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Manager, Accounting - Corporate

Forward Air
  • Coppell, TX
  • Full-time
  • Instant Apply
2 days ago

Job Description

The Manager, Accounting - Corporate leads complex accounting activities and helps ensure an accurate, timely, and well-controlled financial close and reporting process. They oversee key corporate accounting functions including general ledger accounting, treasury, insurance accounting, equity compensation, intercompany accounting, debt accounting, reconciliations, and financial reporting support. They maintain strong internal controls, support audit and compliance activities, and provide technical accounting guidance across the organization. They work closely with HR, Payroll, FP&A, Treasury, AP/AR, and executive leadership to ensure accurate financial reporting and support informed business decisions. They also play an important part in staff development, process improvement, and the continuous enhancement of accounting policies and procedures.

 

Responsibilities

  • Lead and review month-end and quarter-end close activities to ensure assigned accounts, journal entries, and reporting deliverables are completed accurately and on schedule.
  • Review profit and loss statements, balance sheet activity, reserves, expense trends, allocations, reclassifications, and other accounting analyses to support accurate financial reporting.
  • Oversee capitalization of salaries and related accounting activities.
  • Administer treasury and cash management processes, including cash reconciliations, cash research, and resolution of outstanding items.
  • Manage accounting and reporting related to group health plans, insurance programs, workers' compensation reserves, vehicle liability reserves, and related actuarial analyses.
  • Coordinate annual workers' compensation insurance audits and related reporting requirements.
  • Administer equity compensation programs, including share-based compensation accounting, equity rollforwards, coordination with external administrators, and earnings-per-share calculations.
  • Prepare and review intercompany accounting activities, elimination entries, affiliated company balances, and consolidation reporting across multiple entities.
  • Prepare revenue accruals and perform related analyses; partner with Accounts Receivable to investigate revenue-related variances and exceptions.
  • Prepare and analyze operational metrics used for management reporting, earnings support, MD&A reporting, and business performance analysis.
  • Review balance sheet reconciliations and ensure timely resolution of reconciling items.
  • Support the design, execution, documentation, and continuous improvement of internal controls and compliance initiatives.
  • Prepare and review debt-related accounting entries, interest expense calculations, debt rollforwards, and supporting schedules.
  • Support quarterly and annual financial reporting requirements, including earnings analyses, stock compensation disclosures, proxy reporting schedules, compensation disclosures, EBITDA calculations, and adjusted earnings analyses.
  • Serve as a primary accounting contact for internal and external audit requests and provide technical accounting guidance and mentorship to accounting staff.
  • Partner cross-functionally with HR, Payroll, FP&A, Treasury, Accounts Payable, and Accounts Receivable teams to support accounting, reporting, and business objectives.
  • Assist in the development and maintenance of accounting policies, procedures, and best practices.
  • All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs.

 

Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance from an accredited college or university required.
  • Certification/Licensure: Active Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license highly preferred.
  • Experience: Seven (7)+ years of progressively responsible experience in corporate accounting, public accounting, or a combination of both.
  • Strong knowledge of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and financial reporting principles.
  • Experience with equity compensation accounting, intercompany accounting, consolidations, debt accounting, and financial reporting.
  • Experience supporting public company reporting requirements, including earnings support, proxy reporting, and compensation disclosures preferred.
  • Expert proficiency with Microsoft Excel (lookups, macros, visualizations, etc.)
  • Prior experience with Oracle Financials Cloud module(s) preferred; similar ERP experience also considered (Workday, SAP, etc.)
  • Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and effectively navigate a fast-paced environment.
  • Demonstrated discretion and confidentiality in handling and protecting sensitive information.
  • Technical: Proficient with common office technologies, including Windows PCs, Microsoft O365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) and web conferencing (Teams, Zoom, Webex, etc.)
  • Environment: Comfort commuting to/from and working in a 100% on-site setting (listed in this posting), with travel for related meetings/events.

 

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Numbers & Facts

LocationCoppell, TX
Job TypeFull-time
IndustryTransport and Storage - Materials
Company Size2,500 to 4,999 employees
Year Founded1981
Websitehttps://www.forwardair.com/content/careers-0

About Company

Since 1990, Forward Air has been a leading provider of ground transportation and related logistics services to the North American air freight and expedited LTL market. We offer surface shipping on an accelerated “time-definite” basis, delivering cargo at a specific time, but under less time-sensitive situations – supplying you with a cost effective, reliable alternative to air transportation. We work with companies of all sizes to develop tangible advantages and build the best products to meet your specific needs. Forward Air presents to the wholesale transportation community (logistics companies, freight forwarders, integrated air cargo carriers, passenger/ cargo airlines, and non-traditional shippers), a single-source provider that can deliver more supply chain services and a superior menu of choices. Throughout the years we have added supplementary lines to our linehaul service, such as full truckload operations (Truckload Services), final-mile coverage (Complete® Cartage), and an Airline Logistics program, and we will continue to expand our services to meet the changing needs and growth of our customer base.

Forward Air is structured to optimize both savings and service to our customers. Direct partnerships with owner-operators and other surface transportation providers, enable us to remain cost-competitive. The Forward Air network is designed with over 90 facilities located at or near major U.S. and Canadian airports, 12 regional sort centers and over 300 beyond points (secondary airports provided through our Complete Cartage service), creating one of the most comprehensive linehaul networks in the industry.

The foundation product for Forward Air is our expedited linehaul service, offering consistent and reliable transit and on-time, damage-free deliveries. By locating terminals on or near airports and maintaining a scheduled transportation network, we are able to arrange for convenient and consistent service with broad geographic coverage. Shipments of varying sizes (TL/LTL) are received at our terminals and transported by contracted service providers either (1) on a direct truck to the destination terminal, (2) through our Columbus, Ohio central sorting hub, or (3) through one of our 12 regional hubs, where they are unloaded, sorted, and reloaded in rapid fashion. After reloading the shipments, our contracted service providers deliver them to the destination city for early morning recovery. Through our Forward Air Complete® cartage service, customers also can have shipments picked up from the shipper, delivered to the final consignee, or transferred at the airport, simplifying the freight management processes. These options allow us to maximize handling efficiency of each shipment while minimizing freight loss and damage, improving transit times over traditional ground transportation.

Skills

  • Accountingunmatched
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  • Accounts Receivableunmatched
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  • Balance Sheetunmatched
  • Best Practicesunmatched
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  • Cash Managementunmatched
  • Certified Public Accountant (CPA)unmatched
  • Cloud Computingunmatched
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  • ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)unmatched
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  • Expense Allocationunmatched
  • External Auditunmatched
  • Financeunmatched
  • Financial Controlunmatched
  • Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A)unmatched
  • Financial Reportingunmatched
  • Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)unmatched
  • Health Planunmatched
  • Information/Data Security (InfoSec)unmatched
  • Insuranceunmatched
  • Internal Auditunmatched
  • Journal Entriesunmatched
  • Leadershipunmatched
  • Management Reportingunmatched
  • Mentoringunmatched
  • Metricsunmatched
  • Microsoft Excelunmatched
  • Microsoft Outlookunmatched
  • Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
  • Microsoft Product Familyunmatched
  • Microsoft Windows Operating Systemunmatched
  • Microsoft Wordunmatched
  • Multitaskingunmatched
  • Operational Auditunmatched
  • Oracle Financialsunmatched
  • Organizational Skillsunmatched
  • Performance Analysisunmatched
  • Problem Solving Skillsunmatched
  • Process Improvementunmatched
  • Profit & Loss Statementsunmatched
  • Public Accountingunmatched
  • Reconciliationunmatched
  • SAPunmatched
  • Staff Developmentunmatched
  • Stock Administrationunmatched
  • Technical Accountingunmatched
  • Time Managementunmatched
  • Treasuryunmatched
  • Treasury Managementunmatched
  • Web Conferencingunmatched
  • WebExunmatched
  • Worker's Compensationunmatched

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