Director of Accounting Operations

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☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $115k - $135k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🧾 Accounting Manager

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PGLS

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2013

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

📚 Education

Consulting • Healthcare • Education

PGLS is a comprehensive language solutions provider dedicated to bridging language gaps for organizations of all sizes. Specializing in translation, localization, interpreting, and language training services, PGLS caters to various industries including government, healthcare, education, and technology. With a commitment to personalized service and scalability, PGLS is established as a trusted partner, leveraging over 150 years of combined industry experience to deliver accurate and culturally relevant language services that empower organizations to succeed in global markets.

📋 Description

• Provide operational oversight of the Accounting department, ensuring assigned work is completed, reviewed and delivered on schedule • Direct, assign and manage staff accountants • Manage accounting for acquired entities from signing until full integration, including Pangeanic and Simultrans • Ensure acquired entities deliver results and supporting data on schedule, roll results into Piedmont Global financials, and track open items and intercompany balances • Document acquired entities' processes, chart of accounts, vendors, customers and controls • Work with the Controller and technology team on migrations to Piedmont Global systems • Coordinate handoff of fully integrated entities to the Controller • Initiate wires and manage daily cash positioning while maintaining separation between payment initiation and bank reconciliation • Prepare and review payroll journal entries and related allocations • Own accounting system issues involving AR/AP and General Ledger integrations • Work with vendors, consultants and the technology team to resolve system issues and escalate as appropriate • Serve as intake point for requests from other departments and maintain the department's call and inquiry log • Maintain performance measures and logs, and report daily and monthly operational counts • Ensure department efficiency by reviewing timesheets and identifying work to eliminate, consolidate or reassign • Document and map department processes and identify opportunities for AI and automation • Lead implementation of CFO-approved process improvements • Support the Controller and CFO in month-end close by tracking the close calendar, open items and sign-offs • Serve as the go-to person for departmental problems and escalate matters requiring the CFO or Controller

🎯 Requirements

• Proven ability to run a multi-function accounting operation, assign work across a team and hold it to deadlines and quality standards • Experience documenting processes, measuring productivity and introducing automation or AI tools • Strong understanding of segregation of duties, approval limits and payment controls • Working knowledge of consolidation and intercompany accounting across several entities, including entities in the process of integration • Experience with an ERP system, preferably Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central • Experience with AP automation and payroll platforms • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work with other departments, vendors and outside advisors • Eight or more years of progressive experience, including supervision of staff • Exposure to government contracting is preferred • Analytical skills, attention to detail, critical thinking and excellent oral and written communication skills • Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a related field preferred • Ability to complete an approximately 10-minute AI screening during the interview process

🏖️ Benefits

• AI screening as part of the interview process • Remote work (United States)