Accounting Operations Manager

We are actively seeking an Accounting Operations Manager to join a privately held, family-owned distribution organization. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands‑on accounting leader who enjoys owning the monthly close process, strengthening accounting operations, improving financial reporting, and partnering closely with leadership to drive business performance.

• REQUIRED: 7+ years of progressive accounting experience with increasing operational and leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience independently owning or substantially leading monthly close activities, general ledger reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, and financial statement preparation.
• Experience overseeing accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash application, payment processing, and accounting controls.
• Commercial credit and collections experience, including customer credit reviews, credit limits, account holds, aging analysis, bad debt exposure, and collection escalation activities.
• Experience supervising accounting personnel and coordinating accounting responsibilities across multiple locations.
• Background in wholesale distribution, industrial supply, building materials, manufacturing, construction supply, or another inventory‑intensive business environment strongly preferred.
• Experience with inventory accounting, valuation, inventory‑to‑general‑ledger reconciliation, and operational financial reporting.
• Experience working with ERP‑based accounting systems;
  Epicor Eclipse experience is preferred but not required.
• Quick Books experience is preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel and financial analysis skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field preferred; equivalent practical experience will be considered.
• CPA or CMA certification is beneficial but not required.

• Lead centralized accounting operations, including accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash application, payment processing, credit administration, account reconciliations, and general ledger activities.
• Develop, maintain, and enhance the Epicor Eclipse general ledger structure and related accounting processes.
• Own the monthly close process while coordinating year‑end accounting, tax, and financial statement activities with the company's outside CPA firm.
• Review journal entries, accruals, subledger reconciliations, and balance sheet reconciliations to ensure financial accuracy and completeness.
• Prepare and explain internal profit and loss statements, balance sheets, branch performance reports, working capital metrics, and significant financial variances.
• Evaluate customer creditworthiness, establish credit limits, authorize account holds, and oversee commercial credit and collection activities.
• Monitor accounts receivable aging, collection effectiveness, customer disputes, bad debt exposure, and overall credit risk.
• Oversee construction‑related credit processes, including preliminary notices, mechanics liens, and lien releases when applicable.
• Support annual budgeting, cash forecasting, branch profitability reporting, and budget‑to‑actual variance analysis.
• Partner with purchasing, inventory, and operations leadership to ensure inventory activity is accurately valued, reconciled, and reflected within the general ledger.
• Strengthen internal controls related to payments, positive pay, vendor maintenance, refunds, customer credits, journal entries, and banking access.
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