Accounting Manager - Process Transformation

Servpro Industries - Smyrna, TN

Full-time - Mid Level

Smyrna, TN

1,001-5,000 employees

Construction of Buildings

About the position

The Accounting Manager - Process Transformation will lead initiatives to enhance policies and processes within the accounting department, focusing on improving the control environment. Reporting to the VP of Financial Reporting, this role will serve as a subject matter expert in financial statement risk assessment and internal controls, collaborating with cross-functional stakeholders and external parties to document business processes, evaluate risks, and design effective solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead efforts to transform accounting policies and processes.
• Assess financial statement risks and design solutions to improve efficiency and enhance internal controls.
• Perform materiality assessments for financial statement risk evaluation.
• Collaborate with key process owners to build or modify business and accounting policies.
• Update process flow diagrams and process narratives for business processes.
• Identify failure points in business processes and evaluate segregation of duties.
• Support key process owners in designing or modifying internal controls to mitigate financial statement risks.
• Coordinate and support external auditors' review of business processes and internal controls.
• Develop and implement a strategy for maintaining documentation and ensuring control performance.
• Establish a review cadence for process and controls documentation by key process owners.
• Design a strategy for monitoring controls to ensure consistent implementation and operation.
• Report on improvements within key performance indicators related to business process improvements and control implementations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, information systems, or related field.
• Master's degree in accounting or business administration is preferred.
• Active CPA license.
• 5+ years of experience in external audit with a Big 4 public accounting firm.
• Extensive experience in assessment of materiality, evaluation of business processes, and testing of internal controls.
• Management of large-scale projects and cross-functional teams.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple workstreams to meet deadlines.
• Critical thinker focused on process improvement and efficiency.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Visio.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains), SAP, Oracle, NetSuite, or other ERP platforms.

Benefits

• Excellent health benefits plan including medical, vision, and dental options.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Company profit sharing plan.
• Generous paid time-off and paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Company-paid mental health benefit through Headspace.
• 2 free on-site fitness rooms.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Resource Groups.
• Personal and professional development program.