Accounting Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least seven years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close and financial reporting.
• At least three years of supervisory or management experience.
• Strong technical knowledge of U.S. GAAP and working knowledge of SEC reporting and SOX requirements.
• Hands-on experience with month-end close, account reconciliations, and multi-entity consolidation.
• Experience with ERP systems such as SAP, Sage, and Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains, and consolidation tools such as Oracle FCCS, HFM, or similar systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with exceptional attention to detail.
• Ability to communicate financial results clearly and concisely to non-financial leaders.
• Proven ability to lead, develop, and motivate a team and manage multiple priorities under tight deadlines.
• High integrity and sound judgment in handling confidential information.
• Ability to meet the position’s physical requirements, with reasonable accommodation provided as applicable.
• Ability to work fully onsite and comply with company and site policies, including safety, security, confidentiality, technology use, and remote work standards.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with BlackLine or similar close-automation tools.
• CPA, strongly preferred, or CMA.
• Public accounting experience with a Big 4 or regional firm.
• Manufacturing industry experience.
• Master’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead CAM’s month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close calendars, ensuring deliverables are accurate, complete, and submitted on time.
• Review and approve journal entries, including accruals, reserves, allocations, and adjustments, ensuring adequate support and proper segregation of duties.
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations and ensure reconciling items are investigated, supported, and resolved promptly.
• Review financial results from SAP, Sage, and Great Plains for consistent accounting treatment and mapping.
• Oversee revenue recognition, inventory and cost accounting, fixed assets, accruals, prepaid expenses, ASC 842 leases, and inventory, bad debt, and warranty reserves.
• Load CAM financial results into Oracle FCCS, perform and review consolidations, and resolve data validation errors.
• Maintain and review chart-of-accounts and entity mappings between source ERPs and FCCS.
• Ensure intercompany balances and transactions are recorded, reconciled, and eliminated correctly; resolve out-of-balance items with counterparties.
• Review financial statements for integrity, accuracy, completeness, and compliance with U.S. GAAP and Carlisle accounting policies.
• Prepare month-over-month, year-over-year, budget, and forecast variance analyses and explain results to business unit and corporate leadership.
• Prepare and support quarterly reporting packages and supplemental schedules for Carlisle SEC filings, including Forms 10-Q and 10-K, disclosures, commitments, and contingencies as requested.
• Perform ad hoc reporting and financial analysis to support leadership decisions.
• Partner with FP&A and business unit leadership on annual budgets, forecasts, and long-range planning, providing actual results and accounting insight.
• Own the design and operating effectiveness of CAM accounting SOX key controls; ensure controls are performed, evidenced, and reviewed on time.
• Identify and remediate control deficiencies and support quarterly management control certifications and sub-certifications.
• Serve as CAM’s primary contact for internal and external audits, respond to inquiries, provide documentation, and drive timely resolution of findings.
• Partner with Financial Reporting & Controls on SOX and audit requirements and with Information Security on system access reviews and segregation of duties.
• Research and document technical accounting matters and new accounting pronouncements; prepare accounting position memos as needed.
• Lead CAM’s integration into BlackLine for account reconciliations and journal entries and drive team adoption.
• Lead process improvements to shorten the close, reduce manual effort, and improve data quality.
• Develop and maintain standard operating procedures, desk procedures, and accounting policies and procedures aligned with Carlisle’s enterprise accounting framework.
• Partner with Shared Services and Financial Systems & Automation on process standardization, ERP harmonization, and automation initiatives.
• Support accounting due diligence and acquisition integration activities as needed.
• Supervise, review, and direct the accounting team’s work; set priorities and performance expectations.
• Train, coach, and develop team members; conduct performance evaluations and support career development and succession planning.
• Promote ownership, accountability, integrity, and continuous improvement.
• Provide data supporting income tax provisions, sales and use tax, and property tax filings, and coordinate with Corporate Tax.
• Collaborate with Shared Services, Operational Finance, FP&A, and executive leadership to align close deliverables, resolve issues, explain results, and support business decisions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Tuition assistance
• Excellent benefits