General Accounting Manager

Are you looking for a placewhere you can bring your goals, passion and drive?

Welcome to Neighborly—the hub of service brands that connects customers to top-notch local experts who repair, maintain, and enhance homes and businesses. Our long-standing business, with over 40 years of experience, is focused on strategic innovation as we build the future of home and business services. Bring your ambition to the table as we unlock new doors together, taking your career to the next level.

Bring your experience and be empowered to innovate.

As a General Accounting Manager on the Accounting team, a typical day for you will include:

• Maintaining and demonstrating a thorough understanding of general accounting systems, procedures, and GAAP

• Ensuring an accurate and timely monthly, quarterly, and year-end close for assigned brands/entities

• Ensuring related balance sheet accounts are accurately reconciled and are fully supported

• Managing the monthly closing activities for assigned brands, entities, and line items, in compliance with the closing checklist and internal control procedures

• Reviewing and approving monthly brand operating P&Ls, ensuring adequate commentary to address fluctuations in trend and variance to budget

• Collaborating within the General Accounting and finance departments as well as with cross functional team members, such as in brand operations, marketing, etc. to support the achievement of overall department goals and objectives

• Monitoring and analyzing the work of direct reports to develop and implement more efficient procedures, technology utilization and automation, and use of resources while maintaining a high level of accuracy

Bring your skills and be inspired to achieve success.

(Required qualifications)

• Experience:

  • Minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in corporate accounting and/or auditing/assurance is required

  • Minimum three (3) years of experience in a leadership role is required

  • An active CPA license is preferred

  • Public company/SOX experience strongly is preferred

  • Large, automated, integrated accounting system proficiency. MS Dynamics 365 is preferred.

• Skills:

  • Ability to effectively lead, train, assess, coach, and motivate staff

  • Ability to effectively communicate with staff and follow up to ensure the department and company goals/assignments are completed accurately and timely

  • Strong proficiency in Excel and Word

  • Strong business partner with the ability to provide insightful analysis and presentations

  • Proven leadership and collaborative cross-functional teamwork skills

  • Continuous improvement mindset: willingness to continue to learn, apply learnings and ability to operationalize improvements through others

  • Thrives in a fast-paced, multi-tasking, deadline-driven, dynamic business environment

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required

• Schedule / in-office requirements: Based out of our Irving, Texas headquarters or Waco, Texas headquarters

Bring your goals and be enabled to reach them.

• Competitive Pay: Base + Annual Bonus Potential + Associate Equity

• Benefits: www.myneighborlybenefits.com  

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