Accounting Manager

Job Title: Accounting ManagerLocation: On Site - West Palm Beach, FloridaAbout The Opportunity:Join a growing manufacturing business focused on producing high-quality products through reliable operations, strong quality standards, and continuous process improvement. As Accounting Manager, you will lead core accounting operations and play a key role in strengthening financial controls, inventory and cost accounting, and reporting. Responsibilities:Lead and develop the accounting team, setting clear priorities, review standards, and coverage for essential processes.Own the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, including journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, fixed assets, payroll entries, and financial reporting.Oversee inventory and manufacturing cost accounting, including standard costs, bills of material, work in process, overhead absorption, and production variances.Manage billing, accounts receivable, credit and collections, accounts payable, cash applications, and vendor payment processes.Support the Dynamics 365 Business Central implementation through finance data validation, configuration input, and post-launch stabilization.Maintain effective accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls; ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and support audit and tax requests.Prepare management reporting and variance analysis, and support budgeting, forecasting, cash-flow planning, and special projects.Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and Sales to resolve transaction issues and improve financial processes.Must-Have Skills:Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field, with 6+ years of progressive accounting experience.At least 1 year of supervisory or team-lead experience and demonstrated ownership of the monthly close.Manufacturing, contract manufacturing, consumer products, or other inventory-intensive industry experience.Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, general ledger accounting, financial statements, internal controls, and audit support.Hands-on inventory and manufacturing cost accounting experience, including standard costing, bills of material, work in process, and variance analysis.Experience leading or supporting an ERP implementation, system conversion, or finance process transformation.Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, SUMIFS, reconciliations, and analysis of large data sets.Excellent communication, leadership, organization, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with strong attention to detail and sound judgment.Nice-to-Have Skills:CPA, CMA, or MBA.Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central experience.QuickBooks experience and familiarity reconciling legacy-system data to a new ERP.Power Query or Power BI experience.Experience with cash-flow planning, lender reporting, tax filings, and external audit coordination.