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Accounting Manager
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Robert Half
Minneapolis, MN (In Person)
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Job Description
We are looking for an Accounting and Financial Operations Manager to lead core accounting activities and support accurate, timely financial reporting for our engineering organization in St. Louis Park, Minnesota. This role combines hands-on oversight of accounting operations with team leadership, process discipline, and partnership across the business. The ideal candidate brings strong technical accounting knowledge, sound judgment, and a continuous improvement mindset to strengthen reporting, compliance, and day-to-day financial operations.
Responsibilities:
- Direct day-to-day general ledger activities, including reviewing journal entries, reconciliations, and supporting schedules to maintain accurate financial records.
- Lead month-end and year-end close cycles, ensuring reporting deadlines are met and financial information is complete and reliable.
- Oversee payroll operations for bi-weekly processing, retirement plan funding, year-end tax form review, and compliance with applicable requirements.
- Partner with finance leadership to prepare financial statements, operating reports, forecasts, budgets, and other business analyses.
- Manage and develop accounting staff through coaching, performance feedback, training, and thoughtful allocation of responsibilities.
- Strengthen internal controls, accounting policies, and documented procedures while maintaining appropriate segregation of duties across the team.
- Build cross-functional coverage within accounting by establishing cross-training practices that support continuity of operations.
- Coordinate audit support across financial, tax, insurance, and employee benefit reviews by preparing documentation and responding to requests.
- Oversee accounts payable, vendor records, invoice processing, payment coordination, expense reimbursements, sales and use tax filings, and fixed asset and lease accounting activities.
- Evaluate accounting workflows and system usage to identify opportunities for greater efficiency, accuracy, and consistency in financial operations.