Accounting Operations Manager

We are seeking an Accounting Operations Manager to strengthen financial oversight, operational reporting, and accounting processes across its U.S. operations. Reporting to the Controller, this position combines senior-level accounting oversight with broader responsibilities in operating expense (OPEX) analysis across three sites, accounts payable management, and financial due diligence for government subsidy and incentive programs.

Working closely with the Accounting Supervisor, who manages day-to-day accounting activities, the Accounting Operations Manager provides financial analysis, technical guidance, and oversight of key accounting functions, including the general ledger, month-end close, reconciliations, accounts receivable, and manufacturing-related accounting.

The role also partners with Finance and operational stakeholders to identify cost trends, resolve accounting issues, improve financial controls, and drive process improvements. As AOI expands its U.S. manufacturing operations, this position will play an important role in improving financial visibility, supporting strategic initiatives, and ensuring accounting processes remain accurate, efficient, and scalable.

• Support month-end and quarter-end close across accounts payable, accounts receivable, accruals, cash, and intercompany activity, including intercompany AR/AP confirmations.
• Review journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules prepared by the accounting team.
• Serve as an escalation point for general ledger and accounting operations questions and issues.
• Prepare and support close-related reconciliations, schedules, and work papers for Controller review, and coordinate with the Controller on cash and close items as needed.
• Support manufacturing-related accounting, including inventory reconciliations, fixed assets, depreciation, accruals, cost center activity, and COGS-related close support.
• Review payroll-related accounting, including payroll entries from the payroll register, employee insurance/benefit expense recognition, and payroll cost-center allocations, and reconcile payroll-related GL accounts in coordination with HR.

• Provide oversight and review of accounts payable and accounts receivable operations, which are run day-to-day by the Accounting Supervisor and team.
• Review AP aging, vendor and payment discrepancies, AR aging, and collections issues, and support timely resolution.
• Assess and promote consistency, documentation discipline, and timely issue resolution across AP and AR processes.
• Coordinate with Procurement, Receiving, Operations, Sales Operations, and Customer Service to resolve invoice, PO, receipt, billing, and payment discrepancies.

• Lead operating expense (OPEX) analysis across three sites, including expense trends, cost-center performance, material variances, and opportunities for cost optimization.
• Investigate spending fluctuations, identify cost drivers, and prepare financial analyses and recommendations to support management decision-making and operational efficiency.

• Lead accounts payable automation and related process-improvement initiatives, partnering with IT and Procurement to reduce manual processing and improve efficiency and controls.
• Develop and maintain accounting operations SOPs, close checklists, reconciliation templates, and documentation standards.
• Identify recurring accounting issues, manual workarounds, and process gaps, and recommend and implement practical improvements.
• Work to improve close timelines, reconciliation quality, and reporting consistency across accounting operations.

• Support internal and external audit requests related to AP, AR, accruals, reconciliations, and close.
• Operate within existing SOX and internal control requirements, and support control and process-improvement efforts as needed.
• Provide review, coaching, and escalation support to accounting operations team members, when needed and as assigned.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned by the Controller / AVP of Finance.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the United States. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Active CPA license required; candidates without an active CPA license will not be considered.
• 8+…