WORKami

Corporate Accounting Manager/Team Leader

• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of the financial reporting and general ledger administration. 

• Ensure an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly and year end corporate close. 

• Ensure the timely reporting of all monthly financial information. 

• Supervise the daily corporate accounting activities.

• Ensure the monthly and quarterly corporate financial compliance activities are performed in a timely and accurate manner. 

• Collaborates with the other finance department managers to support overall department goals and objectives. 

• Monitors and analyzes department work to develop more efficient procedures and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy. 

• Advises staff regarding the handling of non-routine transactions. 

• Responds to inquiries from firm wide managers regarding financial results, special reporting requests and the like. 

• Work with the Financial Accounting VP to ensure a clean and timely year-end audit of the assigned activities.

• Supervise the general ledger administration and corporate activities group to ensure all financial reporting deadlines with the highest quality standards.

• Assist in development and implementation of new procedures and features to enhance the workflow of the department. 

• Provide training to new and existing staff as needed. 

• Handle personnel issues relating to staff conflicts, absenteeism, performance issues, etc. 

• Work with each direct report to establish goals and objectives for each year and monitor and advise on the progress to enhance the professional development of staff. 

• Support VP with special projects and workflow process improvements. 

Knowledge / Skills & Metrics

• Knowledge of accounting principles, practices and procedures.

• Knowledge of computerized accounting systems and applications to include main frame terminals/ personal computers, general software applications and keyboard facility.  (Oracle knowledge a must).

• Skill in performing detailed and complex numerical computations and reports.

• Skill in both verbal and written communication. 

• Process and IT oriented.

• Calendar compliance with financial close and  reporting deadlines.

• Out-of-period or post-closing manual entries to the general ledger or reporting packages

• Daily accounting scorecards