Finance Manager(Manufacturing Industry)

Hounen Solar America Inc.; Charleston (SC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Hounen Solar America Inc. is hiring a Finance Manager to lead core accounting operations, including general ledger, AR and AP. Reporting to the VP Finance, you will own monthly close, financial reporting and annual audits, while building scalable controls and a team.

This hands‑on leadership role in a manufacturing setting requires managing GL integrity, reconciliations, and cross‑functional collaboration with Operations and Cost Accounting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years in manufacturing.
• 2+ years supervising accounting staff across GL, AR and AP.
• Hands‑on ownership of month‑end close and GL in a US GAAP environment.
• Experience supporting external audits.

Responsibilities

• Own the full‑cycle general ledger including entries, accruals and inventory accounting.
• Lead month‑end and year‑end close with cross‑functional coordination.
• Review reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, analyses and schedules.
• Maintain chart of accounts and GL integrity across entities.
• Serve as primary contact for external audit and PBC schedules.
• Lead AR team: invoicing, cash application, collections and AR aging.
• Lead AP team: procure‑to‑pay, vendor setup and payments.
• Supervise and develop AR, AP and GL staff; implement internal controls.
• Drive process improvements and ERP/AP automation initiatives.

Skills

Financial analysis

US GAAP knowledge

Leadership & coaching

Communication

Process improvement

Education

Bachelor's in Accounting/Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Direct Reports: AR and AP staff; GL staff as the company grows

Industry: Manufacturing

About the Role

We're hiring a Finance Manager to lead our core accounting operations: general ledger, accounts receivable and accounts payable. Reporting to the VP Finance, you'll own the monthly close, financial reporting and the annual audit, and manage the people and processes behind them. This is a hands‑on leadership role in a manufacturing business. You'll keep the books accurate today while building controls, systems and a team that scale as we grow.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the full‑cycle general ledger: journal entries, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets and inventory accounting.
• Lead the month‑end and year‑end close on schedule, coordinating with Cost Accounting, FP&A and Operations.
• Review and approve balance sheet reconciliations, and investigate and resolve discrepancies.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, account analyses, variance commentary and supporting schedules.
• Maintain the chart of accounts and GL integrity across subsidiaries or entities as applicable.
• Serve as primary contact for the external audit, preparing PBC schedules and answering auditor requests.

Accounts Receivable

• Lead the AR team across invoicing, cash application and collections.
• Hold the team accountable for AR aging, DSO and credit policy, and reconcile AR to the GL monthly.

Accounts Payable

• Lead the AP team across the procure‑to‑pay cycle, from vendor setup through payment runs.
• Own payment controls and disbursement priorities, and reconcile AP to the GL monthly.

Leadership, Controls & Process Improvement

• Supervise, train and develop the AR and AP team, and build and supervise GL staff as the company grows; set clear priorities, deadlines and performance expectations.
• Design and enforce internal controls, including segregation of duties across GL, AR and AP.
• Make the close faster, more accurate and more scalable through standardized checklists and reconciliations.
• Lead automation of accounting workflows and support ERP, AP and expense technology improvements.
• Support tax, sales and use tax, and other compliance and financial reporting requirements.
• Take on ad hoc analyses and special projects for the VP Finance as the company grows.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive accounting experience, including 5+ years in a manufacturing environment.
• 2+ years supervising accounting staff, ideally across GL, AR and AP.
• Hands‑on ownership of the month‑end close and GL in a US GAAP environment.
• Experience supporting external audits.

Preferred

• CPA or CMA.
• Experience with inventory, standard costing or cost accounting.
• Experience implementing or upgrading an ERP or AP automation system.

Skills & Systems

• Strong working knowledge of ERP/accounting systems.
• Sharp analytical and problem‑solving skills, with a track record of finding and fixing discrepancies at the root.
• Clear communicator who can explain numbers to non‑finance partners in Operations and Sales.
• Works independently, prioritizes competing deadlines and takes full ownership of processes and outcomes.

Why Join Us

• Direct partnership with the VP Finance and visibility across the whole finance organization.
• Real ownership of GL, AR and AP: build a team and processes that grow with the business, not just maintain what exists.
• Competitive pay: base salary and bonus designed to meet or exceed market levels for the role.