Accounting Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Position Title: Accounting Manager

Department: Accounting and Finance

Reports To: Controller

FLSA Status: Salary/Exempt, Full-Time, Benefited

Compensation Details: $130k-$150k (experience dependent)

Position Summary

The Accounting team manages all aspects of day-to-day general ledger accounting and period-end close responsibilities including the compilation and distribution of internal financial reporting. The Accounting Manager owns the monthly accounting close, supervises the accounting staff and helps maintain discipline and rigor across the accounting and reporting processes.

Supervisory Responsibilities

Accounting Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of the accounting staff.

Travel

Travel is not typical for this position but may be required at times.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Own the accounting close, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting in line with generally accepted accounting standards.
• Prepare account analysis and reconciliations of balance sheet and P&L accounts.
• Research and interpret accounting rules to ensure compliance with US GAAP
• Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing accounting team, fostering a culture of learning, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Strengthen internal controls to ensure financial accuracy and integrity.
• Drive process improvements to make financial operations faster, smoother, and more scalable.
• Partner with teams across Sonic to simplify financial processes, provide insights that drive better decision-making and elevate financial understanding across the company.
• Support audits and regulatory requirements, working closely with external auditors and internal teams.
• Participate in special projects, analysis and other ad-hoc tasks as assigned.

Job Requirements

• 8-10 years of experience in the accounting profession, with public accounting or public company experience preferred
• CPA strongly preferred
• BA or BS degree
• Strong knowledge of accounting principles and regulations, excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, and proficiency in accounting software (SAP preferred)
• Proven ability to lead and manage small teams (3-4 people), including setting clear goals and objectives, providing guidance, and ensuring team members have the resources and support needed to achieve results
• Proven ability to foster a positive work environment through collaboration, inclusion and employee engagement
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to think strategically and provide financial insights to support business decisions
• Capable of performing effectively in a high-pressure setting with strict deadlines
• A proactive and organized self-starter, skilled at multitasking and detail oriented
• Ability to be a team player, and ability to work well in both in-person and remote work environments

Work Environment

This position operates in a typical office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as a laptop computer, and smartphone. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is consistently required to sit; key/type, talk, hear, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Equal Opportunity

Sonic is an equal opportunity employer. Sonic is committed to providing a work environment free of harassment, discrimination, retaliation and disrespectful or other unprofessional conduct based on sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), race, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), color, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver's license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, registered domestic partner status, age, sexual orientation, military and veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law or ordinance or regulation. It also prohibits discrimination, harassment, disrespectful or unprofessional conduct based on the perception that anyone has any of those characteristics, or is associated with a person who has or is perceived as having any of those characteristics.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Sonic is an at-will employer. The job description does not constitute an employment agreement, or contract, between the employer and employee and is subject to change. Other functions may be assigned and/or reassigned by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change. The only employment contract that exists between you and Sonic is that of at-will employment. Employee signature below constitutes employee's understanding of the requirements, essential functions and duties of the position.