Job Title: Accounting Manager

Job Summary:

The primary responsibilities of this role are preparing/reviewing monthly reconciliations of balance sheet accounts including bank accounts, reviewing, and posting subsidiary journals, creating, and posting general journal entries, providing outside auditor correspondence, invoice coding, and other tasks as assigned to support the Accounting Department. Other duties include understanding and integration with the operations of the AP and AR. The candidate must be analytical, possess a strong aptitude for technical accounting, capable of multitasking, and possess the ability to operate in a fast-paced environment.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Assist in preparation of accurate and timely monthly financial statements and budgets.
• Play a vital part in the company's financial management which includes account reconciliations and reporting to necessary parties. Prepare and assist in reviewing balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure that accounting procedures comply with GAAP requirements.
• Understand processes, document, and implement process improvements as needed.
• Lead the preparation of regulatory filings.
• Create and maintain a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) manual for accounting policy and regulations, and reconciliation procedures.
• Maintains accurate and organized records and ensures that subsidiary and general journal entries are accurately posted in the McLeod accounting system.
• Maintaining the fixed asset depreciation system and posting applicable monthly depreciation expense, additions, and disposals.
• Approving ACH banking transactions.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve accounting discrepancies and irregularities.
• Serving as auditor correspondent for external audits. Responsible for gathering, from the system or paper file, all requested supporting documents for sample testing and submission of sample documents via email or online web portal.
• Interacts and communicates with fellow employees, customers and outside auditors in an accurate, courteous, and professional manner in person, by email, and on a telephone.
• Manage accounting staff who are responsible for financial reporting, billing, collections, or accounts payable as needed.
• Cross training and additional duties as assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities:

• Fundamental knowledge of GAAP
• Must have proven ability with MS Office, advanced MS Excel skills preferred.
• Detail-oriented and consistently able to meet deadlines.
• Must have excellent communication and analytical skills.
• Must possess the ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment.

Education and Experience:

• College degree with a concentration in accounting or business is mandatory.
• Public account experience is preferred.
• Transportation experience is preferred.
• McLeod Powerbroker transportation software knowledge is desired.
• Five (5) years of prior Staff/Senior Accountant experience is preferred.
• Intercompany experience preferred.

Business and Leadership Competencies:

• Teambuilding skills and the ability to drive change.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• High energy, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude to the team
• Willingness to understand and support change, as it relates to processes, structure, and business modeling.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential duty and/or function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

The company has reviewed this job description to ensure that essential functions and basic duties have been included. It is intended to provide guidelines for job expectations and the employee's ability to perform the position described. It is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all functions, responsibilities, skills, and abilities. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate. This document does not represent a contract of employment, and the company reserves the right to change this job description and/or assign tasks for the employee to perform, as the company may deem appropriate. Employment with RE Garrison is at-will, which means that either you or the Company can end the employment relationship at any time with or without cause or notice.