Accounting Manager

The Accounting Manager is responsible for areas relating to general ledger, balance sheet, and financial reporting. Experience with JDE ERP and One Stream systems is helpful. This position ensures compliance with IFRS, the ASSA ABLOY Accounting Manual, and ASSA ABLOY Americas accounting guidelines. It reviews processes, practices, and procedures to ensure accurate and timely financial statements and reports while continuously improving efficiency and accuracy of accounting processes.

The Accounting Manager may supervise and work with applicable accountants, ensuring that work is properly allocated and completed in a timely and accurate manner.

• Help lead accounting changes and manage multiple projects related to improvement and integration efforts.
• Develop, populate, and provide month‑end reporting requirements for the company.
• Review reports and work processes to ensure timely and accurate reporting.
• Develop and implement group reporting standards and processes.
• Lead monthly analyses and preparation of general ledger account reconciliations (pre‑paid, accruals, AR, and AP), report variances, and handle reconciliations through Floqast; recommend and implement processes to reduce errors and take corrective actions.
• Lead weekly, monthly and quarterly forecast processes together with annual budgeting.
• Lead analysis and reporting of sales and forecasting activities for subsidiaries.
• Analyze AR and assist Shared Services AR by problem‑solving issues.
• Review and submit monthly journal entries and recurring entries to ensure accuracy.
• Lead preparation and upload of financial results to ERP reporting systems.
• Responsible for headcount reporting and reconciliations.
• Review GL integrity reports and ensure reconciliation of general ledger to sub‑ledger detail.
• Input, upload, and validate financial data to the corporate financial database One Stream.
• Monitor and help implement associated internal controls in support of Internal Audit.
• Analyze variances and trends, providing data for and/or making recommendations to management for improvement and adjustments.
• Lead city and state sales tax filing and TRIP reporting.
• Maintain and monitor recurring journal entries and allocations as needed.
• Act as backup to the controller in closing periods on the JD Edwards system and preparing financial statements.

• Lead and mentor junior accounting staff.
• May supervise and allocate work to applicable accountants.

• BS/BA in Accounting, Finance, Business or related; CMA/CPA/MBA preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of related accounting, financial reporting and analysis experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Proficiency with JDE ERP, One Stream, and HR systems (e.g., JD Edwards).
• Strong knowledge of IFRS, accounting principles, and financial reporting.
• Advanced proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook; advanced Excel formulas and ad‑hoc modeling.
• Experience with Floqast, Smart View, Power BI, Business Objects, HFM, and other business intelligence tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to present financial data to non‑financial audiences.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and organizational skills; ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Knowledge of ISO 9001 & 14001 requirements.
• Ability to read, write, and interpret documents in English.
• Mathematical ability to perform calculations and utilize advanced Excel formulas.
• Logical reasoning and problem‑solving abilities.