Corporate Accounting Manager

Sure Werx is a leading manufacturer of innovative safety, tool and equipment products and solutions. Since 1957, we have been trusted to keep all who use our products safe in even the most challenging environments. Today, our growing family of world‑leading brands serves customers and partners across the U.S., Canada, and Europe.

At Sure Werx, you’ll have the opportunity to challenge yourself in a supportive, growth‑oriented culture of industry leaders. You’ll help chart our future as we continue to expand into new products, services, and markets. And we’ll invest in your career development, enabling you to grow and succeed.

We are currently looking for a Corporate Account Manager at our Elgin, Illinois location. This position reports directly to our Corporate Controller.

This is a hybrid role; the ideal candidate will be located in the Elgin/Chicago area or in a commutable distance. The hybrid work schedule is for 3 days per week onsite and two days off site, and the employee is available for additional onsite meetings as the business requires.

• Monthly corporate close responsibilities
  • Assisting with input process to corporate close – inputting FX, posting recurring topside journal entries, validating intercompany forms are all submitted appropriately and formatting the management close package.
  • Detailed review of local close packages for the final management reporting package.
  • Provide technical support on One Stream for BU Controllers.
  • Monthly reconciliations – performing a detailed review of the monthly reconciliations performed by business units to ensure compliance with policy and to ensure no unusual/significant unsupported reconciling items.
• Corporate tax assistance
  • Sales and use tax, excise taxes and franchise tax support and filings.
  • Annual ancillary filings – administrative filings for Illinois, Delaware, etc.
  • Coordination of requests for PwC annual compliance for U.S. tax returns.
  • Preparing supporting documentation for income tax temporary book/tax differences – intangibles, fixed assets.
• Annual financial statement close and preparation
  • Assistance with preparing annual support/roll forwards for GAAP accounting including goodwill, intangibles, leases, share based compensation and equity roll forward, cash flow.
  • Assisting corporate controller with audit requests and follow up on open items with responsible individuals.
• Acquisitions/Integrations
  • Preparing the opening balance sheet for acquired companies.
  • Preparing journal entries for purchase price accounting.
  • Assisting acquired entity with integration of systems (Prelude, One Stream).
  • Supporting D365 rollout at additional manufacturing sites throughout 2026 & 2027.
• Process improvement
  • Assist Corporate Controller in drafting corporate internal accounting policies (e.g., revenue, inventory) to serve as a guideline for existing and acquired entities to drive consistency across business units.
  • System implementations and identifying ways to leverage existing One Stream investment.
  • Identify ways to streamline year‑end process and book entries in the local systems rather than topside at the end of the year.

• Ensures reliable and timely financial statements – reduce cycle time on monthly management package preparation and enhances accuracy, leading to fewer versions of the pack by freeing the corporate controller to focus on issues and review of packages.
• Manager to perform more of the hands‑on accounting functions, freeing the corporate controller to focus on high value work such as policy, complex/technical issues, process improvement, special projects and developing team members.
• Enhance audit & compliance – prepares schedules and supports external audit process leading to high quality schedules, reduced bottlenecks on year‑end close deliverables with auditors and assists in gathering the first‑level support for required compliance work.
• Builds scalability for growth & exit readiness – supports efforts to enhance accounting processes making the finance function more scalable as we continue to grow and acquire additional entities. Assists the Corporate Controller in ensuring our books are GAAP compliant and ready for an eventual…