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The Accounting Manager at Benchmark Education Company will manage financial close processes, year-end audits, and ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP while enhancing internal accounting efficiencies.

Responsibilities: Key responsibilities include overseeing the monthly financial close, managing audits, reviewing staff work, ensuring timely reporting, and identifying internal process improvements.

Skills: Required skills include expertise in U.S. GAAP, strong leadership abilities, proficiency in financial reporting, and experience with accounting software like NetSuite and Workday.

Qualifications: Preferred qualifications include 5-10 years of experience in accounting, ideally with public accounting experience.

Location: This position is hybrid and based in New Rochelle, New York.

Compensation: $120000 - $130000 / Annually

Position Purpose:

The Accounting Manager will oversee and manage the monthly financial close, year-end audits, and related deliverables while addressing risk issues and technical accounting matters. The role involves leading critical accounting processes and effective collaboration with other departments. The accounting manager will review the work of staff and seniors, ensure timely reconciliation and report preparation, while applying a solutions-based approach to problem-solving. Additionally, the position requires expertise in U.S GAAP and financial reporting, identifying areas for improvement in internal processes, and implementing necessary changes for greater efficiency.

Requirements:

• Demonstrate the ability to effectively manage the monthly financial close, year end audit, quarterly/monthly close deliverables with appropriate consideration of risk issues and accounting technical matters.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead and manage monthly transactions relating to critical accounting processes (commissions, AR, AP, purchasing, leases and investments) including liaising with other departments to ensure effectiveness and efficiency.
• Review work prepared by staff and accounting seniors. Ensure proper reconciliation and preparation of monthly reports are performed timely and within reporting deliverable dates.
• Demonstrate an application and solution-based approach to problem solving.
• Demonstrate expertise in primary accounting frameworks (U.S. GAAP) and in related financial reporting matters.
• Identify areas requiring improvement in internal business processes and possible recommendations and prepare and execute improvements and efficiencies across accounting processes.

Your people responsibilities:

• Demonstrate the ability to influence, change and shape the direction of a particular activity, either within the accounting team and/or departments across the Company.
• Organizing your team in such a way that processes, roles & responsibilities are clear and work is efficiently and equally divided amongst colleagues.
• Coach and development junior personnel along with proper delegation to ensure tasks are successfully completed

Skills & Attributes for Success:

• Leading monthly close and accounting related processes, managing performance and keeping higher management up to date with progress.
• Completing processes and documenting areas including revenue, commissions, accounts payable, payroll, investments and equity.
• Constantly developing your understanding of current and new processes and sharing your knowledge to develop junior colleagues and delivering change in processes across the organization.

System Knowledge: NetSuite, Workday, Concur, RAMP, Microsoft Tools

Experience: 5-10 years and public accounting experience preferred

Salary Range: $120,000-$130,000

*The base salary range represents the low and high end of the expected salary range for the position. The base salary offered may depend on a variety of factors such as geographic location, experience, education, and skill level.

ABOUT BENCHMARK EDUCATION COMPANY

Benchmark Education Company (BEC) is a leading publisher of core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish, with valid and reliable digital assessments that inform instruction. BEC is also a provider of exceptional professional development to educators.

BEC is recognized as a responsive publisher that offers equally rigorous and engaging digital, print, and hybrid learning materials grounded in the Science of Reading research. BEC monitors research outcomes carefully to create effective foundational resources that include strong decoding materials with systematic and explicit instruction and high-quality resources focused on language development and comprehension. BEC’s content-rich and authentic texts offer instruction in close reading and analysis, multiple perspectives, and authentic literature while building world knowledge and reflecting the individuality of every student in each diverse classroom.

Family owned and operated for more than 25 years, BEC is committed to partnering with educators to provide the best for all students through resources of exceptional quality, world-class professional learning, and effective and dedicated customer support.

Benchmark Education Publishing (BEC) and its affiliates are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.

For further information, visit us at: https://www.benchmarkeducation.com