ERP-Driven Accounting & Purchasing Manager (Onsite NC)

IST Precision Inc.; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

IST Precision Inc., north of Charlotte, NC, seeks an Accounting & Purchasing Manager to own financial operations and procurement. The role balances full-cycle accounting in QuickBooks, vendor management, and hands-on purchasing as the company migrates to ERP.

You will partner with leadership to improve financial clarity and purchasing discipline. This hands-on position emphasizes accuracy, internal controls, and process improvements in a lean, engineering-driven environment.

Qualifications

• ERP experience is required or strongly preferred.
• 5+ years of accounting/financial operations experience.
• Experience in manufacturing with inventory and job costing is preferred.
• Experience managing purchasing/procurement processes.
• Experience performing monthly reconciliations and financial close.
• Highly organized and process-driven.
• Comfortable in a growing engineering/manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle accounting in QuickBooks until ERP transition.
• Lead monthly close process and account reconciliations.
• Manage A/P, A/R, and invoicing.
• Maintain clean financial records and internal controls.
• Support budgeting and financial reporting.
• Maintain inventory and job cost accuracy.
• Assist leadership with financial reporting insights.
• Oversee purchasing of engineering BOM items and operational supplies.
• Manage PO tracking and vendor documentation.
• Oversee receiving and reconciliation of goods with invoices.
• Ensure purchasing aligns with project schedules and cost controls.
• Improve purchasing controls and approval workflows.
• Support ERP integration of purchasing processes.
• Assist leadership with ERP rollout and data migration.

Skills

ERP experience

Month-end close

Vendor management

Manufacturing accounting

Purchasing

Reconciliations

Organization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

QuickBooks

Job description

IST Precision Inc., north of Charlotte, NC, seeks an Accounting & Purchasing Manager to own financial operations and procurement. The role balances full-cycle accounting in QuickBooks, vendor management, and hands-on purchasing as the company migrates to ERP.

You will partner with leadership to improve financial clarity and purchasing discipline. This hands-on position emphasizes accuracy, internal controls, and process improvements in a lean, engineering-driven environment.