Aqua-Tots Swim Schools Looking for Manager, Accounting at Westchester, IL Full Time

The Accounting Manager position is responsible for planning, directing, and executing the accounting activities of the organization. This includes the oversight and development of a team of Accountants, the implementation of internal controls, and the completion of complex accounting tasks.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Manages, directs and develops accounting staff; including hiring, performance management, development, and training staff in all departmental processes and procedures to ensure colleagues meet goals and expectations.
• Maintains strong accounting controls, as well as develops and implements new internal controls and accounting policies, where appropriate, to ensure adherence to and understanding of accounting policies, compliance with applicable regulations, and other procedures at all levels.
• Identifies and implements opportunities to improve and automate processes, ensuring financial data integrity and solid accounting controls.
• Reviews consolidated monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements.
• Works closely with ESAC reporting group on financial data to ensure regulatory reporting needs are met.
• Assists with internal and external auditors on financial audits, as needed.
• Assists various business partners with variance explanations against both plan/forecast and prior year periods.
• Works to consolidate and integrate financial close and reporting processes of newly acquired entities.

Competencies

• Customer service – the individual is responsive to internal and external requests and is pro-active in preventing potential service issues.
• Metrics/Data oriented – Uses data to drive people, business, and technology decisions and pivots strategy when needed. Proactively manages resources. Is curious and seeks out data to inform decisions. Creates goals and KPIs to lead actions performed by teams.
• Strategizes —Understanding your place in the market, focusing on the goal; understands past, present, and future events; asks questions and identifies opportunities. Anticipates the long-term effects of decisions and how those decisions impact others. Translates ideas and concepts into practical application. Knows when people in the organization need to be informed, what they need to know, and when to tell them.
• Manages Execution and Resources — Organizes, coordinates, and manages resources, time, and people to achieve key business objectives. Prioritizes goals and work that needs to be performed. Considers and exhibits both strategy an efficiency; works quickly to get things done.
• Maximizes Productivity — Identifies ways to streamline and drive efficiencies within work performed by self and others. Ensures that defined processes, quality standards, and best practices are a doped and updated; focused on continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manages Talent — Gives clear, motivating, and constructive feedback. Willingly shares knowledge and expertise with others and. Takes action when performance is not meeting expectations. Sources, selects, sells, and maintains A players within team and organization. Focused on the learning and development of a team and takes accountability for building necessary tools to foster individual and team development.
• Engages, Inspires, and motivates others — Conveys trust in the abilities of others and empowers colleagues to take initiative. Rewards great performance and creates a feeling of energy and excitement in others. Invests in people and their development.
• Resilient & Adaptable — Adjusts quickly to changing priorities. Copes effectively with complexity and change. Seeks new experiences to develop capabilities. Solicits and acts on feedback; learns from experience. Maintains stable performance through difficult circumstances.
• Confidentiality – thorough understanding of financial application security ensuring that all financial data is secure and complies with confidentiality policies.

Education, Skills, And Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance – Required
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)– Preferred
• 10+ years of experience in relevant accounting experience or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 4 years of experience in Supervision/management experience.
• Ability to analyze and interpret financial data.
• Articulate and responsive to colleagues.
• Ability to simultaneously handle multiple priorities.
• Assumes personal responsibility for actions.
• Demonstrates ability to maintain confidential information.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office products, a knowledge of accounting software, preferably Sage Intacct, and a desire to leverage technology to improve results.
• Passion for continuous improvement and demonstrated ability to improve the efficiency and accuracy of processes.

Work Environment

The work characteristics described here are representative of those a colleague encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Indoor, office setting or remote work (depending on location of colleague).
• The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate when in office and can vary as colleagues service clients.
• While working remotely/from home, colleagues must have an adequate, brand, and clean workspace to perform work productively and safely, and in a manner that best represents Tandem as an organization.
• Tandem HR offers a flexible work environment where hybrid work options are available.

Physical Abilities

The physical abilities described here are representative of those that must be met by a colleague to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the colleague is regularly required to sit, talk, hear, and use hands to finger, grasp, handle, feel or operate objects, tools, or controls.
• Hand-eye coordination necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• The colleague must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds.
• Regular and predictable attendance is an essential job function.
• Colleagues may be asked to work on site as required and as applicable at the discretion of their manager on an infrequent basis aligned with business needs and necessity.

This job description does not list all the duties of the job. You may be asked by supervisors or managers to perform other instructions and duties. This job description may be revised from time to time and does not constitute a contract for employment.

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