General Accounting Manager

The General Accounting Manager will be responsible for the management of higher-level general accounting activities such as financial statement preparation including notes and staying up to date with new standards and updates. The Manager is expected to have a significant role in the upcoming ERP consolidation project.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Lease Accounting

• Ensure Compliance with ASC 842 by managing the company’s lease accounting process, including identification, classification, and accurate reporting of lease agreements
• Maintain lease schedules, and ensure timely recognition of right-to-use assets and lease liabilities in accordance with ASC 842 guidelines

Related Party Transactions

• Prepare notes for related party transactions

Debt & Financing Transactions

• Prepare entries for finance transactions such as interest rate swaps
• Bank compliance certificate support and completion
• Support for borrow base schedule

Property leases

• Maintain schedules and prepare journal entries for property leases and similar transactions

Cash and Treasury/Risk Management Support and Liaison

• Ensure Line of Credit and other debt is accounted for properly
• Provide cash forecasts as needed

Internal and external support

• Liaison with the external auditors
• Provide support regarding board presentations as requested.
• Financial Statement preparation in compliance with auditing standards

Review and approve Journal Entries as assigned

Review and reconciliation of Inter-company transactions

Support Deloitte Tax Team

Prepare and review local and state tax returns

Support the consolidation of seven entities into a single Famous instance without the need for reconciling differences

Job Requirements and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or equivalent
• Minimum 7-10 years of experience in Accounting, Agricultural industry preferred
• Proficient in Famous, Trullion (ASC 842), Word, Excel, and other computer software programs
• Strong collaborator with ability to interact with all levels of staff in the organization
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to multitask in a high volume, multi-deadline environment
• Must exercise a high degree of initiative, judgment, discretion and decision-making