Accounting Manager (IC4)

Summary

Objective Partners is seeking a full-time contract Accounting Manager to provide interim support during planned team leave coverage. The role focuses on compensation-related accounting, month-end and quarter-end close activities, reconciliations, financial analysis, journal entries, and cross-functional collaboration, with potential support for SEC reporting, consolidations, operating expense accounting, and special projects.

Responsibilities

• Execute month-end and quarter-end close activities for assigned compensation-related accounts
• Prepare and review account reconciliations
• Perform fluctuation and variance analyses to identify and explain significant account activity
• Prepare management commentary supporting quarterly changes in account balances
• Prepare and post journal entries while ensuring compliance with company accounting policies and U.S. GAAP
• Partner cross-functionally with Payroll, Human Resources, Equity Administration, FP&A, and Finance teams to resolve accounting questions and gather supporting documentation
• Supporting SEC reporting and financial statement disclosures
• Assisting with consolidations
• Supporting operating expense (Opex) accounting
• Contributing to special projects and other accounting or close-related initiatives

Skills

• IC4-level accounting professional with strong technical accounting expertise
• Experience supporting month-end and quarter-end close in a public company or similarly complex accounting environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate and explain account fluctuations
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly present financial analyses and results
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders

Qualifications

Must Haves

• IC4-level accounting professional with strong technical accounting expertise
• Experience supporting month-end and quarter-end close in a public company or similarly complex accounting environment
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to investigate and explain account fluctuations
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly present financial analyses and results
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with cross-functional stakeholders

Benefits

• Remote, work from home position