Accounting Manager

North Carolina Sound; Wilmington (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

Job summary

North Carolina Sound is seeking an experienced Accounting Manager to lead the day-to-day accounting for a single operating company. You will own the monthly close, revenue recognition, and project costing, while supporting the 13-week cash flow forecast and financial reporting.

The role requires 5–8 years of hands-on accounting, GAAP fluency, and experience with multiple ERP tools. Excellent Excel skills and the ability to manage a small team are key.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Close & reporting: run the monthly close, deliver fast and accurate flash.
• Project accounting: manage revenue recognition and job costing for projects.
• Reporting & forecasting: prepare the financial package and a 13-week cash flow forecast.
• Maintain and improve controls, budgets, KPIs, and regulatory compliance.
• Work in the operating company's ERP and support system implementations with the regional finance team.
• Lead and develop accounting staff; oversee payroll, AR, and AP where a team exists.

Skills

GAAP knowledge

Excel modeling

Close & reporting

Multi-entity accounting

ERP systems

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.

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

On-Site

• Multiple U.S. Locations

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.