Accounting Manager

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Build Financial Leadership in a Billion-Dollar Industrial Manufacturing Business

The U.S. Special Steel Division is a complex industrial manufacturing organization, operating multiple manufacturing locations across the United States.

We are seeking a seasoned accounting leader who has successfully operated in a large-scale industrial environment and understands the financial complexities of asset-intensive manufacturing businesses. This role is ideal for candidates who have experience in industries such as:

• Steel and metals
• Cement and building materials
• Pulp and paper
• Chemicals
• Oil & gas
• Mining
• Heavy industrial manufacturing
• Industrial processing
• Other capital-intensive manufacturing sectors

The successful candidate will bring deep expertise in financial accounting, internal controls, audit management, manufacturing costing, and corporate reporting, along with the executive presence and communication skills necessary to effectively partner with plant leadership, divisional executives, and corporate stakeholders.

This position offers a hybrid work arrangement (4 days onsite / 1 day remote) and requires a hands-on leader who is comfortable operating within a highly collaborative manufacturing environment.

Why Join Us

• Comprehensive Medical, Prescription, Dental and Vision Plans (effective first day of employment)
• Health & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• 401(k) with 100% Company Match up to 6%
• Life and Accidental Death Insurance
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Tuition Reimbursement Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Health Advocate Services
• Structured Career Development and Leadership Growth Opportunities
• Collaborative, high-performance culture within a global manufacturing organization

Position Summary

The Division Accounting Manager is responsible for leading accounting, financial reporting, internal controls, and compliance activities across the U.S. Special Steel Division.

This role serves as the divisional accounting authority, ensuring consistent execution of accounting policies, internal controls, and reporting practices across multiple manufacturing facilities. The position partners closely with Plant Controllers while serving as a key interface with Corporate Accounting, Internal Audit, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and external auditors.

The successful candidate will have demonstrated experience managing financial processes in complex, multi-site manufacturing organizations and possess the technical depth to address sophisticated accounting, reporting, costing, and control matters.

What Makes This Role Different

This is not a plant-level accounting position.

This role supports a billion dollar revenue industrial manufacturing division with significant operational complexity, multiple manufacturing sites, substantial fixed assets, inventory-intensive operations, and public-company control requirements.

The ideal candidate has experience working in organizations of similar scale and complexity, including:

• Multi-site manufacturing operations
• Large inventory and fixed asset environments
• SOX-compliant or publicly traded companies
• Corporate reporting structures
• Complex cost accounting and manufacturing analysis
• Interaction with executive leadership and corporate finance teams

Key Responsibilities

Financial Accounting & Reporting

• Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes across the division.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant financial reporting under U.S. GAAP.
• Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and balance sheet analyses.
• Support consolidation and reporting requirements within a larger corporate structure.
• Provide technical accounting leadership on complex and non-routine transactions.

Internal Controls, Compliance & Audit

• Maintain divisional compliance with SOX and internal control requirements.
• Serve as primary liaison for external and internal audits.
• Lead remediation and corrective action plans related to control deficiencies.
• Drive a culture of financial discipline, accountability, and control excellence.

Manufacturing Accounting & Costing

• Provide leadership for inventory accounting, product costing, standard costing, variance analysis, and capital project accounting.
• Ensure accurate valuation of inventory and manufacturing assets.
• Support profitability analysis across products, customers, and manufacturing operations.
• Partner with Plant Controllers to ensure financial reporting reflects operational realities.

Systems & Process Improvement

• Provide governance over accounting and reporting systems including Plex, SAP, Adaptive, FloQast, Databricks, BNA, and related technologies.
• Lead initiatives involving automation, standardization, and process improvement.
• Improve reporting quality, data integrity, and close cycle efficiency across the division.

Leadership

• Lead and develop the divisional accounting team.
• Provide functional leadership to Plant Controllers across multiple facilities.
• Partner effectively with Operations, FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Corporate Accounting, and executive leadership.
• Build organizational capability through coaching, development, and succession planning.

Required Qualifications

Education

• Bachelors degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• CPA strongly preferred.

Experience

• Minimum 10 years of progressive accounting experience in large-scale industrial or manufacturing organizations.
• Experience supporting businesses with significant operational complexity, preferably $500M+ revenue organizations.
• Experience in one or more of the following industries strongly preferred:
• Steel and metals
• Cement
• Pulp and paper
• Chemicals
• Oil & gas
• Mining
• Heavy industrial manufacturing
• Building materials
• Experience in publicly traded companies or SOX-regulated environments strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading accounting teams in multi-site manufacturing organizations.
• Significant experience interacting with corporate finance, executive leadership, auditors, and cross-functional business partners.

Technical Expertise

• Deep understanding of U.S. GAAP.
• Strong manufacturing accounting and cost accounting expertise.
• Experience with inventory-intensive and asset-intensive businesses.
• Strong ERP experience (SAP experience highly preferred).
• Advanced Excel and financial analysis capabilities.

Leadership Competencies

• Ability to operate effectively in a large, matrixed organization.
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence plant, divisional, and corporate leadership.
• Strong professional judgment, business acumen, and problem-solving capability.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

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