Intercompany Accounting Manager

Aston Carter; Norwalk (CT); Hybrid; USD 69,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Aston Carter is seeking an Intercompany Accounting Manager in Norwalk, CT. The role focuses on overseeing intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and settlements across multiple entities, ensuring accurate eliminations in consolidation, and supporting audits. It requires GAAP expertise, consolidation experience, and strong ERP/Excel skills.

Hybrid work with in-office and remote Fridays. The position is contract-based and located in Norwalk, CT, offering benefits as described and a structured

Qualifications

• Requires degree in accounting/finance and professional accounting knowledge.
• Strong GAAP knowledge with consolidation and financial reporting experience.
• Experience with intercompany transactions and multi-entity environments.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (NetSuite/SAP/Oracle/Dynamics) is preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills and ability to analyze financial data.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration abilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversee intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and settlements across entities.
• Lead monthly intercompany reconciliations across accounts and entities.
• Identify and resolve intercompany out-of-balance items and aged reconciling items.
• Ensure elimination in consolidation and accurate reporting.
• Support audits with reconciliations and supporting documents.
• Coordinate with Treasury on cash movements for settlements.
• Assist ERP implementations and intercompany requirements testing.

Skills

GAAP expertise

Consolidations

Intercompany transactions

Cross-functional collaboration

Advanced Excel

Analytical thinking

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

CPA preferred

Tools

NetSuite

SAP

Oracle

Microsoft Dynamics

Job description

Job Title: Intercompany Accounting ManagerJob Description

We are seeking a detail-oriented and process-driven Manager of Intercompany Accounting to oversee all intercompany transactions, reconciliations, and settlements across our legal entities. This role is accountable for ensuring intercompany balances are accurate, agreed between counterparties, and eliminated properly in consolidation, supporting a timely and clean month-end close. The ideal candidate combines strong technical accounting skills with a continuous-improvement mindset and is comfortable coordinating across entities, business units, and regions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the recording and processing of intercompany transactions, including recharges, management fees, loans, cost allocations, and inventory or service transfers.

• Ensure transactions are recorded accurately, timely, and in accordance with company policy.

• Lead monthly reconciliation of intercompany receivable, payable, revenue, expense, and loan accounts across all entities.

• Drive timely identification, investigation, and resolution of intercompany out-of-balances and aged reconciling items.

• Ensure intercompany activity is accurately reflected in consolidated financial statements and management reporting.

• Support external and internal audit requests, providing reconciliations, agreements, and supporting documentation.

• Ensure intercompany balances are fully eliminated in consolidation, including foreign currency impacts, and partner with the Controllership team to resolve out-of-balances.

• Manage intercompany settlement and netting processes, coordinating with Treasury on cash movements.

• Support ERP implementation and other transformation initiatives by defining intercompany requirements, participating in testing, and driving adoption across entities.

Essential Skills

• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required. CPA strongly preferred.

• 5 years of relevant accounting/finance experience, including consolidation and financial reporting.

• Strong understanding of GAAP, consolidations, and general ledger accounting principles.

• Experience with multi-entity or multi-currency environments, ideally with intercompany transaction volume.

• Experience with ERP systems (e.g., NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics) preferred.

• Advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, Power Query); experience with BI reporting tools a plus.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Prior public accounting experience is a plus.

• Strong analytical skills to perform analysis and reconcile key accounts.

• Problem-solving abilities to investigate reconciling items and collaborate with internal teams.

• Knowledge of accounting standards to ensure compliance with provisioning and write-offs.

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines efficiently.

Work Environment

This position operates in a hybrid work environment based in Norwalk, CT, with four days in-office and Fridays remote.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Norwalk, CT.

Pay and Benefits

Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

The pay range for this position is $50.00 - $55.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract position based out of Norwalk, CT.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Nov 6, 2026.

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Norwalk,CT.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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