Accounting Manager

Strategic Advantage; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 128,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits package

Job summary

Strategic Advantage in Cedar Rapids, IA is seeking an Accounting Manager who blends rigorous financial analysis with proactive business partnering. You will forecast, monitor liquidity, and translate ledgers into actionable plans for the finance team.

With 6+ years in payroll processing and CMA certification, you will lead budgeting cycles, mentor colleagues, and contribute to a culture that builds scalable finance processes in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6+ years putting Payroll Processing to work in a finance setting.
• Freelance-structured delivery experience is a plus.
• Curiosity and a drive to sharpen your finance craft.

Responsibilities

• Pair CMA Certification forecasting with a trust-based review of the downside case
• Read covenant terms closely enough to keep the lender calm
• Translate the finance cost structure into a pricing floor leadership trusts
• Convert a messy chart of accounts into something a newcomer can read
• Trace a single transaction end to end when the numbers stop tying
• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against
• Develop cash flow models and monitor liquidity for the Cedar Rapids, IA team

Skills

Payroll processing

Curiosity

Strategic mindset

Education

CMA Certification

Job description

This endlessly-iterating Accounting Manager role in Cedar Rapids, IA blends the rigor of Cross-Functional Collaboration with the storytelling of business partnering. Pair mission-soaked drive with 6 years and Strategic Advantage returns $85,000 - $128,000, a Cedar Rapids base, and growth that outpaces the title.

Key Responsibilities

• Pair CMA Certification forecasting with a trust-based review of the downside case
• Read covenant terms closely enough to keep the lender calm
• Translate the finance cost structure into a pricing floor leadership trusts
• Convert a messy chart of accounts into something a newcomer can read
• Trace a single transaction end to end when the numbers stop tying
• Turn raw ledgers into forecasts the finance team can actually plan against
• Develop cash flow models and monitor liquidity for the Cedar Rapids, IA team

What You'll Bring

• 6+ years putting Payroll Processing to work in a finance setting
• A track record of community-minded delivery in a freelance structure
• A Strategic Advantage mindset: scrappy today, scalable tomorrow
• Curiosity and a continuous drive to sharpen your finance craft

The goal-oriented founders of Strategic Advantage built it in Cedar Rapids to fix the exact finance problems that drove them crazy elsewhere. Politics die fast at Strategic Advantage because we put the awkward stuff on the table early.

At $85,000 - $128,000, with mentorship and a benefits suite to match, this Accounting Manager seat at Strategic Advantage is built for people who want to rise.

We are filling this Accounting Manager seat now, with onboarding planned for the near term.