Accounting Manager – Internal Accounting

Job Description

Accounting Manager – Internal Accounting | Elliott Davis

The Tone:
This is a full-time Accounting Manager role at Elliott Davis, with the specific location for this position not provided in the job description. Elliott Davis is a licensed CPA firm renowned for pairing forward-thinking tax, assurance, and consulting services with an industry-leading workplace culture. This position is crucial for maintaining the financial health and operational integrity of the organization by overseeing the day-to-day operations of core accounting functions like Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, and Billing. The role directly impacts the company’s collective growth and commitment to exceptional service by ensuring efficient, accurate, and compliant processing across all internal accounting workflows.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Not specified

• Team: Manages daily operations of AP, AR, Payroll, and Billing teams.
• Mission: To oversee day-to-day core accounting functions, ensuring efficient, accurate, and compliant processing across all internal accounting workflows.
• Tech Stack: ERP/accounting systems, Excel

What You’ll Actually Do
• Operations Management: Directly manage the daily operations of the Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, Payroll, and Billing teams, ensuring efficient processing across all internal accounting workflows.
• Financial Control & Compliance: Monitor compliance with purchasing and expense policies, ensure proper cut-off, classification, and approval workflows, and maintain strong internal controls aligned with company policies.
• Reporting & Reconciliation: Oversee and execute month-end close activities specific to internal accounting functions, prepare and review account reconciliations and supporting schedules, and support tax filings and regulatory reporting as needed.
• Process Improvement & Integration: Proactively identify and implement improvements to internal accounting processes to increase efficiency and accuracy, and play a key role in integrating growth opportunities by assessing, mapping, and smoothly transitioning AR and AP workflows, systems, and data.
• Asset & Team Development: Maintain the fixed assets subledger by tracking capital assets, depreciation, and disposals, and facilitate team development through coaching, feedback, and performance reviews.

The Must-Haves
• Background: A Bachelor’s degree in Accounting is required, indicating foundational knowledge for a manager-level role.
• Experience: Requires 5+ years of accounting experience, including demonstrated supervisory responsibilities, and practical experience with ERP/accounting systems paired with strong Excel proficiency.
• Skills: Strong understanding of Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, payroll, and billing processes, coupled with excellent organizational and problem-solving abilities. This role also demands strong leadership, a high level of integrity, and meticulous attention to detail.
• Bonus: A proactive mindset with a proven ability to improve processes and controls, and comfort working effectively in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.