Accounting Manager

What youll need to succeed as an Accounting Manager at XPO

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree
• Mandatory CA
• 7 years of combination public accounting/industry experience
• 2-3+ years of direct people management and mentorship experience
• Proficinecy with Microsoft Office tools, including advanced Excel skills with the ability to create pivot tables, use VLOOKUP as well as other analytical functions

Highly Preferred qualifications:

• Initially experience working in Big4, followed by experience working for a large, national publicly traded company. Experience in freight, transporation, or logistics industries a plus.
• Must have experience in local Statuory annual audit, account recolinaction, external audit SOX compliance
• Experience in ERP Systems and related systems such as Oracle, SAP , Excel, HFM, Blackline, Coupa, MRI Horizon (Prolease Enterprise) and Oracle Close Manager
• Strong analytical and organization skills
• Strong communication skills
• Comfortable prioritizing multiple work streams across daily responsibilities and long-term projects
• Must be team oriented; enjoys working with colleagues at all levels of the organization

What you’ll do on a typical day:

• Hands-on manager responsible for many aspects of accounting, reporting, and compliance, including but not limited to: facilitation of the end-to-end process of the financial close, preparing and reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, and trend/flux analysis during month end close.
• Supervise, train and develop senior and staff accountants on various accounting concepts and best practices
• Prepare/review requests from external and internal auditors, prepare/review technical accounting memos, among others
• Lead process documentation and enhancement efforts
• Actively partner with Finance, Operations and other department collegues to perform required monthly controls and analysis, and build effective processes.
• Provide support to accounting/finance management and internal customers as needs arise, including ad-hoc projects
• Drive monthly, quarterly, and annual book closure activities, ensuring timely completion of close processes and accurate financial reporting.
• Oversee general ledger accounting, including balance sheet reconciliations, intercompany accounting, accruals, prepayments, and analysis of variances.
• Lead and manage general accounting operations, ensuring accurate and timely recording of financial transactions in accordance with applicable accounting standards and company policies.
• Strong understanding of general accounting, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end/quarter-end close processes.
• Hands-on experience with US GAAP accounting
• Understating the differences between US GAAP and IFRS.