Senior Accounting and Finance Manager, Construction and Manufacturing

Lava Island•Denver, CO

14d•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for leading the accounting for two growing companies, Magma Core Solutions (MCS) and Active Play Solutions (APS), with one connected set of books. The position involves managing the financial foundation for these companies as they scale, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and contributing to the development of processes and controls. The work directly ties to the construction of new parks and the production of play equipment, with a focus on job costing, inventory accounting, and cash management. The role is based in Denver and offers the opportunity to work closely with leadership and build out a team.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
Approximately five or more years of progressive accounting experience, including preparing and reviewing financial statements.
Strong understanding of GAAP and accrual accounting.
Experience with month-end close, cash management, and balance sheet reconciliations.
Strong Excel skills.
Comfort working independently and carrying problems through to resolution.
Hands-on approach and taking responsibility for results.
Detail-driven with the ability to catch issues before they reach the financials.
Business-minded understanding of how builds or production runs affect profit and cash.
Comfortable where processes are still taking shape and ability to bring structure without overcomplicating.
Confident communicator, able to explain numbers in plain terms to leadership, vendors, and subcontractors.
Proactive in surfacing issues early and bringing options.
Quick to learn, especially if construction or manufacturing accounting is new.

Nice To Haves

Construction accounting experience, including pay applications, retainage, lien waivers, and job costing.
Manufacturing accounting experience, including inventory, work in progress, and product costing.
Procore and QuickBooks experience.
Multi-entity and intercompany accounting experience.
CPA, or progress toward one.

Responsibilities

Lead the monthly close and deliver accurate, timely financial statements for both MCS and APS.
Keep balance sheet reconciliations current and work discrepancies through to resolution.
Support tax, audit, insurance, and banking requests alongside the CFO.
Review park build budgets, track actual costs, and keep job costing accurate by project.
Review subcontractor pay applications and lien waivers, manage retainage, and prepare owner pay applications to Epic Parks.
Review contracts and change orders from the accounting side, in partnership with the MCS Project Manager.
Account for raw materials, work in progress, finished goods, and cost of goods sold.
Partner with production leadership on accurate product costing, and help build inventory tracking and controls.
Prepare progress billing.
Manage cash flow and payment timing across both companies.
Coordinate subcontractor, vendor, and accounts payable payments.
Keep intercompany accounting between MCS, APS, and Epic Parks accurate and reconciled.
Put practical procedures and internal controls in place as the companies scale.
Review the work of shared accounting support, and help build out the team as the work grows.
Work in Procore and QuickBooks, and help shape how the systems grow with the business.