Sr. Accounting Manager

Company Description

Wonderful Citrus is North America’s leading integrated grower, shipper and packer of fresh citrus, including clementines/mandarins, navel and Valencia oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, and other citrus varieties. Wonderful Citrus farms more than 74,000 acres of fresh citrus and has supplier relationships around the world to ensure a year-round supply. Our citrus can be found in all channels of distribution, with our consumer brands most visible in the produce department of grocery stores across the globe under our flagship consumer brands, Wonderful Halos Mandarins, Wonderful Seedless Lemons, and Wonderful Sweet Scarletts Texas Red Grapefruit.

Wonderful Orchards is seeking an experienced Senior Accounting Manager – Financial
Reporting to join our corporate team in Shafter, CA. This is a key leadership role for a seasoned
accounting professional responsible for supporting the financial integrity and reporting
capabilities of one of the largest agricultural operations in the country.

Reporting directly to the Controller, this position will lead the financial reporting function,
ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely delivery of key financial information. We’re looking for
a results-oriented leader with strong technical skills, a process improvement mindset, and a
commitment to team development in a fast-paced environment.

Duties & Responsibilities
Functions include but are not limited to the following. Must be able to move freely between tasks
depending on workload and business priorities
This role is responsible for overseeing key accounting operations, ensuring accuracy in
reporting, and maintaining compliance across entities.

Responsibilities include:

General Ledger Management
Oversee accounting operations to ensure the general ledger is accurate, complete, and
compliant across multiple entities.

Financial Close Process
Manage and streamline the monthly closing process, ensuring timely and accurate financial
reporting.

Financial Reporting
Oversee the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual internal and external financial
statements, including detailed variance analysis, to meet reporting requirements.

Financial Consolidations
Lead the consolidation of financial results across business units, maintaining and enhancing
the consolidation system. Coordinate with corporate team on enterprise-wide financial
reporting requirements.

Audit Coordination
Serve as the primary contact for external auditors. Prepare audit schedules and financial
statements (balance sheet, income statement, cash flow) and address audit inquiries.

Lease and Revenue Accounting
Maintain compliance with lease accounting standards (Lease Accelerator) and ensure
accurate revenue recognition processes and documentation.
Account Reconciliations
Review and approve monthly account reconciliations, ensuring accuracy and alignment with
corporate policy.

Intercompany Alignment
Work with sister companies and corporate team to align intercompany balances and
reporting.

Process Improvement
Identify and implement best practices to enhance accounting procedures, controls, and
systems.

Project Support and Ad-Hoc Initiatives
Contribute to special projects and respond to executive requests with relevant financial input.

Team Management
Supervise and support accounting team to ensure efficient day-to-day operations with focus
on career development and learning.

Operational Support
Participate in finance leadership activities and help improve accounting practices across the
organization.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, shall, and/ or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
function.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business with an accounting emphasis.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in financial reporting and general ledger
• management, including supervisory responsibilities.
• CPA designation and/or public accounting experience preferred
• Strong working knowledge of GAAP, Financial…