Contractors’ Warehouse —
Manager – Inventory Accounting

Position Purpose:

The Inventory Accounting team serves as a strategic and innovative partner focused on supporting business growth, as part of a world-class controllership organization. 
The Inventory Accounting Manager is responsible for leading a team of associates, senior associates and lead associates (individual contributors). The person in this role is accountable for driving the activities of the team, ensuring excellent customer service, and fostering continuous improvement of processes and delivery. This role leads overall day to day activities for their tower, including supporting the Company’s ongoing financial transformation, and assisting in the close process while partnering with cross functional teams and off-shore business partners. The Inventory Manager provides coaching to team members, along with supporting their development of business and technical skills. The individual in this role has experience leading people for guaranteeing the daily service delivery to multiple stakeholders across the company and driving engagement with their team. 
This role is expected to collaborate with stakeholders across the organization to align on strategies, project requirements and to ensure information is shared and transactions are completed effectively. These responsibilities require effective communication skills, building strong relationships and partnerships, and leveraging business proficiency to suggest solutions and provide recommendations.

Key Responsibilities:

• 10% Collaboration – Leverages prior experiences to help develop and recommend solutions; Effectively develops trust and collaboration with internal customers and cross-functional teams in other towers; Collaborates with appropriate team members to gather input and feedback concerning business needs; Understands the technical needs required for successfully tackling business problems
• 10% Continuous Improvements & Controls – Participates in the continuous improvement of processes by developing scalable and innovative solutions; Maintains Internal Controls and drive the team through required compliance; Ensures appropriate processes and job-specific requirements are properly documented; Works closely with controls and compliance teams
• 40% Operational Duties & Oversight – Monitors the team's progress against departmental goals; Monitors team's daily activities and has a close track of SLAs; Plans and executes month end/year end processes; Leads regular team calls to address operational topics, improvements and projects that require monitoring and resolution; Work with internal and external customers for improving service levels and solving operational issues across the process; Fosters continuous improvement and innovation by challenging and empowering teams by giving them guidance and tools for developing automations and building insights for the business; Oversees the administration of financial policies; Serves as escalation for an risks or issues; Provides updates and recommendation to leaders at all levels of the organization on short- and long-term objectives and policies, program effectiveness, team accomplishments, summary of findings, and explain internal and external impacts
• 30% People Management & Team Leadership – Provides leadership, mentorship and coaching to direct reports (individual contributors); Provides guidance on daily basis, keeps connected and communicates with the team; Provides performance reviews and timely feedback to direct reports regarding performance, execution, and contribution; Recruits and hires staff; Manages the different team members with respect for all people, coaching them for bringing up the strengths and skills that will set a successful group of highly motivated and strong performers; Fosters collaboration with team members; Develops a supportive and engaged team
• 10% Strategy & Business Development – Manages transformational projects from planning to execution and post action review; Shares insight and ideas on how to continue to evolve processes and increase efficiency; Drives adoption of leading-edge techniques and methods, both predictive and prescriptive; Allows team members to develop new skills

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• This Position typically reports to Sr Manager
• This Position has 4 Direct Reports

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous people or project team management experience

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite or related software as well as other accounting software programs

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree in Accounting

• Thorough understanding of accounting and / or finance principles and practices, generally accepted accounting principles, and generally accepted auditing standards

• Ability to anticipate work needs and interact professionally with customers

• Complete work accurately within a fast-paced environment

• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and research skills

• Experience with data analytics / data visualization

• Experience with application and implementation of difference systems, applications and innovative technologies like SAP S4 Hana, Google BigQuery, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligence

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a master's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 5

Certifications:

• Certified Public Accountant designation preferred

Competencies:

• Directs Work
• Nimble Learning
• Builds Effective Teams
• Collaborates
• Cultivates Innovation
• Instills Trust
• Optimizes Work Processes
• Communicates Effectively
• Customer Focus
• Drives Results
• Manages Conflict