Accounting Manager - Experience managing overseas team preferred

Job description

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, which manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for an Accounting Manager – Experience Managing Overseas Teams Preferred based in the United States.** As an Accounting Manager, you will oversee core accounting operations and financial reporting for a growing, multi-site clinical research organization. Reporting to the Controller, you will lead month-end close activities, balance sheet reconciliations, accounts payable operations, and audit preparation while ensuring compliance with US GAAP and internal control standards. You will play a key role in managing outsourced and offshore accounting resources, coordinating workflows, monitoring performance, and maintaining high standards of accuracy and accountability. Working closely with finance leaders, operational stakeholders, auditors, and external service providers, you will help strengthen financial processes and support informed business decisions. You will also contribute to acquisitions, system implementations, automation initiatives, and scalable accounting practices as the organization expands. This fully remote, full-time opportunity is ideal for an experienced accounting professional who combines technical expertise with strong leadership, analytical thinking, and cross-functional collaboration skills. ### Accountabilities: - Lead the monthly financial close process, including reviewing prepaid expenses, fixed assets, expense accruals, journal entries, and other close-related activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance with US GAAP and established deadlines. - Oversee the preparation and review of monthly balance sheet reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, and ensure reconciling items are resolved promptly and accurately. - Manage account reconciliations, close tasks, and certifications through FloQast, supporting broader system adoption to improve efficiency, accountability, and internal control effectiveness. - Supervise offshore accounts payable representatives employed through a third-party service provider, assigning and prioritizing tasks, monitoring service levels, resolving escalated issues, and ensuring adherence to accounting policies and approval controls. - Oversee the end-to-end accounts payable process, including invoice processing, vendor inquiries, payment execution, account reconciliations, and period-end cutoff procedures. - Monitor daily cash activity and support the accurate and timely application of client payments. - Prepare and review month-end financial reports, bank reporting, management reports, variance analyses, and supporting schedules to provide reliable financial insights. - Coordinate annual financial audits, respond to auditor requests, maintain supporting documentation, and ensure deliverables are completed within established timelines. - Support budgeting and forecasting activities, providing accounting analysis and recommendations to finance leadership and operational stakeholders. - Assist with acquisition integrations by aligning accounting processes, validating opening balances, and incorporating newly acquired sites into existing systems and internal controls. - Lead or participate in special projects involving accounting process standardization, system implementations and migrations, automation, and improvements to accounting policies. - Develop, document, and monitor accounting procedures and internal controls, identifying opportunities to improve accuracy, scalability, efficiency, and accountability. - Coach and develop internal and outsourced accounting team members, establish clear performance expectations, provide constructive feedback, and support issue resolution. - Collaborate with executives, operational leaders, vendors, auditors, and third-party service providers to maintain effective communication and ensure smooth financial operations. - Perform additional accounting and financial responsibilities as assigned to support organizational objectives. ## Requirements: - Hold a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field. - Bring at least five years of progressive accounting experience, including responsibility for month-end close processes, balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, variance analysis, and internal controls. - Demonstrate strong knowledge of US GAAP, financial reporting, accounts payable operations, accounting procedures, and reconciliation practices. - Have hands-on experience with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and accounts payable workflow platforms, with the ability to manage financial data accurately and efficiently. - Possess advanced Microsoft Excel skills and working proficiency with Microsoft Word, Outlook, and web-based business applications. - Demonstrate the ability to lead and hold internal, outsourced, or offshore accounting team members accountable within a service-provider environment. - Exhibit strong leadership, organizational, prioritization, time-management, and problem-solving skills, with exceptional attention to detail and a commitment to accuracy. - Communicate clearly and professionally in writing and verbally, including the ability to explain financial information and accounting issues to non-finance stakeholders. - Build effective working relationships with executives, operational teams, colleagues, auditors, vendors, and external service providers. - Manage multiple priorities and competing deadlines effectively while adapting to changing workloads in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment. - Exercise sound professional judgment, integrity, accountability, and discretion when handling sensitive financial information. - Work independently with minimal supervision, identify operational challenges, and implement practical solutions while following confidentiality requirements and company policies. **Preferred qualifications and experience:** - Experience managing outsourced accounting teams or offshore accounts payable personnel, including workflow coordination, performance monitoring, and service-level management. - Familiarity with Sage Intacct or comparable ERP platforms. - Experience using FloQast, BlackLine, or similar account reconciliation and financial close management software. - Experience supporting mergers and acquisitions, particularly accounting integration and the incorporation of acquired entities into existing systems. - Background in multi-entity, multi-site, or private equity-backed organizations. - CPA designation or an equivalent professional accounting certification. ## Benefits: - **Fully remote work:** Flexibility to work remotely within the United States. - **Comprehensive healthcare:** Medical, dental, and vision insurance for eligible employees. - **Financial protection:** Life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability coverage. - **Retirement savings:** 401(k) plan with a Safe Harbor employer match. - **Health savings options:** Access to Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and supplemental insurance plans. - **Benefits eligibility:** Full-time employees regularly scheduled to work at least 30 hours per week qualify for benefits, with coverage beginning on the first day of the month following their hire date. - **Professional growth:** Opportunities to expand accounting leadership expertise and contribute to process improvements, automation, and financial systems development. - **Cross-functional collaboration:** Exposure to financial operations across a growing, multi-site clinical research organization. - **Meaningful impact:** The opportunity to support clinical research operations that help advance the development of new therapies and improve patient outcomes. - **Inclusive workplace:** A commitment to diversity, equity, respect, and collaboration, where employees are valued for their unique perspectives and contributions.