CAM Accounting Manager

About the position

The Accounting Manager position with Carlisle Architectural Metals (CAM) provides accurate analysis and timely reporting in support of the Architectural Metals businesses. The role helps drive strategic initiatives to optimize efficiency, reduce costs, and maximize profitability while ensuring alignment with overall business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operations management to monitor plant controllable expenses on a weekly cadence.
• Generate expense and absorption variance reports to drive margin management and cost improvement.
• Monitor, analyze, and optimize labor and overhead efficiency by site.
• Assist with maintenance of standard labor and overhead rates with proper backup/ audit trails.
• Assist in month-end CAM and MTL month-end accounting close.
• Partner with operations management on compilation and analysis of annual manufacturing budgets.
• Work with various departments, including finance, procurement, production, and operations, to drive improvement in financial performance.
• Assist with providing information for year-end reporting for corporate accounting and tax staff.
• Prepare various Electronic Audit Evidence packets monthly, as well as fulfill various ad-hoc internal and external audit requests.
• Prepare operations management reports.
• Key role as Accounting Department representative on Division Planning Team analyzing manufacturing footprint options and analysis.
• Serve as liaison for CAM Accounting department improvements with counterparts in larger CCM Accounting department for purposes of advancing CAM initiatives.
• Play key back up role for all journals generated by CAM Controller.
• Support the CAM Controller in analyzing and generating CAM financial statements prior to release.
• Assist CAM Controller in compliance with Sarbanes Oxley mandated requirements including account reconciliations.
• One current direct report: CAM Cost Analyst.
• Assist with annual physical inventory activities.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP and other relevant accounting standards.

Requirements

• Experience working with ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Experience in manufacturing accounting is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with attention to detail.