Accounting Manager POST NUMBER: 79487
Vaco is hiring for an Accounting Manager Manager opportunity in Cleveland OH
Direct Hire
Salary: 110-140,000/yr
General Summary
The Accounting Manager oversees the organization's accounting operations, financial reporting, and general ledger activities to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and compliance with accounting standards and company policies. This role manages the month-end and year-end close processes, maintains internal controls, and provides financial insights to leadership. The Accounting Manager also leads and develops the accounting team while identifying opportunities to improve processes, strengthen controls, and enhance reporting.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Oversee daily accounting operations, including general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and fixed assets.
- Manage monthly, quarterly, and year-end close processes, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
- Review journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, and supporting schedules.
- Prepare and analyze financial statements, management reports, and account activity.
- Monitor financial results, investigate variances, and communicate findings to leadership.
- Ensure compliance with GAAP, tax requirements, company policies, and internal controls.
- Coordinate internal and external audits and provide requested documentation and support.
- Oversee cash management, balance sheet reconciliations, and intercompany transactions.
- Support annual budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning activities.
- Identify and implement improvements to accounting processes, systems, and reporting procedures.
- Manage, mentor, and develop accounting staff while establishing priorities and ensuring deadlines are met.
- Partner with other departments to support business operations and financial decision-making.
- Assist with special projects and other responsibilities as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5–7 years of progressive accounting experience.
- 2 years of accounting leadership or supervisory experience.
- Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, and general ledger accounting.
- Experience managing month-end and year-end close processes.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and ERP/accounting systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA or MBA preferred.
- Experience in a multi-entity or complex accounting environment.
- Experience with process improvements, ERP implementations, and internal control enhancements.
- Ability to manage competing priorities, develop teams, and communicate financial results to senior leadership.
By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.
EEO Notice
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com.
Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
Representation Notice
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).
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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.