Interim Accounting Manager

Job Summary

Reporting to the Corporate Controller, the Accounting Manager will provide hands-on financial leadership for a 4–6 month assignment. This role will ensure timely and accurate financial reporting, strengthen accounting processes and internal controls, guide the U.S. accounting team and foreign accounting team members, and partner with business leaders to interpret results, develop forecasts, manage departmental budgets, and support the Annual Operating Plan. The Interim Accounting Manager will also stabilize core accounting routines, address priority financial issues, and support an orderly transition of responsibilities.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead day-to-day accounting operations and supervise U.S. accounting personnel while providing guidance to foreign accounting team members.
• Direct financial accounting activities, including journal entries, accruals, valuation allowances, general ledger reconciliations, and maintenance of the journal entry log.
• Complete the monthly close within five working days and manage month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close schedules, checklists, and physical inventory requirements.
• Prepare and analyze the income statement, balance sheet, and cash flow statement, adjusting reporting as business needs change.
• Deliver weekly reporting on the sales outlook, production, variances, and other operating results; identify concerns and opportunities and recommend corrective actions.
• Complete monthly reporting on final sales revenue and calculate commissions in accordance with the applicable approved commission policy.
• Monitor financial results throughout the month to provide early warning of cost or revenue surprises.
• Analyze the cost system, standard product costs, overhead absorption, and sales pricing; recommend and lead profit-improvement actions.
• Evaluate and record inventory valuation adjustments using perpetual inventory data, sales-price-to-cost comparisons, and manufacturing variances; partner with plant and logistics teams on action plans.
• Ensure internal controls are appropriately designed and operating to prevent errors, fraud, and omissions.
• Maintain the ERP accounting system and ensure transactions are recorded completely and accurately.
• Ensure all accounts are reconciled monthly or quarterly, as appropriate, and resolve discrepancies through analysis of supporting information.
• Provide timely, complete information to management, auditors, banking partners, and other required audiences; coordinate with external auditors to support compliance.
• Lead tax-related activities as needed, including state, federal, sales and use, and other tax matters; provide covenant reporting and support banking transactions.
• Develop forecasts for management and support implementation of the Annual Operating Plan.
• Provide constructive feedback, lead teams and projects, and communicate financial information clearly to non-financial stakeholders.
• Serve as backup for other accounting functions where internal controls allow and support Mexico and other foreign-entity activities as required.

Qualifications, Skills, & Abilities

• Strong command of manufacturing accounting, standard product costing, overhead absorption, inventory valuation, and variance analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to strengthen close processes, reporting routines, internal controls, and audit readiness in a time-bound interim assignment.
• Hands-on, energetic, and driven leadership style with the ability to operate effectively with limited ramp-up time.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, planning, time-management, and general business skills.
• Ability to lead teams and projects, provide constructive feedback, and establish clear priorities.
• Ability to translate financial information into meaningful business insights for non-financial stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to establish effective cross-functional working relationships.
• Self-directed, proactive, resourceful, and comfortable taking initiative to resolve issues and drive results.
• Proficiency with enterprise ERP systems such as EPICOR, Oracle, SAP, Dynamics, or a comparable platform, along with Microsoft Office applications.

Education & Experience

• Active CPA license required.
• Three or more years of experience as a Accounting Manager in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with external audit firms, banking partners, and insurance partners.

Note*

Every effort has been made to identify the essential functions of this interim position. However, this description does not state or imply that these are the only duties required. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them when the work is similar, related, or an essential function of the position. The assignment is expected to last approximately 4–6 months and may be adjusted based on business needs.

Pay: $115,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Baldwyn, MS 38824