Accounting Manager — PE-Backed, Multi-Entity Close (On Site)

Cobalt Service Partners; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Professional development

Job summary

Cobalt Service Partners, a PE-backed platform, is seeking an Accounting Manager to oversee the day-to-day accounting for a single operating company. You will manage monthly close, internal and external reporting, payroll oversight, and support the annual audit, while ensuring strong controls and regulatory compliance.

In this role you’ll work with ERP systems such as QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, and ServiceTitan, handling revenue recognition, job costing, and cash forecasting across multiple

Qualifications

• 5 to 8 years of progressive accounting experience with 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

GAAP mastery

Close & reporting

Reconciliations

Financial reporting

Excel & data modeling

Multi-entity consolidation

Education

Certified Public Accountant (CPA) preferred

Tools

QuickBooks

Sage Intacct

ServiceTitan

Excel

Job description

Cobalt Service Partners, a PE-backed platform, is seeking an Accounting Manager to oversee the day-to-day accounting for a single operating company. You will manage monthly close, internal and external reporting, payroll oversight, and support the annual audit, while ensuring strong controls and regulatory compliance.

In this role you’ll work with ERP systems such as QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, and ServiceTitan, handling revenue recognition, job costing, and cash forecasting across multiple