Reconciliations Manager

Summus is seeking an experienced Reconciliations Manager with internal audit skills to lead the organization's account reconciliation program and ensure enterprise-wide balance sheet integrity across multiple operating companies. This role is responsible for driving reconciliation governance, improving financial controls, ensuring accurate subledger-to-general ledger activity, and supporting a disciplined month-end close process within a multi-entity environment.

The successful candidate will partner closely with the Assistant Corporate Controller, Controller, General Ledger Manager, and Reporting Manager to strengthen financial accuracy, standardize reconciliation processes, and improve visibility into balance sheet performance.

Key Responsibilities

Account Reconciliation Governance

• Establish and maintain enterprise-wide policies, standards, and procedures for general ledger account reconciliations.
• Own the monthly balance sheet reconciliation process across all entities.
• Lead reconciliation governance and certification processes utilizing Trintech (Adra) or similar reconciliation platforms.
• Monitor reconciliation completion, quality, and timeliness across business units.
• Review high-risk, complex, and judgmental account reconciliations.
• Ensure integrity of subledger-to-general ledger activity, including:
  • Accounts Receivable
  • Accounts Payable
  • Inventory
  • Fixed Assets
  • Intercompany Accounts
  • Cash and Bank Accounts
• Investigate aged reconciling items and drive timely resolution.
• Maintain reconciliation risk rankings and establish appropriate review frequencies.
• Develop reconciliation performance metrics and reporting dashboards for Finance leadership.
• Identify recurring issues and lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Leadership & Collaboration

• Manage and develop a team of accounting professionals.
• Promote a culture of accountability, integrity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Drive process standardization and best-practice adoption across the organization.