**Job Title: Accounting Manager** **Location: Charlotte, NC or remote** **Pay Range: $50-$65/HR** **Job Summary:** Jefferson Wells is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Accounting Manager to join our Charlotte-based client for a contract engagement. This role will be responsible for managing the month-end and quarter-end close processes, reconciliations, journal entries, account clean-up, accruals, fixed assets, and cash management. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in accounting, excellent leadership skills, and a keen eye for detail. **Key Responsibilities:** + **Month/Quarter-End Close** : Lead and manage the month-end and quarter-end close processes, ensuring timely and accurate completion of financial statements. + **Reconciliations** : Oversee the preparation and review of account reconciliations to ensure accuracy and compliance with company policies. + **Journal Entries** : Approve and review journal entries prepared by the accounting team, ensuring proper documentation and adherence to accounting standards. + **Account Clean-Up** : Manage the clean-up of accounts, ensuring all transactions are properly recorded and discrepancies are resolved. + **Accruals** : Oversee the calculation and recording of accruals, ensuring accurate reflection of expenses and liabilities. + **Fixed Assets** : Manage the accounting for fixed assets, including capitalization, depreciation, and disposals. + **Cash Management** : Oversee cash management activities, including cash flow forecasting, bank reconciliations, and liquidity management. + **Team Leadership** : Provide leadership, guidance, and mentorship to the accounting team, fostering a collaborative and high-performance work environment. + **Compliance** : Ensure compliance with internal controls, company policies, and regulatory requirements. + **Reporting** : Prepare and present financial reports to senior management, providing insights and recommendations for financial decision-making. + **Continuous Improvement** : Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement best practices to enhance efficiency and accuracy in accounting operations. **Qualifications:** + Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or CMA preferred. + Minimum of 5-7 years of progressive accounting experience. + Strong knowledge of US GAAP and accounting principles. + Proficiency in accounting software and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). + Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills. + Effective communication skills, both written and verbal. + Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities. _At Jefferson Wells (_ _www.jeffersonwells.com_ _), we’ve built a reputation for results-driven, innovative workforce solutions that help companies create competitive advantage. From basic to complex, we custom tailor our services to fit our clients’ needs from interim and permanent professional talent resourcing to complete project solutions in the areas of risk & compliance, tax, finance & accounting and business optimization. Our professionals provide specialized industry and technical experience and expertise to our clients, enabling them to accelerate their business performance. We serve clients, including Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies, from offices worldwide leveraging the workforce capabilities of the ManpowerGroup. Jefferson Wells is an Equal Opportunity Employer. _ ManpowerGroup is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in a professional, high quality work environment. It is the policy of ManpowerGroup and all of its subsidiaries to recruit, train, promote, transfer, pay and take all employment actions without regard to an employee's race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.