Accounting Manager

North Carolina Sound; Pikeville, Winston-Salem, Wilmington (NC, NC, NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Professional development support

Job summary

North Carolina Sound, a commercial technology and security provider in North Carolina and South Carolina, is seeking an Accounting Manager to own the monthly close, project accounting, and financial reporting for a single operating company. You will lead a hands-on team, ensuring clean controls and accurate payroll, AR, and AP, while supporting audits and ERP initiatives.

The role emphasizes revenue recognition, job costing, and cash flow forecasting within a project-based business model.

Qualifications

• 5–8 years of progressive accounting experience with hands-on monthly close ownership.
• Strong command of GAAP, including reconciliations, accruals and financial reporting.
• Experience closing and reporting across multiple entities, branches, or subsidiaries.
• Proficiency with accounting systems (QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, ServiceTitan) and ability to learn new tools.
• Excellent Excel and data-modeling skills; ability to bring structure to ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Own the monthly close and close reporting; drive speed and accuracy improvements.
• Manage revenue recognition and job costing for projects; oversee inventory and cycle counts where applicable.
• Prepare the financial package, variance analysis, and 13‑week cash flow forecast.
• Maintain and improve controls, budgets, KPIs, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with regional finance team; support ERP implementations and integrations.
• Lead and develop accounting staff; ensure accurate payroll, AR, and AP.

Skills

GAAP proficiency

Close & reporting

Project accounting

Excel & data modeling

Multi-entity accounting

Payroll oversight

Education

CPA preferred

Tools

QuickBooks

Sage Intacct

ServiceTitan

Job description

North Carolina Sound

North Carolina Sound is a commercial technology and security provider serving North Carolina and South Carolina. Its focus is security, communications, and infrastructure systems for commercial and industrial operations, school districts, healthcare facilities, and state and local government. Locally owned and operating for more than 35 years, the company works from locations spanning the Piedmont Triad through eastern North Carolina to the coast. It continues to grow across both states.

The Role

Our Accounting Managers own the day-to-day accounting operation for a single operating company: the monthly close, internal and external reporting, controls, payroll oversight, and support of the annual audit. This is a hands-on, in-the-details role that partners closely with our regional finance team. Because our businesses are project-based, revenue recognition, job costing, and cash discipline sit at the center of the work. Scope and team size vary by operating company, and our recruiting team will walk you through the specifics when there is a match.

What You'll Own

• Close & reporting.Run the monthly close, deliver a fast and accurate flash, and continuously improve the speed and accuracy of the process.
• Project accounting.Manage revenue recognition and job costing for projects, and, where applicable, inventory management and cycle counts.
• Reporting & forecasting.Prepare the financial package and variance analysis, and manage a 13-week forward-looking cash flow forecast.
• Maintain and improve controls, budgets, and KPIs, and keep regulatory compliance clean.
• Work in the operating company's ERP and support system implementations and integrations alongside the regional finance team.
• Where a team exists, manage and develop the accounting staff; ensure accurate payroll, AR, and AP.

What We're Looking For

• Roughly 5 to 8 years of progressive accounting experience, with genuine hands-on ownership of the monthly close.
• Strong command of GAAP, with fluency in reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
• Experience running close and reporting across multiple entities, branches, or subsidiaries.
• Comfort in accounting systems (our operating companies run tools such as QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, and ServiceTitan) with the ability to learn and work in new ones.
• Strong Excel and data-modeling skills, and the self-direction to bring structure to ambiguity without hand-holding.

Preferred: a public accounting foundation; project-based, construction, or inventory-heavy experience (job costing, WIP, cycle counts); prior experience supervising a small team; CPA.

Why North Carolina Sound

• A high-growth, PE-backed platform where accounting is close to the business and your work drives real operating decisions.
• The chance to build and strengthen finance processes as we scale across a growing set of companies.
• Competitive base salary and performance-based bonus, benchmarked to your market and the scope of the seat.
• Full health benefits, 401(k) with match, paid time off, and professional development support.

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As set forth in North Carolina Sound’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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