Accounting Manager- Dallas

We are undergoing an Accounting transformation here at OBE.  We are hiring 6(!) Accounting Managers to help to lead the way.  If you have ever wanted to put your fingerprints all over an Accounting function, and have a real chance to build- look no further.  Descriptions for the openings are below.  Come join this industry leader!

Who we are:

At OBE, together, we build excellence every day we are driven by our passion to lead our industry and build a sustainable future, we focus on exceeding customer expectations and delivering innovative solutions. We succeed, through the dedication of our empowered teams and partners who fuel our ambition, to achieve excellence in the markets where we have a right to win.

We believe safety, integrity, performance culture, teamwork, customer centric, and agility are at the core of who we are and how we operate each day to achieve success. 

Oldcastle Building Envelope operates a fast-paced, dynamic, deadline-driven, and complex manufacturing environment. The company works toward complete and absolute customer satisfaction, in addition to safety, superior quality, and continuous improvement. The people are execution-oriented ‘doers’ who are nimble, technically savvy, and reliable.

How you’ll make an impact:

As a key member of the Accounting team, you will ensure OBE’s accounting policies, procedures and controls are consistently applied and in accordance with U.S. GAAP. This position requires strong communication and the ability to interact with several members of the accounting and finance team across the organization at varying levels.  This position will need to be self-motivated with extensive US GAAP knowledge, process implementation and internal controls experience.  This is a newly created position with the organization, and the Company’s strategy (and this position) requires a change leader who is comfortable with being part of a team driving positive change and process improvement.  This is a hybrid role, working out of our Dallas Corporate Headquarters three times per week.

Roles Available with Responsibilities

(1) Manager, Operations Accounting (Glass Fabrication)

• Work closely with facilities to ensure business activities are transacted properly and consistently across all facilities in our systems
• Review bad debt reserve for all facilities and communicate any issues with sales team
• Review sales rebate reserves and payouts, and ensure accruals are timely and accurate
• Communicate with operations leaders to maintain appropriate reserves for warranties, back charges and credit memos
• Review procedures performed to ensure proper revenue recognition across facilities: matching principle, proper cut-off, no bill & holds, etc.
• Review Goods Received Not Invoices reporting and work with the receiving team and AP team to ensure accruals are current and appropriate
• Ensure timely month-end close process and maintain open lines of communication with Controllers and Finance Directors with status updates
• Build, enhance, and retain skilled accounting staff while providing ongoing mentorship and development opportunities for team

(1) Manager, Operations Accounting (GGS - Service Centers)

• Work closely with facilities to ensure business activities are transacted properly and consistently across all facilities in our systems
• Review bad debt reserve for all facilities and communicate any issues with sales team
• Review sales rebate reserves and payouts, and ensure accruals are timely and accurate
• Communicate with operations leaders to maintain appropriate reserves for warranties, back charges and credit memos
• Review procedures performed to ensure proper revenue recognition across facilities: matching principle, proper cut-off, no bill & holds, etc.
• Review Goods Received Not Invoices reporting and work with the receiving team and AP team to ensure accruals are current and appropriate
• Ensure timely month-end close process and maintain open lines of communication with Controllers and Finance Directors with status updates
• Build, enhance, and retain skilled accounting staff while providing ongoing mentorship and development opportunities for team

(1) Manager, Operations Accounting (GGS - Service Centers)

• Responsible for inventory accounting across all service centers
• Ensure inventory costing is accurate and up-to-date
• Work closely with facilities to ensure business activities are transacted properly and consistently across all facilities in our systems
• Review consolidated inventory rollforward for all facilities, reconciling to the GL every month and researching discrepancies and outliers
• Review and report slow-moving inventory reserve and work with operations team to maintain appropriate inventory levels
• Oversee physical count procedures by hosting trainings, answering questions, reviewing monthly support for compliance with policy, reviewing qty adjustments, etc.
• Work with metal processing team to eliminate any intercompany profit

(1) Manager, Operations Accounting (GGS / Coral)

• Oversee the month-end close process and full-cycle accounting for Coral Glass and Coral EP
• Responsible for performing user access reviews for Friedman system, ensuring appropriate segregation of duties
• Review and approve all balance sheet reconciliations from Friedman
• Ensure transactions are recorded appropriate in the system, in compliance with GAAP, and consistent with other OBE facilities
• Build, enhance, and retain skilled accounting staff while providing ongoing mentorship and development opportunities for team

(1) Manager, Corporate Accounting

• Responsible for accounting for payroll and benefits for all of OBE
• Work closely with payroll department and HR information services to design and build processes in UKG to allow for simple and error-proof coding of payroll into various ERP systems
• Coordinate with HR and Total Rewards / Benefits team members to ensure appropriate accounting for health and welfare benefits, IBNR accrual, pharmacy rebates, etc.
• Oversee accounting for OBE’s Supplemental Executive Retirement Plan, working with third-party actuaries, payroll, and financial reporting to ensure accurate recordkeeping and disclosures
• Responsible for maintaining appropriate incentive compensation accruals for various plans across OBE, including final review prior to incentive compensation payouts
• Create playbook for HR to follow when assigning new employees to locations, regions, departments, etc. and perform audits to ensure consistency across OBE
• Assist with audit of 401(k) plan, as needed
• Assist with annual merit increase process, as needed

(1) Manager, Corporate Accounting

• Responsible for general corporate accounting across all of OBE
• Review goodwill and intangibles rollforward on a monthly basis, coordinating with the M&A and FS Reporting teams to include any additions from acquisitions and impairment considerations
• Responsible for overseeing completeness and accuracy of various accruals across corporate and GGS, including but not limited to:
  • AP accrual for invoices received but not yet processed
  • Lag accrual for estimate of goods / services incurred, but not yet received in the system
  • Coordinate with legal department to establish accrual or legal fees incurred but not yet invoices
  • Coordinate with functional leaders from various departments (marketing, procurement, HR, finance, IT, etc.) to accrue for professional fees incurred but not yet invoiced
  • Prepare consolidated accruals for utilities across OBE
  • Work with property tax accountant to ensure appropriate property tax accruals are in place
  • Establish appropriate accruals for T&E transactions that are incurred but not yet approved / recorded

About the right person 

How you get things done

• Integrity Track record of strong personal and professional integrity; committed to continue building a sustainable, profitable business while meeting the highest ethical standards.
• Leadership Capable to lead positive change, influence, and mentor members of the accounting team.
• Strong Communicator Exceptional communication skills that influence customers, industry contacts, C-level executives, peers, and employees.
• Judgement/Decision Making Consistent logic, rationality, and objectivity in decision making. Neither indecisive nor hip-shooter.
• Change Agent Embrace and lead positive change and guide the organization through tough challenges while respecting the legacy and history of the company. 

Essential qualifications

• Minimum of seven (7) years of progressively responsible accounting leadership roles
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
• Extensive US GAAP experience and understanding with a "get things done" attitude
• Experience working for a public company with an effective SOX environment preferred
• Experience with private equity-backed companies preferred
• Experience in manufacturing, distribution, or supply chain, with manufacturing experience preferred
• A builder who is comfortable developing and implementing business process improvement as opposed to a maintainer of business processes already in place.
• Strong collaborator and business partner - enables and facilitates the needs of the business and identifies proactive solutions to challenging situations
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate across all levels of the organization