Our client is seeking an experienced accounting consultant to step into an Interim Accounting Manager / small-company Controller-level role. The consultant will assess, document, and improve the company’s general ledger accounting and financial reporting processes, with particular emphasis on creating a more efficient and disciplined month-end close.
This is a hands-on consulting assignment suited for a self-starter who can quickly understand the current environment, identify process gaps, and implement practical improvements while supporting day-to-day accounting needs.
Key Duties & Responsibilities
Review the end-to-end general ledger accounting and financial reporting processes.
Document existing accounting procedures, controls, workflows, and month-end close activities.
Recommend and implement process improvements where needed.
Evaluate the current approximately one-month close cycle and identify opportunities to materially shorten it.
Review an accounting structure containing 700+ accounts and identify opportunities to simplify or rationalize the chart of accounts.
Improve the quality, consistency, and usefulness of management and financial reporting.
Establish stronger month-end close procedures, including ownership, deadlines, reconciliations, review steps, and close checklists.
Perform and/or oversee account reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and other GL activities as needed.
Help create sustainable processes and documentation that can be transitioned to the permanent accounting team.
Support financial reporting appropriate for a business with approximately $20 million in annual revenue and reporting requirements associated with small-cap institutional investors.
Required Experience & Systems Skills
Accounting Manager, Assistant Controller, Controller, or equivalent senior accounting experience in a small-to-midsized company.
Strong hands-on general ledger and month-end close experience.
Demonstrated ability to assess and improve accounting processes rather than simply maintain an existing process.
QuickBooks Online experience required.
Strong financial reporting and account reconciliation skills.
Ability to work independently and take ownership of an accounting environment with limited direction.
Comfortable working within a complex chart of accounts.
Experience documenting accounting procedures and implementing repeatable close processes.
Strong Excel skills preferred.
Work Arrangement
Hybrid, with regular onsite work required at the company’s Cool Springs offices.
Location
Cool Springs / Franklin, Tennessee
Reporting Arrangement
The consultant will work closely with the CFO while independently driving improvements to GL accounting, close, and reporting processes.
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