Accounting Manager - Limited Term Employee

Spectrum Brands' global enabling functions, including Finance, Legal, IT, Human Resources, Supply Chain, and Commercial Operations, provide enterprise-wide strategy, structure, and common processes to deliver the knowledge and expertise that helps our businesses grow. Enabling functions may operate as a center-led global team, providing a central strategy, structure, and standards; or as business partner teams, with resources embedded within the businesses to deliver business unit-specific results.

Support the administration of various SAP processes including Master Data, Cash, Intercompany, and Transaction Processing

Manage components of the monthly close process to ensure that tasks are completed on-time, issues are identified and communicated, and process improvement opportunities are assessed.

Responsible for various daily and monthly accounting tasks, including approval of manual journal entries, recurring journal entries, intercompany forms, and account reconciliations

Support the administration of the monthly Account Reconciliation process through the Blackline and Audit Board applications by performing periodic audits of the account reconciliation process, overseeing the timely completion of monthly reconciliations, monitoring status of account reconciliation action items, and assisting with action item resolution.

Monitor 3rd party offshore support team activities across the cash and intercompany processes

Execute and document monthly controls for compliance with SOX

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting required

CPA and/or MBA is a plus

6 years' accounting experience, preferably in a large global consumer products organization with complex business processes

Management or supervisory experience preferred.

Experience with SAP ERP system or other similar applications

Experience with implementing or upgrading accounting systems and managing projects and effecting process improvement is preferred

Solid working knowledge of US GAAP

Strong knowledge of accounting systems technology and how to leverage within the business

Experience with SAP, Blackline or Smart Close applications preferred

Effective verbal and written communication skills

Experience managing multiple projects and routine deliverables timely and accurately

Disciplined approach in developing and implementing standardized processes & procedures

Passion for results and improving the status quo

Strong analytical skills and advanced use of Excel