Accounting Manager: Lead Month-End Close & Internal Controls

Prentke Romich Company; Wooster (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PRC-Saltillo in Wooster, Ohio, seeks an Accounting Manager to lead day-to-day accounting operations, the month-end close, and internal controls. You will oversee treasury, payroll, fixed assets, and financial reporting while mentoring a growing Finance team to ensure accurate and timely results.

This role partners with Finance leadership to drive process improvements, strengthen controls, and support a mission-driven organization that helps people who rely on AAC solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field is required.
• Six years of progressive accounting or finance experience, including month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting support, and internal control ownership, is required.
• Experience reviewing or supervising payroll, accounts payable, treasury, sales tax, balance-sheet reconciliations, and close-support work is strongly preferred.
• Prior people-management experience, including coaching, reviewing work, setting deadlines, and building accountability across a team, is preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems, SAP or similar accounting platforms, Avalara or other sales tax tools, payroll systems, banking portals, and expense management platforms is preferred.
• CPA, CMA, or equivalent advanced accounting credential is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Owns and coordinates the monthly close calendar, close status tracker, and month end checklist for non-AR accounting areas, including accounts payable (AP), fixed assets, cash, payroll, and related close activities.
• Owns month-end close execution for assigned accounting operations, ensuring journal entries, reconciliations, tie-outs, and supporting documentation are complete, timely, accurate, and control-focused.
• Leads non-AR balance sheet governance, including account ownership, reconciliation quality, review discipline, and escalation of material variances, weak support, missed deadlines, or judgment-heavy items.
• Reviews journal entries, account reconciliations, fixed asset accounting, deferred revenue support, payroll reconciliations, payroll variance explanations, and AP subledger-to-GL tie-outs completed by assigned team members.
• Reviews and oversees payroll and benefit accounting, including benefit-related reconciliations, benefit plan audit support, and accounting work needed to support the employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) valuation process.

Skills

Team leadership

Close management

Internal controls

Financial reporting

Budgeting & forecasting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA or CMA preferred

Tools

SAP

Avalara

ERP systems

Job description

PRC-Saltillo in Wooster, Ohio, seeks an Accounting Manager to lead day-to-day accounting operations, the month-end close, and internal controls. You will oversee treasury, payroll, fixed assets, and financial reporting while mentoring a growing Finance team to ensure accurate and timely results.

This role partners with Finance leadership to drive process improvements, strengthen controls, and support a mission-driven organization that helps people who rely on AAC solutions.