Accounting Manager - Contract

Our client is seeking an experienced Accounting Consultant to provide hands-on support with general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, fixed assets, and month-end close. This opportunity is ideal for someone with manager-level accounting experience who enjoys resolving accounting issues, improving processes, and helping a multi-entity organization keep its accounting operations running smoothly. This is a contract opportunity, with potential for conversion to a permanent role based on performance, the quality of work delivered during the assignment, and business needs. This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports.

Primary Responsibilities

• Complete outstanding account reconciliations and support ongoing monthly reconciliations across multiple entities.

• Investigate reconciling items, resolve discrepancies, and prepare journal entries and supporting documentation.

• Support fixed asset and intangible accounting, including additions, disposals, depreciation, amortization, and rollforwards.

• Review existing fixed asset processes and recommend improvements to accuracy, efficiency, and documentation.

• Support month-end close activities, including treasury, accounts receivable, and accounts payable reconciliations.

• Prepare intercompany journal entries and reconcile intercompany balances.

• Assist with payroll journal entries and related general ledger reconciliations.

• Support lease accounting, including new lease setup and related reconciliations.

• Streamline reconciliation procedures and strengthen supporting schedules and documentation.

• Prepare accounting schedules and documentation for the annual audit.

• Assist with accounting projects and system enhancements.

Requirements

• Strong corporate accounting experience at the Accounting Manager level or in a comparable hands-on consulting role.

• Extensive experience with general ledger accounting, month-end close, and account reconciliations.

• Hands-on fixed asset accounting experience.

• Advanced Excel skills, including VLOOKUPs, pivot tables, SUMIFS, and complex formulas.

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to independently research and resolve accounting discrepancies.

• Experience evaluating accounting processes and implementing practical improvements.

• Ability to prioritize outstanding work, meet deadlines, and collaborate with the accounting team.

• Multi-entity and intercompany accounting experience preferred.

• Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains experience preferred.

• Lease accounting and ERP implementation experience are a plus.

• Availability to work four days in the Dallas office and one day remotely each week.

If you enjoy hands-on accounting, solving problems, and making processes more efficient, we’d love to connect. Our client is seeking a consultant who can start as soon as possible, allowing approximately one to two weeks for onboarding.