General Accounting Manager Job Description
General accounting manager
provides direction to staff to ensure all corporate activity is recorded within established time frames and in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting principles (GAAP).
General Accounting Manager Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Prepares monthly entries to account for Corporate reserves based on a thorough understanding of U.S. GAAP
Responsible for processing and maintaining interface between treasury system (Quantum) and SAP
Execute the monthly close process related to compensation expenses in collaboration with business units and functional leads
Generating the company's monthly and quarterly financial reports
Preparing and analyzing the year-end financial audit package while reporting to parent company/audit firm
Administering company s corporate credit card accounts program
Supervising preparation/reporting of royalty payments
Managing fixed asset system
Recruiting, hiring and training General Accounting and Accounts Payable staff
Assigning and scheduling tasks and communicating job expectations to staff, including evaluating job performance and recommending compensation adjustments
General Accounting Manager Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for General Accounting Manager
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, GFOA, GAAP, CGFM, CGFO, LSS
Education for General Accounting Manager
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the general accounting manager job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Education, Business/Administration, Business, MBA, Management, Business/Management, Economics, Accountancy
Skills for General Accounting Manager
Desired skills for general accounting manager include:
GAAP
SAP
Excel
Fund accounting
Generally accepted accounting principles
Governmental
CAS
DFAR
Accounting information systems
Databases
Desired experience for general accounting manager includes:
Implementing and documenting processes and procedures in accordance with company policy and SOX compliance
Monitoring daily tasks of the department and identifying process improvements
Lead the training development within the functional area
Experience mentoring and managing staff
Consolidation elimination GL process
Control and suspense account analysis and reporting
General Accounting Manager Examples
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General Accounting Manager Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of general accounting manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for general accounting manager
- PeopleSoft General Ledger maintenance
- T-Recs programming and maintenance
- Sales and use tax reporting and filings
- Partners closely with Turner's Tax team to ensure proper legal entity accounting for all domestic entities
- Ensure accurate accounting for domestic joint ventures, investments, and equity activities
- Provide accounting support to the Mergers & Acquisitions team and assist with the integration of new businesses
- Account for domestic derivative and hedge activities
- Oversee domestic legal entity accounting entries including allocation adjustments and transfer pricing entries
- Manage the month-end financial close process for 300+ company-owned restaurants all general and administrative costs
- Review monthly P&Ls and provide meaningful variance explanations of actual results vs
Qualifications for general accounting manager
- Proactively communicate with GL Senior Manager and Director concerning issues & recommendations
- Manage and mentor the GL staff in this functional area
- Professional accreditations strongly preferred (CPA, CMA or Master’s) but not required
- Experience with Microsoft Office products is essential
- Knowledge of the PeopleSoft financial system and T-Recs is strongly preferred
- The ideal candidate will possess strong accounting/finance knowledge, communication skills, problem-solving abilities, systems skills and a proven understanding of the month end close cycle
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Our innovative and growing company is looking for a general accounting manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for general accounting manager
- To ensure optimal use of the SSC model in the hotels
- This position must be able to establish and maintain strong business relationships with both internal and external parties and must possess strong communication skills as he/she will be required to interact with various levels of upper management, peers, and direct reports
- Responsible for the overall success of the financial statement close and oversees the general accounting functions, including balance sheet and income statement analysis to ensure integrity of the financial information review of key account reconciliations and journal entries
- Ensure all levels of compliance, including SOX
- Direct and oversee the deliverables for APAC Accountant, Accounts Specialist and outsourced offshore service provider team to ensure accurate and timely financial close and reporting
- Manage relationship and escalations from/into the outsourced offshore service provider team
- Review work done by outsourced offshore service provider team, provide feedback & trainings to improve work quality & efficiencies
- Responsible for APAC monthly general ledger month-end close, including but not limited to consolidation, foreign exchange, inter-company, fixed assets, prepaid expenses and accruals journals, accounts reconciliations and fluxes
- Manage the process of preparation and review of journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and reserves
- Implement processes or best practices to simplify, standardize and scale the business and accounting organization
Qualifications for general accounting manager
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Finance, Accounting, and/or Tax
- 6+ years of accounting-related work experience
- Highest ethical standards required for appropriate execution of duties
- Ability to work with and direct a diversified staff
- Experience with Great Plains or similar ERP systems preferred
- Demonstrated time management skills and ability to work independently, manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced, evolving work environment, and meet deadlines
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General Accounting Manager Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of general accounting manager. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for general accounting manager
- Validate and analyze financial statements, perform variance analysis and follow up on key issues identified
- Perform regional consolidation for submission to corporate accounting team
- Liaise or assist in regulatory requirements/reporting and government submittals for all APAC legal entities with auditors, bankers, tax agents and relevant government agencies
- Support analysis of results, forecasting and budgeting
- Review and recommend improvements to finance policies, internal controls, systems and processes
- Partner with local management and regional teams to support the business operations
- Mentor, teach and review work of other supporting members of the accounting team as needed
- Other responsibilities include but not limited to participate or lead in special projects, ERP implementation, system enhancements or ad hoc analyses as assigned (such as projects to optimize reporting platforms and processes)
- Owner of Corporate Business Unit HFM application
- Coordinates with the business units, Corporate accounting personnel, payroll and outside service provider to make sure the company is in compliance with the semi-annual unclaimed property reporting in all 50 states
Qualifications for general accounting manager
- Ensure full compliance of all day-to-day operations in accordance to J&J’s CIA standards and WWP
- At least University degree in finance related field or equivalent with professional certification
- At least 10-12 years experience in operations with comprehensive understanding of process and procedures, service management concepts, compliance and control
- Able to read, write and speak English fluentlyGeneral Accounting
- 2-3 years experience as a Lead Accountant with supervisory experience and a proven proficiency leading the day-to-day accounting activities
- 7+ to 10 years work related experience is a must
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General Accounting Manager Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of general accounting manager. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for general accounting manager
- Oversight of the monthly close process including understanding and reviewing all necessary journal entries, analyzing cost and P&L variances, reviewing yields and other key metrics, and investigating unusual items
- Accounting & Reporting – Independently applies and understands McC’s best practice financial reporting to meet the requirements of management, external authorities and the stakeholders of the Company
- Business Planning & Analysis – Without direction, assembles, analyzes, and presents information as part of the business planning and analysis process
- Cash Planning & Understanding – Without direction, plans and manages cash incorporating cash flow statement, projection and discounting of cash flow (IRR, Discounted Payback), impact of fluctuating rates and interest rates
- Business/Operations – Analysis & Support - Without direction, creates, analyzes and interprets financial statements, reports, and variances/trends in data and communicates to more senior levels in management
- Team Management - Leads EMEA General Accounting team
- Operational - continually monitor performance and seek out opportunities to drive cost reduction in the team
- Collaborate with transition team to ensure the successful transfer of activities
- Maintains effective communication with other members of the management team
- Manage centralized Internally Developed Software project accounting process for all regions, including IDSW Capitalization project policy, transfers, closures and monthly journal entry review
Qualifications for general accounting manager
- Ability to independently organize, prioritize and manage multiple tasks and come to conclusions for recommendations
- Ability to consistently meet deadlines while maintaining a high quality product
- Ability to plan and evolve toward long term objectives
- Possess well-rounded business judgment to recognize and respond to cross-departmental needs
- Possess good writing and oral communication skills
- Minimum 7 years experiences in general accounting or other accounting function, including with 3 years of managing experience in accounting team
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Our growing company is looking to fill the role of general accounting manager. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for general accounting manager
- Complete General Accounting activity for a specific country and partners with the business to ensure that the business needs are being met whilst at the same time ensuring that JCI meets all its internal and external reporting and control requirements
- Perform sales and gross margin reconciliation and accompanying analysis
- Assis, as needed, with internal and external audits
- Monitor the performance and quality of the activities performed based on agreed Key Performance Indicators (“KPIs”) and Service Level Agreements (“SLAs”)
- Principal lead for general ledger and subledger accounting teams to ensure day-to-day operations and monthly deliverables are met
- Responsible for review and approve journal entries and account reconciliations
- Oversee the compilation and deliver of month-end close package schedules, metrics and related FSLI analysis
- Work closely with Teams on resolution of open items and issue tracking
- Lead the coordinate and review for both internal and external reporting schedules work with external auditors to address issues as needed
- Assist in enforcing SOX 404 compliance testing and ensure related documentation is updated on a timely basis
Qualifications for general accounting manager
- Bachelors degree or international equivalent in Accounting required
- Previous supervisory or manager of people experience preferred
- Possess a high degree of technical accounting knowledge and willing to learn new technical accounting subjects/guidance
- Minimum 5 to 7 years professional accounting experience, some Big 4 public accounting preferred
- Must be process and goal driven, customer oriented, results oriented, self-motivated
- Knowledge of Oracle or other ERP Software preferred