Senior Manager, Accounting Operations

Summary

Join Promethean, a global leader in edtech, as an Accounting Senior Manager. You will be a trusted business partner, overseeing global accounts payable and receivable teams. This role involves managing cash payments and receipts, treasury functions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will lead initiatives to streamline processes and improve accounting support in a highly manual environment. The successful candidate will have strong experience leading and executing enhancements to accounts payable and accounts receivable processes. This position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent required
• 7-9+ years of relevant in accounts receivable, accounts payable, or accounting operations experience
• Global public company experience subject to SOX regulation operating across diverse regulatory frameworks, with sales and operations located in multiple countries
• Experience proactively providing insight, driving engagement, strong controllership, and ensuring consistent execution of day to day responsibilities of the team
• Experience leading and executing significant business process and system changes
• Attention to detail with a high level of accuracy and consistency in preparation of work
• Excellent organizational and process understanding
• Able to effectively handle multiple projects simultaneously in a deadline driven environment
• Excellent verbal, written communication, and interpersonal skills

Responsibilities

• Manage the global accounts payable and accounts receivable teams to drive initiatives to streamline processes and improve accounting line support and deliver on core day-to-day responsibilities in a highly manual environment without the aid of a robust accounting system or tool
• Work with Order Management, Operations, Procurement, and Product organizations to enhance cash payment and receipt processes to meet internal stakeholder and customer objectives, while yielding desired economic and accounting outcomes
• Design and maintain an effective internal control environment over the procure to pay and order to cash process as they relate to payables and receivables
• Work closely with the external auditor to facilitate annual audit process and address any audit requests and findings
• Serve as business owner of accounts payable and accounts receivable related to new ERP implementation and any related systems as it relates to process requirements, configurations and user acceptance testing
• Provide management with financial reporting information and operational support by providing period-end reporting such as aging reports, expense reporting, accruals and inputs for cash forecasting
• Manage and monitor the line of credit for availability and debt covenant requirements
• Manage the travel & entertainment expense management process including development of a process to identify expenses out of compliance with the T&E policy
• Oversee the accounting team in China, supporting the recording of accounting transactions, intercompany activities and T&E expense management

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Spending Accounts (FSA and HSA)
• Disability Programs
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with Matching
• Generous PTO and Holidays
• Parental Leave Programs with Child Care Subsidy
• Paid Volunteer Time Off
• Well-Being Programs (For example, company-wide health challenges)