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Manager, Accounting - Omni

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Location
Dallas, TX
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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree, required

Job overview

The Accounting Manager oversees close and month-end accounting activities to support compliant financial reporting under GAAP, corporate policies, and external audits. The role manages monthly account closing, reporting, account analysis and reconciliations, and contributes to accounting policies, procedures, controls, and process improvements. It also supports ERP projects, audit collaboration, tax-return information gathering, and accurate cash recording.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Corporate Accounting, requiredIntercompany Allocations, requiredGAAP, nice to haveAccounting Concepts, nice to haveTechnical Accounting Memos, nice to haveCommunication, nice to have

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Accounting, requiredMaster's in Accounting or MBA, nice to haveCPA Certification, nice to have4+ Years Corporate Accounting Experience, required2+ Years Supervisory Experience, nice to have

Full job description

The Accounting Manager oversees a set of accounting activities specific to the organization’s Close and month end responsibilities to ensure compliance with GAAP, corporate policies, and external audits. This person will manage the monthly closing of accounts and preparation of reports in support of financial statements, complete analyses and reconciliation of accounts, and in the development and implementation of accounting policies, procedures, and controls.

Core Responsibilities & Duties:

  • Manage the monthly financial close process, including ensuring all costs incurred are properly recorded, reviewing journal entries, account balance reconciliations and report preparation

  • Participate in the ongoing development/establishment of accounting policies and procedures and operational strategies including the review and implementation of process and system changes

  • Continued focus on improving system efficiencies and business practices

  • Participate in strategic financial projects including upgrades/phase-two implementation of ERP software

  • Ensure compliance with internal control policies

  • Collaborate with external auditors to ensure successful audit results and compliance

  • Interacts at all levels and with budget owners or other stakeholders to produce timely, efficient, and accurate month-end close and all internal management and financial reporting through annual report

  • Responsible for hierarchy and scalability in chart of accounts and accuracy in the general ledger and financial statements and has ultimate authority over classification and booking of all transactions

  • Analyze the effect of statutory accounting practices and studies regulations and guidance to ensure correct application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

  • Make recommendations for changes as needed and ensure that company policies and procedures are followed and establish the proper techniques to discover and prevent fraud

  • Prepare detailed journal entries and account analyses

  • Assist with compilation of information for preparation of tax returns

  • Work with Shared Services to ensure all Cash is recorded timely and accurate

  • All other duties as assigned to meet evolving business needs

Qualifications:

  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited college or university; Master’s degree in accounting or MBA preferred

  • Certification: Certified Public Accountant (CPA) certification preferred

  • Experience: 4+ years of experience in corporate accounting required

  • Experience with intercompany allocations required

  • 2+ years supervisory experience preferred

  • Expert knowledge of and experience with GAAP and other key accounting concepts

  • Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, with experience writing technical accounting memos

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How this job compares

Set against the 1,501 open Accounting Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • Texas median$101–171K/yr57 salary ranges
  • US median$57–69/hr32 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 112 open Accounting Manager jobs in Texas and 1,501 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience — less than three in four Accounting Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 1,302 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 903 of the 1,501 open Accounting Manager jobs (60%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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