Manager, Accounting Shared Services (35365)

Position Summary

The Manager, Accounting Shared Services is responsible for leading and continuously improving the company's centralized accounts payable, accounts receivable, and project administration. This position establishes consistent processes, clear accountability, timely service delivery, and appropriate controls across functions that support the company's operating teams.

This position serves as the primary point of coordination between Shared Services and the company's project, operational, and Finance leadership teams. The Manager, Accounting Shared Services oversees day-to-day service delivery while also identifying opportunities to standardize processes, eliminate inefficiencies, improve reporting, and leverage technology and automation.accounting operations

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations of the Shared Services function, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Project Administration within the department.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, service expectations, and accountability within the team.
• Develop staffing plans and recommend organizational changes as the company's needs evolve.
• Develop standardized processes and procedures across centralized support functions, including project setup, billing, subcontractor documentation, purchase orders, change management, and closeout activities.
• Establish and monitor service-level expectations and performance metrics for internal stakeholders, using data to identify areas requiring improvement.
• Serve as the escalation point for issues that cannot be resolved within individual functional teams.
• Ensure invoices, payments, collections, and related transactions are processed accurately and timely.
• Partner with Accounting leadership on month-end close, reconciliations, reporting, and financial controls.
• Identify recurring issues affecting project financial performance and develop corrective processes.
• Improve visibility into outstanding invoices, aging, cash flow, and other key financial metrics.
• Partner with Project Managers, Project Executives, and operational leadership to ensure timely financial and administrative support.
• Lead continuous-improvement initiatives across Shared Services, including documenting existing processes, implementing improvements that reduce manual work, errors, delays, and unnecessary handoffs, and evaluating opportunities for automation and better use of existing technology.
• Assist with audit requests and documentation as needed.
• Perform other duties as needed to support projects, operations, and the department.