Accounting Manager

Location: Colorado Springs, CO 80920
Work Setting: On-site
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM–5:00 PM
Compensation: $100,000–$120,000 + Stock Options
Reports To: Controller

About the Organization

Our client is a rapidly growing, publicly traded, multi-state, multi-location organization headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado. With continued expansion into new markets, the organization offers an entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment and significant opportunities for professional growth and advancement.

The organization values collaboration, accountability, accuracy, continuous improvement, and professionals who are comfortable taking ownership. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced accounting professional who thrives in a high-growth environment and wants to help build the processes, controls, and infrastructure necessary to support continued expansion.

Position Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to report directly to the Controller and provide leadership within the accounting function.

This is a hands-on, highly visible position responsible for supporting the monthly close, financial reporting, technical accounting, internal controls, and accounting for multiple entities. The Accounting Manager will also supervise and develop a team of accounting professionals while helping establish scalable processes as the organization continues to grow.

The ideal candidate is a self-starter who can step into a fast-moving environment and contribute immediately. This is a strong fit for someone with larger-company accounting experience, excellent tenure, strong relationship-building skills, and extensive experience managing month-end close across multiple companies or entities.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee accounting operations and help ensure accurate, complete, and timely financial reporting.
• Manage key components of the monthly financial close process across multiple entities.
• Assist the Controller with preparation and review of financial statements and management reporting packages.
• Support technical accounting, external reporting, and public-company reporting requirements.
• Research and resolve complex accounting matters.
• Manage intercompany accounting and transactions across multiple related entities.
• Provide KPI analysis and financial insights to support business decisions.
• Establish, document, improve, and scale accounting processes and procedures.
• Strengthen internal controls as the organization continues to grow.
• Support ERP implementations, accounting software conversions, and systems enhancements.
• Develop and improve accounting reports, dashboards, and management reporting packages.
• Partner cross-functionally with operational and corporate departments to ensure transactions are accurately recorded and supported.
• Support acquisitions, new business initiatives, and other strategic accounting and finance projects.

Team Leadership

• Supervise, mentor, and develop accounting staff and senior accountants, with approximately four direct reports.
• Establish clear expectations, deadlines, and accountability across the accounting team.
• Review team members' work and provide coaching and technical guidance.
• Partner with the Controller to build a scalable accounting organization.
• Promote a culture of accuracy, accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and strong internal controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting required.
• 5–8 years of progressive, full-cycle accounting experience.
• Strong month-end close experience involving multiple companies, entities, or business units.
• Experience working within a larger, complex organization required.
• Public accounting foundation with an active CPA strongly preferred.
• Public-company and/or SEC reporting experience strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, and internal controls.
• Experience researching and resolving technical accounting matters.
• Experience improving, documenting, and implementing accounting processes and controls.
• Experience with intercompany transactions and multiple related entities.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations, software conversions, or systems enhancements highly valued.
• ERP system experience 
• Bill Pay Software a plus
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills.
• Experience with state and local sales tax, franchise tax, 1099, and K-1 filings.
• Knowledge of NNN leases, ASC 842 lease accounting, and ASC 606 revenue recognition is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and develop accounting professionals.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a relational approach to working across departments.
• Highly detail-oriented, proactive, and comfortable managing tight deadlines and shifting priorities.
• Strong tenure and a demonstrated record of success in previous positions.
• Self-starter and problem solver who can quickly contribute in a fast-paced, "plug-and-play" environment.

Benefits

Benefits include:

• Medical insurance
• Two weeks of vacation
• 48 hours of sick time
• Seven paid holidays
• Company-paid $50,000 life insurance
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Accidental Death & Dismemberment coverage
• Stock options

Employment offers are contingent upon successful supervisory reference checks and a criminal background check.

Financial Talent Group provides equal employment and recruiting opportunities to all employees, applicants, and recruits for employment for Financial Talent Group and in recruiting employees for its clients, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.