Accounting Lead: GAAP & Multi-Entity Leadership

LA CANTERA RESORT & SPA; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare Benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Job summary

Troon’s Corporate office in Birmingham, AL seeks an Accounting Lead to supervise a small accounting team and deliver GAAP‑compliant reporting for a portfolio of clubs and corporate lines. This role emphasizes hands‑on review, quality control, and cross‑functional collaboration with operations.

You’ll own monthly close, review financial statements, coordinate with operations, support audits, budgeting, and forecasting, and present results to finance leadership.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including 2+ years in a lead, supervisory, or senior accountant capacity.
• Demonstrated experience reviewing complex reconciliations, financial statements, and close deliverables prepared by others.
• Proven ability to manage workloads, deadlines, and quality across multiple entities or locations with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

• Oversee monthly close activities for assigned portfolio, reviewing financial statements, reconciliations, and supporting schedules prepared by the accounting team.
• Provide hands-on review and quality control, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with GAAP and internal controls.
• Supervise and support a small team of accountants, including onboarding, task guidance, review feedback, training, and ongoing performance coaching.
• Serve as the primary accounting liaison to operations leaders, responding to inquiries, explaining financial results, and supporting alignment between financial reporting and business activities.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve accounting issues and variances, escalating matters appropriately to the Accounting Manager when needed.
• Support annual external audits and assist with internal audit fieldwork by preparing documentation and responding to audit requests.
• Assist with budgeting and forecasting activities, including data preparation, review of assumptions, and variance analysis.
• Analyze financial performance, highlight significant variances, and provide clear, actionable insights to accounting management and operations stakeholders.
• Participate in finance committee meetings as needed, presenting financial information and addressing questions related to accounting results.
• Lead accounting onboarding and transitions for newly acquired or onboarded facilities, ensuring accurate setup and smooth integration into existing processes.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Operations, Legal, and other internal partners to ensure policy adherence and consistent accounting treatment.
• Conduct periodic visits to clubs and facilities to support onboarding, relationship building, and operational alignment.
• Serves as a primary presenter for financial results and analyses in client-facing meetings, confidently delivering complex information, addressing questions, and tailoring messaging to diverse audiences.

Skills

Excel & MS 365

GAAP knowledge

Financial analysis

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or related field

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft 365 suite

Reporting tools

Job description

Troon’s Corporate office in Birmingham, AL seeks an Accounting Lead to supervise a small accounting team and deliver GAAP‑compliant reporting for a portfolio of clubs and corporate lines. This role emphasizes hands‑on review, quality control, and cross‑functional collaboration with operations.

You’ll own monthly close, review financial statements, coordinate with operations, support audits, budgeting, and forecasting, and present results to finance leadership.