Cobaltservicepartners
Accounting Manager - St. Louis
St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Posted a month ago
The role
The Accounting Manager will own accounting for a newly acquired operating company. This includes monthly close, reporting, controls, payroll oversight, and the annual audit for project-based businesses.
What you will do
- Run monthly close and flash report.
- Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.
- Own revenue recognition under ASC 606, job costing, and WIP.
- Establish and manage cycle counts and inventory accounting.
- Own the accuracy of the income statement and balance sheet.
- Prepare the monthly financial package and variance analysis.
- Record, reconcile, and settle intercompany activity.
- Build and maintain a rolling 13-week cash flow forecast.
- Maintain and strengthen internal controls.
- Prepare PBC schedules and answer auditor questions for the annual audit.
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, with hands-on ownership of the monthly close.
- Strong command of GAAP, including ASC 606, reconciliations, accruals, and financial reporting.
- Experience with project-based accounting: job costing, WIP, and over/under billings.
- Experience running close and reporting across multiple entities, branches, or subsidiaries.
- Comfort in accounting systems such as QuickBooks, Sage Intacct, and ServiceTitan.
- Strong Excel and modeling skills.
- Self-directed, and able to bring structure to ambiguity.
Nice to have
- CPA
- public accounting background
- construction or inventory-heavy experience (job costing, WIP, cycle counts)
- experience supervising a team
Benefits
- Competitive base salary
- performance-based bonus
- Full health benefits
- 401(k) with match
- paid time off
- paid holidays
- life and disability coverage
- professional development support
About the company
Cobalt Service Partners (CSP) is building a commercial access and security integration platform. They grow by acquiring businesses that install, maintain, and repair commercial gates, doors, loading docks, and integrated security systems.