EnerSys - Bellingham, WA
posted 2 months ago
EnerSys is the global leader in stored energy solutions for industrial applications, with over thirty manufacturing and assembly plants worldwide. The General Accounting Manager plays a crucial role in overseeing the General Accounting Department for Alpha's US entities, ensuring that financial results comply with US GAAP. This position reports directly to the Global VP Finance ES and involves collaboration with various functional areas and the Corporate Accounting team to develop, maintain, and enforce accounting policies and procedures. The manager will lead a team responsible for all accounting functions, including the monthly close process, journal entries, account reconciliations, account analysis, and reporting. In this role, the General Accounting Manager will oversee the day-to-day General Accounting function, ensuring accuracy and compliance with corporate standards. They will lead the General Accounting Team in alignment with company and team goals, evaluating the activities of the staff and providing professional development opportunities. The manager will also be responsible for leading month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial closing procedures in HFM, ensuring timely completion and accurate reporting. This includes preparing financial statements in accordance with U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and ensuring that underlying accounting records are supported by timely account reconciliations. Additionally, the General Accounting Manager will conduct financial analysis, interpret data, and provide recommendations for improvement. They will report and analyze results, ensuring that key operating drivers are understood, and communicate with various stakeholders to obtain and transmit necessary information for analysis, forecasts, journals, and reconciliations. The role also involves implementing process improvements, identifying inefficiencies, and proposing strategic solutions, as well as ensuring SOX compliance by maintaining adequate process documentation. The manager will coordinate the annual audit of the company and interface with internal and external auditors, while also leading or supporting special projects related to process improvement, standardization, documentation, integration, and automation across various transactions, departments, or entities.