Global Accounting Manager

Why project44?  

At project44, we’re on a mission to make supply chains work. With Movement, our High-Velocity Supply Chain Platform, project44 optimizes the movement of products globally, delivering unparalleled resiliency, sustainability, and value for our customers. We operate the world's most trusted end-to-end visibility platform, tracking over 1 billion shipments annually for over 1,300 leading brands across manufacturing, automotive, retail, life sciences, food & beverage, and oil, chemical & gas industries. Recently named to Fast Company’s Most Innovative Company’s List, project44 is headquartered in Chicago with a diverse team spanning 19 global offices and growing.

If you’re eager to be part of a winning team that works together to solve some of the most challenging supply chain issues, let’s talk.

About the role:

This opportunity is ideal for someone with excellent knowledge and experience of close processes, and accounting in various environments and across several accounting areas. The ideal candidate would have a good fundamental understanding of US GAAP, statutory reporting, and consolidation. This opportunity will provide a variety of business and financial experiences via continued expansion of the industry globally, integration of new companies, technologies, systems, and hyper-growth challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

A successful candidate will thrive in a high growth rapidly expanding technology company via the following responsibilities:

• Lead the monthly close process by completing close checklist steps for US and foreign locations.
• Coordinate the completion of the monthly financial reporting package, including balance sheet and cash flow.
• Responsible for drafting year-end financial statements and footnotes, as well as liaison with external auditors to complete audited financial statements.
• Lead and complete timely balance sheet account reconciliations with responsibility for ensuring monthly account reconciliations are complete and accurate.
• Present and provide support for accounting policies and treatment where appropriate.
• Support annual and ongoing audit and internal controls requirements.
• Manage various accounting functions including ledger maintenance, using NetSuite.
• Responsible for proper accounting of commissions accrual, legal accrual, other accruals, fixed asset accounting, lease accounting, as well as associated analysis and reporting.
• Evaluate and identify improvements to accounting processes while ensuring that practices comply with GAAP.
• Supervision and oversight of direct and indirect accounting professionals at both domestic and foreign locations.
• Other ad hoc projects, including IPO readiness

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or similar study required.
• 7+ years of public accounting or multinational industry experience mix, preferably with demonstrated experience with publicly-traded companies
• CPA certification is mandatory.
• Enjoy building/refining accounting processes and leading projects as part of the growth steps of a company
• Work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment,
• Multitask and prioritize workload to meet deadlines
• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Systems savvy / technology enthusiast with knowledge of NetSuite, a plus (or similar ledger), Salesforce, and MS Office (or other system packages).

Diversity & Inclusion

We're designing the future of how the world moves and is connected through trade and global supply chains. We can only deliver a truly world-class product and experience if our teams are as diverse and unique communities we are building for. So it's up to us to create a company where anyone can bring their authentic self to work everyday. We're constantly working to improve, and we accept our responsibility to elevate the voices left in the margins. It's on every one of us.

Our focus on inclusion manifests in the way we hire, the customers we serve, and the regions we prioritize. We're building a company that every one of us at project44 is proud to work for: a company that celebrates you for being you.

We pride ourselves on celebrating everyone — project44 is an equal opportunity employer actively working on creating a diverse and inclusive work environment where underrepresented groups can thrive. If you share our values and our passion for helping the way the world moves, we’d love to review your application!

For any needed accommodations during the hiring process, please email [email protected]. Even if you don’t meet 100% of the above qualifications, you should still seriously consider applying. Studies show that you can still be considered for a role if you meet just 50% of the role’s requirements.