Client Accounting & Advisory Services Manager

Elliott Davis

. Lead recurring accounting and advisory engagements for manufacturing and distribution customers, overseeing engagement teams, scope, timelines, risks, and deliverable quality.

Posted 10/5/2026full-timeUnited StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

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Demonstrates expertise in NetSuite accounting operations, financial reporting, and process optimization, while effectively leading teams and managing multiple engagements in manufacturing and distribution sectors.

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NetSuite Accounting OperationsUS GAAP ComplianceFinancial ReportingProject ManagementTeam Supervision and Training

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Hard Skills

Financial StatementsGeneral Ledger AccountingReconciliationsCost AccountingBudgetingForecastingCash Flow ManagementData AnalyticsProcess ImprovementInventory Accounting

Soft Skills

CommunicationRelationship-BuildingCollaborationAccountabilityCoaching

Tools & Technologies

Microsoft OfficeExcelNetSuiteQuickBooks OnlineQuickBooks EnterpriseFishbowlCin7Katana

Certifications & Qualifications

CPACMA

Industry Keywords

ManufacturingDistributionInventory-Intensive BusinessesOperational ProcessesCost Structures

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead recurring accounting and advisory engagements for manufacturing and distribution customers, overseeing engagement teams, scope, timelines, risks, and deliverable quality.
Serve as a key point of contact for day-to-day accounting, finance, operational, and advisory matters.
Serve as a trusted advisor on NetSuite accounting operations, reporting structures, workflows, system configuration, and process optimization.
Maintain understanding of customers’ operations, inventory flows, cost structures, strategic objectives, and engagement economics.
Maximize NetSuite functionality across financial reporting, inventory, purchasing, costing, and operational processes.
Identify opportunities to improve reporting, automation, dashboards, and workflows within NetSuite.
Lead internal and external meetings, communicate engagement progress, escalate issues, and support invoicing and communication with engagement leaders.
Use technology, AI, automation tools, and data analytics to improve service delivery, reporting, documentation, and customer outcomes.
Identify customer needs, process gaps, and potential service opportunities.
Advise on inventory accounting processes, inventory controls, and cost accounting considerations.
Review inventory reconciliations and rollforwards, reserves, cycle count results, physical inventory procedures, and related financial reporting support.
Support costing approaches, landed cost allocations, overhead considerations, and cost of goods sold analysis.
Support monthly and annual close processes and financial reporting by reviewing financial statements, workpapers, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules.
Prepare and review financial reports, budget-to-actual analyses, cash flow forecasts, and management reporting packages.
Advise customers on budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, and working capital optimization.
Analyze financial, operational, inventory, and KPI trends to identify risks and process improvement opportunities.
Support process improvement, system optimization, implementation, integration, automation, AI, and data analytics initiatives.
Supervise, coach, mentor, train, and provide developmental feedback to seniors, consultants, and staff.
Promote collaboration, accountability, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement within engagement teams.
Coordinate work across domestic and overseas resources when applicable.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
6+ years of public accounting and industry experience, preferably a combination of both.
Experience serving manufacturing, distribution, or other inventory-intensive businesses.
Strong understanding of US GAAP, financial statements, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, internal controls, and financial reporting.
Strong project management, communication, relationship-building, and follow-through skills, with the ability to manage multiple engagements and shifting priorities.
Experience supervising, coaching, training, and reviewing team member work.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office, including advanced Excel and Copilot capabilities.
Experience with NetSuite required.
CPA or CMA certification preferred.
Experience with manufacturing, distribution, wholesale, consumer products, or other inventory-intensive businesses.
Experience with accounting systems, including QuickBooks Online, QuickBooks Enterprise, and inventory-focused applications (Fishbowl, Cin7, and Katana).
Experience supporting budgeting, forecasting, cash flow management, working capital optimization, and other Controller or CFO advisory initiatives.
Regularly required to remain in a stationary position; use hands repetitively to operate standard office equipment; and talk or hear, both in person and by telephone.
Required to have close, distance, color, peripheral, and depth vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
Use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information, and documents; observe and interpret situations; work under deadlines with frequent interruptions; and interact with internal and external customers.

Benefits

Comp & perks

generous time away and paid firm holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s
flexible work schedules
16 weeks of paid maternity and adoption leave
8 weeks of paid parental leave
4 weeks of paid caregiver leave (once eligible)
first-class health and wellness benefits, including wellness coaching and mental health counseling
one-on-one professional coaching
Leadership and career development programs
access to Beyond: a one-of-a kind program with experiences that help you expand your life, personally and professionally