Accounting Manager

PCSI - Professional Contract Services, Inc • Austin, TX

10h • Hybrid

About The Position

PCSI is looking for an Accounting Manager to lead the corporate Accounting team and serve as a key partner and review layer supporting the VP of Finance & Controller. You’ll guide the month-end close and oversee financial reporting, reconciliations, audits, accounting controls, and fixed assets. You’ll also lead and develop the accounting team while helping improve processes across the function. We're looking for a collaborative leader who can develop the team and strengthen accounting processes that keep financial reporting accurate and on track.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required; an equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience may be considered.
• Minimum seven (7) years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close, financial reporting, general-ledger reconciliations, journal entries, and audit support.
• Minimum two (2) years of supervisory or management experience with demonstrated responsibility for reviewing work, developing staff, managing accounting deadlines, and maintaining accountability for results.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP/general-ledger and financial-reporting systems.
• Ability to pass criminal, drug, financial, and driving screening, as required by Company policy.
• Ability to remain in a stationary position regularly, operate a computer and standard office equipment, exchange accurate information, and occasionally carry office materials up to 20 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or CMA certification.
• Experience with Unanet, CostPoint, NetSuite, SAP, or a comparable ERP/general-ledger platform.
• Experience supporting government contractors or regulated environments, external financial audits, accounting-system implementations, or accounting-process improvement; specialized FAR/CAS/DCAA compliance expertise.
• UKG, Paycom, Dayforce or other similar HCM.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, close processes, reconciliations, accruals, fixed assets, financial-reporting controls, and external financial-statement audit support.
• Ability to review and approve complex journal entries and reconciliations, identify accounting and financial-reporting risk, communicate conclusions clearly, and escalate government-contract or regulatory compliance questions to the appropriate Compliance owner.
• Ability to lead teams, manage competing deadlines, delegate effectively, and drive timely results.
• Strong analytical, organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Ability to manage confidential financial information with discretion and work independently in a collaborative environment.
• Commitment to continuous improvement, operational excellence, and internal customer service.

Responsibilities

• Lead the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process, including the close calendar, assignments, cutoff, issue resolution, review sequencing, and completion evidence.
• Review and approve journal entries within delegated authority, ensuring accounting treatment, support, preparer and reviewer segregation, and posting evidence are complete.
• Assign and review balance-sheet, bank, subledger, prepaid, accrual, fixed-asset, and other account reconciliations; ensure reconciling items are resolved timely.
• Oversee review for accounts receivable and payroll interfaces, including subledger-to-general-ledger reconciliations, revenue and cash-application issues, and payroll-related journal entries and reconciliations.
• Oversee review and reconciliation H&W and other fringe-benefit expenses and liabilities.
• Ensure Accounting reviews expense-report general-ledger coding before Accounts Payable posts the expense report, and resolve coding or period questions.
• Oversee fixed-asset additions, depreciation, disposals, insurance and prepaid schedules, accruals, and related accounting entries and rollforwards.
• Own Accounting requirements for general-ledger configuration, accounting import templates, Accounting access review, financial-reporting control documentation, testing, and change validation.
• Review preliminary and final financial statements, account activity, supporting schedules, and material fluctuations before Controller review.
• Prepare or review management reporting, financial-condition summaries, supporting schedules, and variance explanations; provide validated accounting information to support budgets, forecasts, and leadership decision-making.
• Coordinate financial-statement audit and accounting-support requests, assign accounting source owners, review general-ledger support, and maintain an audit-ready accounting evidence index.
• Support Compliance-led DCAA, FAR/CAS, internal-audit, and regulatory reviews with requested accounting records and reconciliations.
• Coordinate with Compliance when a change affects FAR/CAS, DCAA, contract, or regulatory requirements.
• Support, but do not own, enterprise compliance, internal-audit, procurement, contract-administration, or ISO programs.
• Supervise, train, develop, and review the work of the Accounting Lead and accounting staff.
• Establish priorities, backups, performance expectations, and development plans.
• Partner with Accounts Payable, Payroll, Cost & Pricing, the Financial Analyst, Operations, Legal, IT, and other departments to resolve accounting issues and improve reporting and close processes.
• Lead assigned accounting projects and accounting-system implementations, including requirements, testing, documentation, controls, issue resolution, training, and post-implementation validation.
• Lead continuous improvement, documentation, and technology-enabled enhancements for Accounting and financial-reporting processes.

Benefits

• Annual bonus opportunity up to 8%.
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with 100% employer-paid premiums for Employee Only plans.
• 401(k) with company match up to 6%, with pre-tax and Roth options, and 100% immediate vesting upon eligibility.
• Company-paid short-term and long-term disability, plus additional voluntary benefit options.
• 21 days of PTO each year, in addition to all federal holidays.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager