The Missoula PaddleHeads, under the umbrella of Big Sky Professional Baseball, LLC.
, has a vision to grow our brand to achieve our mission: create a delightful customer experience that brings fans back time and time again, deepen our value to the community so we can harness our loyalty for public good, and stand as a centerpiece for everything baseball for our good neighbors in Western Montana.
The Accounting Manager is a hands-on, individual contributor who works directly with the ownership group and the leadership team to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting and analysis to support day-to-day decision making while ensuring proper internal controls and efficient and effective operations through fiscal discipline.
This role is responsible for all accounting functions using QuickBooks Online.
The successful candidate loves numbers, is deeply curious and committed to the wisdom good financial analysis can provide and enjoys over-communicating this information to the team.
This person, however, also enjoys working in a highly collaborative environment and contributes to other business processes which could include HR, administrative or technology systems, etc.
This is a full-time, year-round role that may require on-site contribution to events during the active baseball season.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
· Works directly with Ownership and Directors to develop and implement systems for collecting, analyzing, verifying and reporting key financial information to ensure fiscal competency and fiscal discipline across the organization.
· Evaluate and make improvements to accounting processes and internal controls while ensuring that practices comply with applicable laws and regulations.
· Accomplishes all accounting activities which includes processing accounts receivable, accounts payable, sales invoices, credit card reconciliation, employee expense reports, journal entries, monthly bank reconciliations and payroll in QuickBooks.
Works with the leadership team to create, manage and distribute timely financial reports against the budget and key scorecard metrics.
· Works collaboratively with Ownership, Directors, and Front Office to ensure the accuracy and completeness of financial information coming from our internal systems, to include our Point of Sale (Square), Ticket System (ViVenu), and Sales Contract Database (SCORE).
· Performs daily, month-end and year-end accounting functions; ensures they are completed timely and accurately.
· Attends events during the active event and baseball season (April through October), which may require weekend and evening participation, to ensure a deep understanding of our business model.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
· Solid knowledge of GAAP and understanding of financial statements.
· Ability to navigate a fast-moving organization, quickly gain business insight and influence and communicate with transparency.
· Problem solving expertise with a deep curiosity to identify operational opportunities and provide leadership to close those gaps through the development of financial maturity across the organization.
· Experience with Microsoft Office suite; proficiency with Excel.
· Possess strong collaboration and communication skills.
Education and Experience:
· Bachelor’s degree in accounting, or equivalent experience and education.
· A minimum of 2 years work experience in accounting with demonstrated growth in responsibilities.
Please include your salary requirements and a description of how your experience aligns with the key requirements.
Unfortunately, candidates without referencing this information will not be considered.
No phone calls please.
We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital or veteran status, or any other protected class.