Senior Manager, General Accounting - Asplundh Tree Expert Co

Senior Manager, General Accounting

Job Type: Full-Time, Exempt

Pay: Salary

Benefits:

• Benefits Available and vary per position and location.

Are you a real go-getter looking for an amazing opportunity with a nationwide full-service utility contractor offering competitive wages and incredible benefits? Keep reading because this job might be for you!

Since 1928, Asplundh has been dedicated to safe, efficient, and innovative line clearance services for the utility industry. Reliable, uninterrupted power is an important service provided by the world's electrical utilities and Asplundh has the expertise to help keep the power flowing. Over the years, diversification has opened vegetation management services to other specialized markets such as municipalities, railroads, pipelines, helicopter vegetation services, and departments of transportation.

A family-owned and operated corporation headquartered near Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Asplundh has grown to employ over 36,000 service professionals throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities:

• Manage the General accounting team, which is the primary team responsible for the month-end financial close process, including majority of journal entries, accruals/estimates and account reconciliations
• Primary owner of master data in PeopleSoft (e.g. partner with Financial Reporting Manager to sync with consolidation (FCCS) and planning (ePBCS) tools)
• Review/approve higher-risk journal entries.
• Serves as primary contact with external auditors.
• Key contributor to identify and realize financial close efficiencies to drive the organization to a faster and more streamlined, accurate financial close process.
• Handle other responsibilities, as needed, such as project/system implementation support.

Requirements:

• BS in Accounting.
• CPA (Preferred, but not required).
• Minimum of 5 years in accounting (or similar) experience with increasing responsibilities directly involved in the financial close process; additional/more senior experience preferred and valued for this role.
• Large, public company experience preferred
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• A leader who promotes teamwork.
• Must be able to delegate.
• Ability to develop a vision of “what could be”, not just focused on “what is/has been”
• Demonstrated ability to execute/drive a project plan to completion,; including influencing others and effectively managing their team and others through change.
• In-depth experience using modern ERP’s such as SAP or Oracle, consolidation tools (e.g. FCCS) and financial planning tools (e.g. ePBCS) is preferred
• Good social skills in dealing with internal personnel, auditors, etc.

Pre-Screen

• Upon offer, employees may be required to complete and pass a pre-employment drug screen, background, and/or MVR check.

Physical Requirements:

• Rarely: crawling, climbing on//off trucks, climbing poles, gripping, color vision, pushing, pulling, climbing ladders, balancing, lifting to 50 lbs.
• Occasionally: kneeling, squatting, sense of touch, manual; dexterity, lifting over 10 lbs. to 50 lbs., reaching, range of motion, lifting, carrying.
• Frequently: standing, walking, stooping, climbing stairs.
• Constantly: sitting, body twisting, speaking clearly, seeing distant, seeing, reading, hearing-speech range, depth perception, lifting up to 10 lbs.

About Us:

As a full-service utility contractor, Asplundh performs tree pruning and removals, right-of-way clearing and maintenance, vegetation management with herbicides, and emergency storm work and logistical support. Asplundh is the parent company of Asplundh Infrastructure Group whose subsidiaries provide overhead and underground line construction, planning and design, meter reading and AMR/AMI installation, electrical testing, and street lighting/traffic signal services. Asplundh also operates Rotor Blade Airborne Utilities Management, overhead electric distribution, and transmission lines using MD 500 helicopters.

Individuals must be able to perform the essential functions of the position with or without reasonable accommodation.  Individuals with a disability who desire a reasonable accommodation should contact the ADA Coordinator at 1-800-248-8733, ext. 1339.

An Equal Opportunity Employer.