Accounting Manager

Accounting Manager

Edina, MN

At Minnesota Cannabis Services, we're not just building businesses we're building the people who make them great. Our team partners with leading operators across cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail to deliver world-class expertise in legal, finance, analytics, marketing, HR, and technology.

We're looking for professionals who take pride in their work, move with purpose, and thrive in fast-changing environments. The kind of people who hold themselves to high standards, think creatively, and find satisfaction in solving hard problems.

When you join our team, you'll work alongside some of the most experienced leaders in the industry professionals who share their knowledge freely and lead by example. You'll be challenged, supported, and trusted to take ownership of meaningful work that shapes the future of one of the fastest-growing industries in America.

We're looking for an Accounting Manager who makes the close happen.

Minnesota Cannabis Services is a multi-state cannabis services organization with a large, complex entity portfolio spanning multiple states.

This is a hands-on accounting management role. You'll personally close the most complex entities while supervising staff accountants on the rest. You'll also coordinate with an offshore processing team handling AP and transactional work. If you're the kind of person who thrives on organization, holds people accountable, and gets satisfaction from a clean close this role was built for you.

Monthly Close Execution

You own the close calendar. You assign tasks to staff accountants with clear deadlines, track progress daily, and ensure every entity closes on time. You personally handle close tasks for the most complex entities that require deeper accounting knowledge. When a reconciliation doesn't tie or a journal entry doesn't make sense, you investigate and figure it out to ensure every entity is clean and auditable.

Staff Supervision & Development

You directly manage a team of staff accountants. You assign their daily work, review their journal entries and reconciliations, give feedback on quality and accuracy, and hold them accountable for deadlines. When someone is struggling, you coach them. When someone is excelling, you give them more complex work. You're building a team that can handle an increasing volume of entities without the quality dropping.

Offshore Team Coordination

An offshore processing team handles accounts payable, bank reconciliation preparation, and transactional bookkeeping. You're their day-to-day escalation point for accounting workflow questions coding issues, exception handling, and process clarification. You don't manage their people, but you own the quality of their accounting output.

Work Product Quality Assurance

You review and approve all journal entries, account reconciliations, and GL maintenance. You spot errors, catch inconsistencies, and ensure documentation standards are met across every entity. You also identify recurring mistakes and process gaps and you fix them, not just flag them.

Audit & Documentation Support

You support audit preparation by ensuring work papers are organized, documentation is complete, and PBC (provided by client) schedules are ready when auditors request them. You maintain organized financial records across all entities so that audit season is a breeze, not a fire drill.

Required:

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience with multi-entity or multi-location exposure
• Direct experience managing or executing month-end close across multiple entities
• Experience supervising accounting staff assigning work, reviewing output, managing performance
• Strong GAAP knowledge with hands‑on experience preparing and reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and financial statements
• Proficiency with Quick Books Online or comparable accounting platforms (Intacct, Net Suite, Xero)
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Strongly Preferred:

• CPA or CPA‑eligible a plus
• Experience in highly regulated industries cannabis, hospitality, restaurant groups, or franchise operations
• Experience working alongside offshore or distributed…