The Opportunity
We are seeking a strong Accounting Manager to support Meriton’s largest business unit. The right candidate must be detail oriented, a self-starter, and have excellent organizational skills. The Accounting Manager must demonstrate strong Excel and other Microsoft applications skills and be able to work well with others in a fast-paced environment, and a growth environment. Candidates with accounting experience in a construction, engineering, or HVAC environment are desired, but not required.
Responsibilities
Lead the accounting team’s monthly, quarterly, and annual closing process.
Review journal entries, account/balance sheet reconciliations, and financial statement variance analysis.
Monitor and ensure compliance with GAAP, regulatory requirements, and other internal policies and best practices.
Lead coordination with other shared service accounting departments, accounts receivable and accounts payable, to ensure smooth day-to-day financial operations
Collaborate with other departments (Sales, Operations, HR, etc.) to ensure alignment of business operations and financial goals.
Lead audit schedule preparation and provide supporting documentation for external auditors.
Strengthen team workload management and detailed review practices by ensuring reconciliations are reviewed timely, including during non-close weeks, and by maintaining consistent oversight of staff deliverables.
Ownership of close and reconciliation checklists by keeping them accurate and current, clearly reflecting completed, pending, and reviewed items, and meeting close-related deadlines consistently.
Build coverage and continuity planning by assigning backups when staff are out, ensuring critical work continues during absences, and completing work-item transitions within the expected one-to-two-month timeframe.
Demonstrate manager-level autonomy by resolving routine staff questions directly, making decisions within the manager role, and escalating to the controller when the issue requires higher-level guidance or approval.
Proactive communication and follow-through by identifying roadblocks early, confirming understanding of instructions, completing commitments on time, and maintaining a forward-looking plan for open goals and action items.
Develop stronger team leadership by engaging more actively with team members, supporting staff training on key tasks, and continuing to build the manager-level skills required for the role.
Consistently model Meriton’s core values by taking ownership of role responsibilities, being considerate of others’ time, respecting team structure and roles, strengthening problem-solving, and maintaining a clear focus on delivering results.
Other duties and special projects as defined.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
CPA license preferred.
Strong PC skills in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn accounting system applications.
A desire and ability to support multiple locations.
High level of initiative with ability to prioritize, multi-task, and deal with ambiguity and manage projects.
Excellent communication skills both oral and written.
Other Skills & Abilities
Language Skills Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
- Mathematical Skills
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
Reasoning Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Mental stamina for problem solving and prioritizing multiple tasks.
Physical Demands While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to operate computer keyboard and telephone, reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.
Meriton is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Employment practices will not be influenced or affected by an applicant’s or employee’s race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or any other legally protected status. Reasonable accommodations will be made for qualified individuals with disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship.
Salary ranges listed are dependent upon a candidate’s qualifications, experience, internal equity, and the budgeted amount for the specific role and location.
