Key Accounting Manager

Responsibilities

Respons

i

ble f

o

r

oversee

i

n

g

the f

i

n

anci

a

l

operations of a

c

l

i

en

t

,

man

a

g

ing

the

account

i

ng

team

• (if an y
• ),

a

n

d

en

s

u

ring that

f

i

n

a

n

c

i

al

repo

rts are t

i

m

e

l

y, ac

c

u

rate,

and

co

m

p

ly

w

i

th

l

egal

a

n

d

r

e

g

u

latory

re

q

uirements.

J

o

b Description

The

Key Accounting

Manager

is

res

pons

i

bl

e

for

e

n

suring

LTD's

contracted scope

a

n

d

d

ea

d

lines

are accurately

a

n

d

timely

met.

Dep

e

n

d

i

n

g

o

n

t

he

scop

e

,

the Key Accounting Manager

m

a

n

ages

the

d

a

y

• -to
• day account i ng operat i o n s of t he clien t which may i nclude accounts payab l e,

acc

o

u

nts

receivable

,

p

a

yrol

l,

and

general

ledger.

Prepar

i

ng financ

i

al

reports: The

Key Accounting Manager

pr

e

p

a

r

es f

i

nancial reports, including balance

s

h

eet

s

,

i

ncome statement

s

,

a

n

d

cash

fl

o

w

statement

s

,

and

pre

s

e

n

t

s

t

h

em

to

the

cl

i

ent.

En

s

u

r

i

n

g

comp

l

iance

wi

t

h

l

a

ws

a

n

d

r

e

g

u

lat

i

o

n

s

• The
• Key Accounting Manager
• en
• s
• u
• res
• that
• the
• organization
• compl
• i
• es with
• a
• ll
• rel
• e
• v
• a
• nt laws
• a
• n
• d
• r
• e
• g
• u
• lat
• i
• o
• n
• s
• r
• e
• l
• ated
• to
• acc
• o
• u
• n
• t
• i
• ng and
• financial
• report
• ing
• .

S

u

p

e

rvi

s

i

n

g accoun

t

i

ng

staf

f

• The
• Key Acco
• u
• nt
• i
• ng
• Manager superv
• i
• ses
• th
• e
• work of account
• i
• ng staff
• ,

ensur

i

ng

t

ha

t

th

ey pe

rform

t

he

ir

dut

i

es accurate

l

y and

e

fficien

t

l

y.

Deve

l

op

i

ng and

i

mplement

i

ng accounti

n

g

policies

an

d

p

rocedures

• The
• Key Accounting Manager develops
• an
• d
• imp
• l
• ements accou
• nt
• i
• n
• g
• po
• l
• icies
• and
• p
• rocedures
• to
• ensure
• th
• e
• accuracy a
• n
• d
• i
• nteg
• r
• ity
• of
• financia
• l
• data.

Budgeting

an

d

forecasting

• The
• K
• ey Accounting Manager prepares and manages
• th
• e
• budget
• and forecasts for
• th
• e
• cl
• ient
• ,

working

closely with

the

client

and/or

th

e CFO

consultant.

Con

d

uct

i

ng au

dits: The

Key Account

i

ng

Manager may cond

u

ct

i

nternal audits of

t

he organization's financial operations to identify areas of improvement and ensure compliance with internal policies and procedures.

Preparing for

externa

l

au

dits: The

Key Account

i

ng

Manager

e

n

sures

that t

he

books are aud

it

ready,

all

supporti

n

g

d

ocuments are

a

vai

lab

l

e,

an

d l

eads

th

e

aud

it

on

beh

alf

of

the

client a

n

d accou

nt

i

n

g

team.

Co

llabo

ra

t

i

n

g w

it

h ot

h

er

de

pa

rtmen

ts

• Th
• e
• Key
• Accou
• nt
• i
• n
• g Manager co
• ll
• abo
• r
• a
• tes
• with ot
• h
• e
• r
• departments w
• i
• th
• i
• n
• t
• he
• cl
• i
• ent's organization and/or within
• L
• TD,

suc

h

as finance

,

operations, and

human

resources

,

to

ensure

t

ha

t

fina

n

cial

i

nfo

rmat

ion is

acc

u

rate and

up

to

d

a

te

.

Provi

di

ng

fina

n

cial analys

i

s

• The
• K
• ey Accounti
• n
• g Manager
• p
• rovides
• fi
• na
• n
• c
• i
• al
• analysis a
• n
• d
• recomm
• e
• n
• dat
• i
• ons
• to
• senior management
• to
• support
• decis
• ion-ma
• k
• ing p
• rocesses
• .

Tax

preparat

i

on

• The
• K
• ey Accou
• nt
• i
• n
• g Manager
• p
• r
• o
• vides tax preparers wi
• th
• all of
• the reports
• and data
• needed
• for the
• tax p
• r
• e
• p
• arer to
• complete
• tax retu
• rns
• .

Requirem

e

nts

Educati

o

n

• Bachelor's or master's degree
• i
• n account
• i
• ng,

Fi

n

ance

,

Business Admi

ni

stratio

n,

or a related

fiel

d

Professional certification such as CPA

(

Ce

rtifi

e

d

P

ub

l

i

c Accountant)

or CMA

(

Ce

rtified

Management Accountant)

is

preferre

d

but

n

ot requ

ir

ed

Non-Profit Accounting certification a plus

Experience

• At
• leas
• t
• 3-5
• yea
• rs
• of
• ex
• per
• ience i
• n
• account
• i
• ng
• , f in an ce,

or

r

e

l

ated

fi

e

l

d, p

re

fer

ably

as a consultant or

a pos

it

ion

where work

i

ncludes direct

ly

ass

i

sting multip

l

e

clients.

P

roven ex

p

e

rience

as an

acco

unting

manager or

i

n

a

similar manager

i

al

and/or consult

i

ng

role

,

preferably

Skills

• Exce
• ll
• e
• nt
• analyt
• i
• ca
• l
• and
• p
• robl
• em-sol
• vi
• ng
• skills
• Strong know
• l
• edge of accounting
• p
• r
• inc
• ip
• les
• and
• fi
• na
• nci
• al
• repo
• rting
• standards
• P
• ro
• fic
• ient in acco
• u
• nt
• i
• ng software and M
• i
• crosoft Office Suite
• ( especially

Excel)

Exce

ll

e

nt

communication and

i

nte

r

p

e

rson

al

skills to effective

ly

collaborate with other departments and senior management

Detail-oriented w

i

th

t

he

abil

i

t

y to

mult

it

ask

an

d

pr

i

oritize

tasks

to

meet

d

eadli

n

es

Ability

to

l

ea

d

and manage

a tea

m

of accounting staff

Demonstrated expert

i

se

i

n Qu

i

ckBooks (QBO

pref

e

rred)

Demonstrated expert

i

se

i

n Accounting Software

• ( e
• .g. QBO, Sage etc
• .)

or general

tech know

le

dg

e

• (S aas
• ,

Clo

u

d

tec

h)

Accounting complexity

(p a yro ll/ HR compliance,

regular closing with supporting knowledge

Other Requirements

Ability

to

wo

rk inde

pendent

l

y

and as

pa

rt

of a

tea

m

in

a multi-client

en

vironmen

t

Unders

tan

di

ng

of

la

ws

and

regulations related to accounting

and

financi

al

r

e

por

t

i

ng

Willingness

to

continuously learn

and stay up

to

date with

i

ndustry developments

Flexibility

to

adapt

to

changing c

ir

cumstances

an

d

req

ui

rements

Positive

attitude and strong

wo

rk

ethic