Senior Accounting Manager – Atlanta, GA - $100,000 – $115,000 (Hybrid – remote Fridays, more flexible after 90 days)

Accountants One has been hired by a leader in the Atlanta entertainment & event space to recruit a Senior Accounting Manager to add to their team. The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with GAAP accounting, month-end close, and have at least 5 years of experience leading teammates.

This is a fantastic organization with a family-focused culture that continues to grow and be extremely profitable.

Duties:

• Manage the expense side of accounting operations to ensure compliance with GAAP, policies, and annual audits
• Manage and oversee daily operations of General Accounting, Accounts Payable, Cash Accounting, and Grant Accounting functions
• Coach and develop three direct reports – Assistant Accounting Manager, Senior Accounts Payable Accountant, and Accounting Assistant – who will report to this position
• Work closely with the Senior Director of Accounting whom this role will report in organizing and analyzing the reconciliation of accounts, and implementing and improving processes and procedures
• Enforce proper accounting principles in accordance with GAAP
• Review, approve, and post journal entries
• Ensure banking transactions are addressed, recorded, and reconciled
• Manage monthly close process and ensure all costs incurred are properly recorded
• Provide monthly financial analytics for variance explanations for budget to actual and month-to-month
• Maintain general ledger balance sheet account reconciliations for all companies including the review and correction of account balances
• Plan, organize and coordinate the accounting and financial reporting for the Grant Portfolio
• Manage AP and Cash Accounting functions
• Maintain and reconcile fixed assets including activity in construction in progress accounts
• Prepare monthly sales tax returns
• Lead sales tax refund project
• Help process and manage the annual financial audit and procedure reviews
• Special projects as needed

Requirements:

• Accounting or Business-related bachelor's degree
• Active CPA or in progress with evidence
• 5-7 years of experience
• Experience using Dynamics GP / Great Plains is a plus
• Management and leadership experience required
• GAAP knowledge and experience required
• Customer service attitude
• Work independently and manage direct reports while communicating with all levels of the organization

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