Manager Accounting Finance Jobs in Decatur, GA (NOW HIRING)

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• Own and manage the end-to-end monthly financial close cycle, from pre-close planning through final financial statement delivery.
• Maintain a detailed close calendar with assigned owners, hard deadlines, and dependency mapping.
• Drive accountability across all contributing teams — GL, AP, AR, payroll, and revenue — to ensure on-time, accurate close completion.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks in the close process through process redesign, automation, and clear escalation protocols.
• Produce and review monthly journal entries, accruals, prepaid schedules, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Establish and monitor KPIs related to close timelines and reconciliation quality.
• Partner with the FP&A team to ensure GL activity is accurately reflected in management reporting and variance analysis.
• Apply knowledge of GAAP to review and approve journal entries, ensuring proper recognition, classification, and matching of revenues and expenses.
• Oversee data tagging at the transaction level across 7 different data tags.
• Manage the chart of accounts structure to ensure financial data is properly coded for reporting, analytics, and compliance purposes.
• Identify, document, and track EBITDA addbacks at the source, ensuring consistent classification and clear audit trail to support lender reporting and management views.
• Partner with the Financial Reporting team to ensure month end close output directly supports P&L, balance sheet, and management reporting deliverables.
• Design and maintain a robust internal control environment to safeguard financial data accuracy and completeness.
• Support external auditors by preparing audit schedules, responding to requests, and coordinating the annual audit process.
• Ensure compliance with debt covenant reporting requirements and support preparation of lender reporting packages.
• Document accounting policies and standard operating procedures; maintain updated close playbooks for all key processes.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to reduce close cycle time without compromising accuracy.
• Oversee day-to-day treasury operations, including cash management and bank account oversight.
• Partner with the FP&A team to monitor cash balances and forecasts to ensure adequate liquidity for operations.
• Review and approve cash disbursements and ensure proper controls over payments.
• Partner with leadership on optimizing cash flow and banking relationships.
• Maintain and improve treasury-related processes, controls, and reporting.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of accounting and operations staff, setting clear expectations and providing ongoing coaching and feedback.
• Manage and integrate offshore service delivery teams into the close and operational workflows, ensuring consistent quality, clear handoffs, and on-time delivery.
• Manage workload distribution across the team to ensure deadlines are consistently met without sacrificing quality.
• Foster a culture of accountability, accuracy, and continuous improvement within the team.
• Support hiring, onboarding, and performance management for direct reports.
• Demonstrate urgency and ownership in driving outcomes through to completion.
• Serve as a key finance operations partner to practice area leaders, HR, and other internal stakeholders on matters related to GL activity, Treasury, Procurement, Accounts Payable (AP) and Travel & Expense (T&E).
• Identify and lead process improvement initiatives across accounting operations, including automation opportunities and workflow enhancements.
• Maintain and update standard operating procedures (SOPs) for all processes within the team's scope.
• Support system implementations, upgrades, or integrations that touch GL, Treasury, Procurement, AP or T&E workflows, including testing and documentation.
• Assist with ad hoc projects and analyses as requested by Finance leadership.

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 4 years in a management or supervisory role.
• Knowledge of GAAP and general ledger accounting principles.
• Demonstrated experience managing a month-end close process.
• Experience administering or overseeing a T&E program, including policy compliance and expense reporting tools.
• Strong proficiency with ERP systems (preference given for experience with Workday ERP) and Microsoft Excel.
• Experience designing and operating internal controls in an audit-readiness environment.
• Exceptional attention to detail with a strong track record of accuracy in a high-volume environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to work effectively with both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• CPA or CPA candidate strongly preferred.
• Experience in a professional services firm (accounting, consulting, or legal).
• Familiarity with Workday, Practice Engine, Concur, or similar ERP, practice management and expense platforms.
• Experience supporting an audit or working with external auditors.
• Exposure to multi-entity or multi-practice-area accounting environments.
• Experience with process automation tools or workflow improvement initiatives.
• Operational Excellence — maintains high standards of accuracy and efficiency across all processes; identifies and removes friction before it becomes a problem.
• Accountability — takes ownership of outcomes, follows through on commitments, and holds the team to the same standard.
• Communication — translates accounting complexity into clear, actionable information for partners, staff, and leadership.
• Leadership & Development — builds team capability through coaching, clarity, and high expectations.
• Collaboration — works across teams and functions with a problem-solving mindset and a service orientation.
• Adaptability — thrives in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment where priorities can shift quickly.
• Project Management — plans and sequences work across competing priorities; sets clear milestones, owns dependencies, and drives initiatives to on-time completion.