Accounting Manager

Position Summary:

The Accounting Manager for Sysco Business Services (SBS) provides leadership and direction to the Accounting analysts and global partners to manage day-to-day Accounting processes, teams and related activities for assigned Sysco entities and accounts timely and accurately. The role is responsible for providing guidance and support in resolving escalated issues and supporting other complex accounting activities. This role is also responsible for leading and developing the SBS and global accounting teams.

Primary areas of responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Responsible for leading the review of monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to lower risk and ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance in accordance to US GAAP
• Manages the health of balance sheet accounts by owning and resolving reconciling items through root cause analysis and in coordination with cross functional teams
• Responsible for the oversight of medium to high risk journal entries as prepared by the Global Staff Accountant and reviewed by SBS Accounting Analysts
• Ensures adherence to department goals/metrics, Internal Audit reports, and SLAs.
• Good understanding of end to end business processes and work with subledger groups (Payroll, AP, AR, Credit, Collections, Agreements, etc.)
• Translates technical accounting guidance into operational accounting processes
• Primary point of contact for the Sysco entities and their leadership teams on the balance sheet accounts assigned
• Overall responsibility for month-end task list, including BPC reporting packages for financial consolidation, on assigned accounts and entities to ensure all period close activities are completed on time and accurately
• Regularly leads key stakeholder meetings to discuss open risks and develop action plans to resolve
• Develops, performs, and monitors analytics on key accounts to drive resolution, create efficiencies in reviews, provide entity wide visibility, and reduce overall risk.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance to the Financial & Accounting Methods Manual (FAMM) and suggesting additions and/or updates where necessary
• Lead and complete internal and external audit requests
• Mentor new Accounting Analysts at SBS and Staff Accountants at SBS Global team members on Sysco Accounting processes and culture
• Lead process improvements and works with upstream process owners to streamline the end-to-end processes
• Provide value added insights and trends of financial data mitigate risks and help provide variance analysis to the field
• Support the Accounting Services Director on overall team management where necessary
• Complete special projects as necessary
• Responsible for providing final validation on financial and supplemental schedules
• Responsible for managing and resolving escalation issues relating to RTR work processes
• Act as a champion in assigned area and advise internal customers/stakeholders with accounting procedure as needed

Education

• Bachelor Degree in Accounting
• CPA Preferred

Minimum Experience

• 5 years progressive, related experience and 2 years experience in supervisory or team leader experience in leading team members

Professional Skills

• Demonstrates leadership skills and ability to effectively manage resources (personnel, equipment, materials, facilities, funds and reputation).
• Demonstrates skills in problem solving, team building, total quality management
• Ability to interpret and apply a variety of policies, procedures and/or precedents to resolve diverse issues and make effective decisions
• Process improvement mindset geared towards automation and elimination of process inefficiencies
• Knowledge of U.S. GAAP
• Ability to monitor and control department expenses, schedules and progress
• Ability to collaborate and work across functions within Sysco and with GPOs
• Microsoft Office and specialized accounting / finance software ERP Systems (i.e. workday).

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk and use hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and telephone to talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to sit and reach with hands and arms.

Working Conditions:

• The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by associates within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of associates assigned to this job.
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.