Accounting Manager

Job Summary

The Accounting Manager will be primarily responsible for supporting Cottage Group and Dillard-Jones Renovations + Service by performing general ledger accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, and management reporting as necessary. This position supports general financial needs of the organization by working collaboratively with various departments and business units to obtain and provide information.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Accounting and Finance business partner by working closely with Operational management to provide guidance, recommendations, and insight to improve business processes and profitabilty
• Establish fundamental accounting policies and procedures
• Perform daily accounting and reporting activities regarding general ledger maintenance
• Lead planning, budgeting, and forecast processes
• Perform analyses and record accounting entries pertaining to accounts payable, accounts receivable, accruals, intercompany balancing, etc.
• Review results against plans and forecasts and provide thorough explanations of variances and actions taken
• Provide clear, concise work products and develop repeatable analyses for business decision making
• Perform monthly and yearly closing process
• Provide detailed analyses and explanations to management
• Identify, propose, and implement process improvements, leading practices, and consistent application of practices across multiple business units and ERP systems
• Monitor project and overhead budgets
• Manage client and vendor relationships to facilitate cash collections and invoice processing
• Prepare client statements and invoices
• Perform monthly account reconciliations
• Collaborate with sister companies to accurately record and reconcile intercompany transactions
• Perform technical accounting research and provide guidance to management
• Collaborate with the Accounting department on adoption of new accounting pronouncements and Corporate policies
• Manage banking relationships
• Facilitate collection of data requests in support of the annual tax return
• Support external auditor reviews

Personal Qualities

• Superb attention to detail and good record keeping skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload to meet tight deadlines
• Ability to multi-task and rapidly transition between tasks
• Team player; high level of interpersonal skills with demonstrated professionalism, poise, tact, and diplomacy
• Proactively takes initiative and seeks additional training or direction as needed
• Excellent communication skills - Written, nonverbal, and verbal

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting and/or Finance
• 4 - 7 years of experience in Accounting
• Demonstrated analytical skills and problem-solving ability
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Expert skills with Microsoft Office (Excel formulas and pivot tables)
• Ability to query and organize from multiple sources and platforms

• Additional preferred qualifications:

• Experience with Sage 100 Contractor and QuickBooks
• CPA or CMA
• Experience in residential construction

General

• Other duties as assigned to support the parent company and / or other Luxe Brands Collective companies.
• Limited travel may be required.