Mgr Accounting Services

Location: St. Louis

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Title:

Mgr Accounting Services

City:
St. Louis

State: MO

Country/Region: US

Postal Code: 63101

Department:
Accounting

About the role:

We are currently seeking an Accounting Services Manager to join our team. This position would report within Peabody’s shared services group and is accountable for leading a range of activities in the Record-to-Report process, including the end-to-end accounts receivable function, to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, general ledger integrity, and compliance with accounting standards. The position is responsible for overseeing the performance and compliance of a third-party Managed Service Provider (MSP).

For its areas of responsibility, the position serves as the primary liaison between Peabody and the MSP, driving accountability, service quality, and continuous improvement.

Duties will include:
Oversight of Managed Service Provider

• Manage the relationship with the MSP for responsibilities within scope
• Monitor service level agreements (SLAs), KPIs, and compliance standards
• Conduct regular performance reviews and elevate issues as needed
• Ensure MSP adheres to company policies, regulatory requirements, and audit standards

General Ledger & Payroll

• Lead components of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes
• Review journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reports prepared internally and by the MSP
• Oversee general ledger accounting related to payroll (non-timekeeping) e.g., employee/employer gross-to-net journal entries, monthly stub accruals, incentive and leave accruals, tax and withholding remittances
• Oversee the day-to-day accounting operations related to daily cash movements
• Ensure timely and accurate reporting in accordance with GAAP
• Approve complex accounting entries and adjustments

Accounts Receivable Operations

• Oversee collections, dispute resolution, cash application and reporting
• Ensure timely and accurate processing of customer payments and adjustments
• Collaborate closely with the Sales Accounting (invoicing) team
• Review aging reports and drive resolution of overdue accounts or discrepancies

Process Improvement & Automation

• Identify opportunities to streamline processes and enhance automation
• Collaborate with IT and MSP to implement system enhancements and reporting tools

Reporting & Analysis

• Prepare or monitor monthly metrics, dashboards, and executive summaries.
• Analyze trends in DSO, bad debt, and customer payment behavior

Stakeholder Collaboration

• Partner with Marketing, Sales Accounting, Corporate Accounting, Legal and others to resolve billing and accounting issues
• Stakeholder query resolution
• Support internal and external audits with documentation and reconciliations
• Other duties, projects and company-wide initiatives as necessary

Leadership & Compliance

• Lead internal team and support professional development
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, SOX, and internal financial controls
• Preemptive identification of control risks
• Maintain documentation and support for financial controls and policies

The Lifestyle:

This position is a full-time role, working from our corporate headquarters in St Louis, MO. Peabody offers flexible work policies, including hybrid office / home working arrangements. Target salary range for this role is $103,500 - $126,500

About you:

Education/Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field
• CPA or MBA preferred
• 7+ years of relevant work experience – accounts receivable, general ledger, month-end close functions including account reconciliations, trial balance reviews, analysis, KPI & metrics
• Familiarity of outsourcing and/or global shared services models
• Implementing global processes and systems improvements
• Track record of development/delivery of complex solutions
• Experience with SAP ECC or S/4, BW preferred
• Familiarity with Blackline, bot automation
• Proficiency in a variety of systems including MS office suite of tools (Word, PowerPoint and high-level Excel spreadsheets such as familiarity of macros, pivot tables, lookup)

Qualifications

• Effective, professional written and oral communication skills with audiences at all levels of the organization
• Excellent time…