Job Details
Senior Manager of Finance and Accounting
Position: Senior Manager of Finance and Accounting
Industry: Manufacturing
Location: Berkeley, CA
Salary: $135K-$150K
Status: Full Time/Direct Hiring
Work Style: Onsite
Ref #: 30474
Responsibilities
- Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
- Prepare accurate financial statements and reporting packages for executive leadership and the parent company.
- Maintain and reconcile general ledger accounts.
- Oversee fixed asset accounting, including capitalization, depreciation, and disposals.
- Prepare working cash flow forecasts.
- Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and company accounting policies.
- Support the annual budgeting and long-range planning process.
- Prepare executive financial reports, KPI dashboards, and management presentations.
- Analyze revenue, gross margin, operating expenses, profitability, and business performance.
- Perform budget, forecast, and prior-year variance analysis.
- Lead, coach, and develop the Accounting Specialist.
- Foster strong cross-functional partnerships across the organization.
- Assist with insurance administration, business licensing, and other corporate compliance activities.
- Coordinate with external IT vendors supporting ERP and finance systems.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration
- 8+ years of progressive accounting, finance, and FP&A experience
- 3+ years of people management experience
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP
- Experience with month-end close, financial reporting, budgeting, and forecasting
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, Power Query, XLOOKUP, SUMIFS, and financial modeling
- Experience with ERP systems (NetSuite preferred)
- Experience with Consumer packaged goods preferred
- CPA and/or MBA preferred
- Manufacturing or Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) industry experience preferred
- Experience with external audits and consolidated financial reporting preferred