Manager, Accounting

Manager, Corporate Accounting

About the Role

The Manager, Corporate Accounting is responsible for SanMar's corporate accounting operations, including governance of monthly, quarterly, and year end indirect vendor processing. This role ensures coding accuracy across departments, cost centers, general ledger accounts, projects, fixed assets, and vendors, while maintaining ownership of fixed asset subledgers and project accounting cost aggregation.

This role leads SanMar's global commercial insurance program and evaluates internal control design and effectiveness across financial operations. The Manager, Corporate Accounting partners with internal and external stakeholders to drive accounting process improvements across non inventory procurement, project accounting, fixed assets, lease accounting, and insurance workflows, while supporting emerging business activities and non-routine projects.

Responsibilities

• Oversee integrity of the general ledger across corporate accounting areas, including fixed assets, project accounting, non inventory expenditures, lease accounting, and insurance related accruals.
• Manage and develop Accounting team members through performance management, professional development and resource optimization.
• Own the fixed asset subledger, including additions, transfers, disposals, depreciation, construction-in-progress roll-forward, and reconciliation to the general ledger.
• Oversee the full fiscal year accounting life cycle of non-inventory purchases and capital expenditures, including planning, scoping, execution, accounting treatment, and reporting.
• Manage indirect vendor invoice processing to ensure accurate coding across departments, cost centers, GL accounts, projects, fixed assets, and vendors to resolve coding exceptions and maintain master data integrity on both project and procurement categories.
• Lead project accounting, including aggregation of costs by project categories, capital vs. expense classification, period-end accruals, and project close-out reporting.
• Monitor periodic changes to FASB regulations for private companies relevant to fixed assets, leases, capitalization, and insurance accounting, assess the impact to SanMar, and make necessary changes to policies, procedures, and controls as appropriate.
• Lead SanMar's global commercial insurance program — applications, renewals, and assistance with claims management — across property, casualty, general liability, auto, cargo, cyber, D&O, and other non-benefits lines (excluding medical, health, and employee benefits insurance).
• Analyze and recommend improvements to systems, policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Lead key accounting process improvement projects involving multiple departments and for completing other non-routine project assignments as requested.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Comply with all policies and standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance or equivalent experience
• 7-9 years of professional accounting experience
• 1-3 years in leading teams in fast-paced, rapidly growing, yet collaborative and team-oriented environment is preferred
• Certified Payroll Professional (CPP)-APA
• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) in relevant corporate services
• Expert level understanding of an internal control framework (specifically COSO) to assess control design and operational efficiency and teach these concepts to more junior team members
• Familiarity with GAAP research tools and the FASB codification in relevant corporate accounting areas
• Solid organizational skills along with an aptitude for information technology and workflow/data automation
• Excellent analytical skills
• Ability to communicate across multiple departments
• Self-starter and ability to work independently and balance multiple projects and processes simultaneously
• Excellent written and verbal communication with interpersonal skills
• Ability to solve complex problems and communicate issues timely to the Controller/Assistant Controller, including accounting-coding exceptions, capitalization questions, and insurance claim developments
• Experience with Microsoft Dynamics D365 or similar ERP financial system is a plus

Compensation & Benefits

Salary: $105,000 – $150,000 annually, depending on experience

Bonus: Eligible for an annual discretionary bonus up to 15% of base salary

Paid Time Off: Accrued on a bi-weekly basis based on hours worked up to 152 hours per year to start. Employees also receive 8 paid holidays and 1 paid family day off.

Additional Benefits:

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits
• 401k plan with $1 for $1 match up to 4% of earnings, matched and vested at every pay cycle
• Life insurance
• Short/long-term disability coverage
• Paid maternity/paternity leave
• Pet insurance

Work Environment

Location: SanMar's Eastpointe office in Issaquah, WA in the Seattle metropolitan area

Schedule: Hybrid — Employees are required to work in the office Tuesday through Thursday each week. Additional days may be added based on business needs. Standard working hours are 8:00–5:00 PST. Periodic travel may be required.

Physical Requirements: The employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods while working on a computer and participating in virtual and in-person meetings. Frequent use of hands for keyboarding and standard office equipment is required. Occasional standing, walking, and reaching may be needed to attend meetings or collaborate in an office setting. The role requires the ability to perform close visual work on a computer for extended periods. The employee may occasionally lift and/or move up to 10–15 pounds. Reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.