger activities, including proper transaction coding and account classification
• Supervise account reconciliations and ensure timely resolution of discrepancies
• Maintain and enforce accounting policies and procedures

• Oversee key accounting functions including cash, fixed assets, inventory, warranty, intercompany accounting, accruals, prepaids and taxes
• Ensure proper cutoff, inventory accounting, and cost accounting practices
• Monitor and improve transaction-level accuracy and efficiency

• Ensure compliance with US GAAP and internal accounting policies
• Maintain and enforce SOX controls, including documentation and testing readiness
• Coordinate and lead internal and external audits
• Prepare audit schedules and support audit requests
• Implement audit recommendations and remediate control deficiencies

• Assess current accounting processes and recommend improvements
• Drive automation and efficiency initiatives within ERP systems
• Strengthen internal controls and reduce risk of misstatement

• Supervise, train, and mentor accounting staff
• Review work, set priorities, and manage performance
• Support team development and succession planning
• Ad Hoc & Cross-Functional Support
• Perform ad hoc financial analysis and special projects
• Partner with FP&A, operations, and other departments to support business decisions
• Support system implementations or upgrades (ERP, reporting tools) while better leveraging existing tools.

• 7–10 years of progressive accounting experience
• Corporate accounting and/or private equity background
• Strong command of US GAAP and financial reporting standards
• Proven experience managing month‑end close and audit cycles
• Technical accounting depth
• Experience in a manufacturing environment
• Cost accounting and inventory accounting exposure
• Managed teams

• CPA license
• ERP proficiency — Infor, Oracle, and others
• SOX compliance background

Bachelor’s degree in accounting.

Constantly remaining in stationary position, often standing, or sitting for prolonged periods. Occasionally, adjusting or moving objects up to 2lbs in all directions. Constantly, communicating with others to exchange information. Repeating motions that may include the wrists, hands and/or fingers. Constantly, assessing the accuracy, neatness and thoroughness of the work assigned

Constantly sedentary work that primarily involves sitting/standing.