Senior Manager, Accounting
Senior Manager, Accounting
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Job Description
We are seeking a passionate and experienced Senior Manager of Accounting to lead our hard-working and collaborative team of accountants. This role will get a wide variety of experience including Accounting Governance Risk & Compliance Fleet Management and Audit responsibilities. This role gets great exposure to the business and will have opportunities to interact with many business partners from across the organization and establish strong relationships. The ideal match for this role is results oriented customer-focused and possesses excellent technical skills.
Position location: Hybrid schedule based in Deerfield IL. (On-site Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday)
RESPONSIBLIITIES:
What you will be doing
- Manage and oversee the daily operations of the corporate accounting department.
- Facilitate workload allocation and direct completion of team assignments in conformance with applicable policies and procedures.
- Coordinate and lead the monthly-close process which includes responsibility for accurate efficient and timely finalization of the monthly quarterly and annual financial results and all related consolidations.
- Review various balance sheet account reconciliations journal entries schedules and general ledger maintenance requests assuring accuracy and maintenance of appropriate controls.
- Recruit and train professional staff communicate strategic initiatives administer work expectations and regulations and provide ongoing employee development.
- Prepare and review various monthly quarterly and annual financial schedules.
- Preform overall analytical review and report out of significant flux variances.
- Identify and implement process improvements in the department and GL system by researching and assessing established standardized workflow procedures and policies.
- Stay current on accounting statements and pronouncements. Provide interpretation of their applicability to current practices and related impacts for the business.
- Provide expert accounting oversight and guidance for foreign and domestic locations to provide accounting oversight and guidance in implementing required controls monitor ongoing compliance and maintain documentation.
- Act as a key liaison for all audits conducted by internal and external auditors. Assist in implementation of their recommendations. Provide ongoing report-out on performance.
- Coordinate the divisions foreign currency hedge program to ensure proper foreign currency translation and reduction of risk.
- Oversee reconciliation of various intercompany transactions.
- Respond to various routine and ad hoc financial information requests from various levels of the organization.
- Partner and collaborate directly with IT on development of roles and risk assessment and mediation to ensure proper separation of duties for all functions of the business in all countries using SAP. Serve as compliance review for system access.
- Assist in integration of acquisition companies to ensure accurate and consistent accounting treatment.
- Analyze various accounting issues and implement proper accounting methods in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (including new pronouncements).
- Serve as a financial lead and subject matter expert on cross functional special projects.
Qualifications :
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance
- 5-7 years of experience in finance accounting or related field required. 7 years of experience preferred.
- 3 years of management experience required.
- Team and project management experience.
- Strong computer skills.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- CPA and/or MBA preferred
- SAP experience
- Track record of excellence and career progression
- Excellent interpersonal organizational and communication skills (verbal & written)
- Demonstrated strong analytical ability and problem-solving skill
Additional Information :
Fortune Brands believes in fair and equitable pay. A reasonable estimate of the base salary range for this role is Hiring Pay Range: $105000 USD - $165000 USD. Please note that actual salaries may vary within the range or be above or below the range based on factors including but not limited to education training experience professional achievement business need and location. In addition to base salary employees will participate in either an annual bonus plan based on company and individual performance or a role-based sales incentive plan.
At Fortune Brands we support the overall health and wellness of our associates by offering comprehensive competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates unique needs. This includes robust health plans a market-leading 401(k) program with a company contribution product discounts flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays per policy) inclusive fertility / adoption benefits and more. We offer numerous Employee Resource Groups to support inclusivity and our associates feeling of belonging at work.
Fortune Brands is a brand innovation and channel leader focused on exciting supercharged categories in the home products security and commercial building markets. Our portfolio of brands includes Moen House of Rohl Aqualisa SpringWell Therma-Tru Larson Fiberon Master Lock SentrySafe and Yale residential.
Fortune Brands is headquartered in Deerfield Illinois and trades on the NYSE as FBIN
Equal Employment Opportunity:
FBIN is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant based on race color religion sex gender identity or expression national origin ancestry age disability marital status protected veteran status sexual orientation genetic history or information or any other legally protected characteristic.
Reasonable Accommodations:
FBIN is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or interview process please contact us at and let us know the nature of your request along with your contact information. Resumes submitted to this email address will not be responded to.
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