Accounting Manager ATL

Position Summary:

The Accounting Manager leads accounting operations, financial reporting, and close processes to ensure accurate, timely, and compliant financial results while supporting business performance and decision-making. This role supervises accounting staff, partners with cross-functional business leaders, and supports the Accounting Director in maintaining strong internal controls, financial reporting integrity, and continuous process improvement. The position plays a key role in general ledger accounting, consolidations, intercompany accounting, and compliance with U.S. G.A.A.P. and company policies.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• Supervise, develop, coach, and mentor accounting team members.
• Establish performance expectations, conduct evaluations, and support employee development.
• Review accounting work products and ensure accuracy, compliance, and adherence to accounting standards.
• Manage departmental priorities, resource allocation, and achievement of team objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

Financial Close Management

• Lead and coordinate month-end close activities to ensure timely completion of all assigned closing tasks.
• Review and monitor close checklists and proactively resolve outstanding items.
• Prepare and post monthly journal entries, accruals, and reclassifications.
• Analyze account activity and investigate variances impacting monthly results.

Accruals and Expense Accounting

• Obtain and review monthly IT accrual information from business partners.
• Prepare and record IT-related accruals and miscellaneous accrual entries.
• Maintain storage, logistics, and operational accruals based on quarterly guidance from operations teams.
• Record fleet revenue accruals and related incentive accruals.
• Prepare customer accrual reversals and other adjusting entries as required.

Debt and Interest Accounting

• Record monthly interest expense entries for revolving credit facilities and term loans.
• Reconcile loan balances, interest expense, and principal activity to debt schedules provided by finance.
• Investigate discrepancies and prepare necessary reclassification entries between principal and interest accounts.
• Ensure compliance with debt reporting and accounting requirements.

Reconciliations and Account Analysis

• Perform detailed balance sheet reconciliations and account analyses.
• Maintain intercompany reconciliation processes and resolve outstanding differences.
• Complete accounts receivable reconciliations and miscellaneous receivable analyses.
• Review affiliate activity and ensure proper presentation in liability and receivable accounts.
• Perform reserve analyses including bad debt reserves and mileage credit reserves.

Intercompany Accounting

• Prepare and review intercompany invoices and settlements.
• Coordinate affiliate billing activities with affiliated entities.
• Manage month-end intercompany reconciliations and resolution of variances.
• Execute intercompany settlement processes following monthly close.

Commodity and Swap Accounting

• Prepare and review swap reconciliations based on confirmations provided by operations and logistics teams.
• Analyze swap activity and prepare required journal entries.
• Maintain supporting documentation for commodity and contract-related accounting activities.

Consolidations and Financial Reporting

• Prepare and review consolidated financial information for multiple entities.
• Support monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting requirements.
• Generate management reporting packages, trend analyses, and financial statement presentations.
• Prepare balance sheet and income statement reports for internal stakeholders.
• Analyze trial balances and EBITDA reporting to ensure consistency with financial results.
• Coordinate external audit support and requests.
• Assist with annual statutory reporting requirements.
• Support implementation of new accounting standards and policies.
• Prepare schedules supporting internal and external audits.

Internal Controls and Process Improvement

• Ensure compliance with company accounting policies and internal controls.
• Maintain supporting schedules and documentation for audit and review purposes.
• Identify opportunities to improve close processes, reporting efficiency, and accounting accuracy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments to strengthen financial processes and controls.
• Partner with Finance leadership to support strategic initiatives, system implementations, and organizational growth objectives

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting is required.
• Active CPA strongly preferred; CMA or MBA considered beneficial.
• Minimum of 7+ years of progressive accounting experience required.
• Experience with month-end close, general ledger accounting, intercompany accounting, and financial reporting.
• Experience in manufacturing, logistics, or multinational environments preferred.

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong understanding of U.S. G.A.A.P. and financial reporting principles.
• Advanced knowledge of accrual accounting and journal entry preparation.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations and account analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including PivotTables, Power Query, and complex financial reporting.
• Experience with Microsoft D365, SAP, or similar ERP systems.
• Experience with financial reporting and consolidation tools preferred.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

Physical Requirements:

• Prolonged periods of sitting and working at a computer.
• Ability to occasionally lift up to 15 pounds.
• Ability to meet the physical demands of the position.