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About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance or a relevant field.
• 7-10+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• 3+ years of experience leading and developing accounting teams in a managerial capacity.
• Expertise managing financial close and financial reporting activities with strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience supporting external audits and implementing corrective actions arising from audit findings.
• Experience working with ERP systems and financial reporting applications; experience with IFS and Planful preferred.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to partner cross-functionally and effectively engage with senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience in driving processes improvements and leading multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience managing end-to-end of AR, AP, and GL operations, including subledger-to-GL controls.
• Experience designing, implementing, and maintaining internal controls and accounting policies.
• Experience supporting finance system implementation, testing, stabilization, and post-implementation remediation.
• Ability to work onsite as required and perform prolonged computer‑based work in an office and light manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or other relevant professional certifications (CMA, CFA).
• Experience in a medical manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Manage the preparation and review of financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with U.S. GAAP, company policies, and applicable regulatory requirements across a multi-site organization.
• Review and approve general ledger entries, journal entries, and reconciliations.
• Analyze financial results and reporting variance and ensure appropriate resolution of accounting issues.
• Manage and develop the AR, AP, and GL teams, establishing clear ownership, controls, and performance standards.
• Implement and enforce standardized accounting policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Monitor transactions, aging, reconciliations, interfaces, and exceptions; resolve discrepancies and prevent recurrence.
• Partner with Finance, Operations, Supply Chain, Commercial, and IT to resolve issues and improve end-to-end processes.
• Manage order-to-cash accounting, including customer accounts, cash application, AR aging, collections coordination, disputes resolution, bad debt, and controls.
• Manage procure-to-pay accounting, including vendor master governance, invoices, approvals, payments, AP aging, supplier reconciliations, and exceptions.
• Maintain the integrity of GL and chart of accounts, including journals, reconciliations, accruals, intercompany activity, allocations, and error correction.
• Monitor AR, AP, and GL KPIs, including aging, unapplied cash, cycle times, reconciliations, close performance, and exception backlogs.
• Manage monthly, quarterly, and annual closes, ensuring AR, AP, GL, and related subledgers are complete, reconciled, and accurately reported.
• Review account reconciliations, aging, interface controls, and close exceptions; ensure timely ownership and resolution.
• Coordinate the preparation and review of year-end financial statements, working with external auditors for the annual audit.
• Oversee tax filings and related documentation, working with external advisors to ensure compliance and manage tax risk.
• Manage, coach, and motivate the accounting team to foster accountability and high performance.
• Provide regular feedback, performance reviews, development plans, and the tools and training needed for success.
• Coordinate external audits, ensuring complete and timely support and resolution of audit issues.
• Translate audit findings into sustainable control and process improvements.
• Provide management with financial analysis highlighting trends, risks, and opportunities.
• Support decision-making through modeling, scenario analysis, and ad hoc reporting.
• Improve record-to-report, order-to-cash, and procure-to-pay through process mapping, root-cause analysis, standardization, and measurable KPIs.
• Eliminate manual, duplicated, and error-prone work through practical automation, workflows, and reporting solutions.
• Lead accounting workstreams for system implementations, enhancements, and integrations translating business and control requirements into scalable solutions.
• Resolve implementation gaps in configuration, data, interfaces, workflows, access, controls, and reporting, prioritized by risk and business impact.
• Define requirements, coordinate testing, support deployment and user adoption, and resolve system, data, process, and control deficiencies through sustainable remediation plans.
• Lead ad hoc accounting, systems, and cross-functional projects as business needs evolve.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned to support departmental and organizational objectives.
• Occasional travel to Lighteum Medical locations, including Oceanside, CA and Mexicali, Mexico, may be required.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) plan with generous company contribution and match.
• Flexible spending accounts.
• Life and disability insurance.
• PTO, sick leave, and paid holidays.