Accounting Manager

Accounting Manager                    

Reports to: Business Unit Controller

Location: Irving, TX

FLSA Status: Exempt      

The Company

Meriton is a national investment holding company with a portfolio of companies in the commercial HVAC industry.  Founded in 2019, we believe merit has everything to do with standards and that nothing is beyond or beneath us.  We base those standards around a set of values that we hold tightly to, ensuring we are building the right thing, at the right time, with the right people.  We know that business is earned – never given – and that’s why we’re serious about what we do.  Working together, we’ll co-create lasting growth by defining big visions and hammering down little details.  Our resources streamline business processes and provide access to a network of teams with extensive industry experience. 

Our overall mission is simple: we want to create value and make a difference every day in our journey to be the best HVAC sales and service organization in North America. We believe we can succeed in that mission by being the BEST provider for our clients, the BEST partner for manufacturers, the BEST company for our employees, and the BEST investment for our current and future shareholders.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a strong Accounting Manager to support Meriton’s largest business unit.  The right candidate must be detail oriented, a self-starter, and have excellent organizational skills. The Accounting Manager must demonstrate strong Excel and other Microsoft applications skills and be able to work well with others in a fast-paced environment, and a growth environment. Candidates with accounting experience in a construction, engineering, or HVAC environment are desired, but not required.

Responsibilities

• Lead the accounting team’s monthly, quarterly, and annual closing process.
• Review journal entries, account/balance sheet reconciliations, and financial statement variance analysis.
• Monitor and ensure compliance with GAAP, regulatory requirements, and other internal policies and best practices.
• Lead coordination with other shared service accounting departments, accounts receivable and accounts payable, to ensure smooth day-to-day financial operations
• Collaborate with other departments (Sales, Operations, HR, etc.) to ensure alignment of business operations and financial goals.
• Lead audit schedule preparation and provide supporting documentation for external auditors.
• Strengthen team workload management and detailed review practices by ensuring reconciliations are reviewed timely, including during non-close weeks, and by maintaining consistent oversight of staff deliverables.
• Ownership of close and reconciliation checklists by keeping them accurate and current, clearly reflecting completed, pending, and reviewed items, and meeting close-related deadlines consistently.
• Build coverage and continuity planning by assigning backups when staff are out, ensuring critical work continues during absences, and completing work-item transitions within the expected one-to-two-month timeframe.
• Demonstrate manager-level autonomy by resolving routine staff questions directly, making decisions within the manager role, and escalating to the controller when the issue requires higher-level guidance or approval.
• Proactive communication and follow-through by identifying roadblocks early, confirming understanding of instructions, completing commitments on time, and maintaining a forward-looking plan for open goals and action items.
• Develop stronger team leadership by engaging more actively with team members, supporting staff training on key tasks, and continuing to build the manager-level skills required for the role.
• Consistently model Meriton’s core values by taking ownership of role responsibilities, being considerate of others’ time, respecting team structure and roles, strengthening problem-solving, and maintaining a clear focus on delivering results.
• Other duties and special projects as defined.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• CPA license preferred.
• Strong PC skills in Microsoft Office applications and the ability to learn accounting system applications.
• A desire and ability to support multiple locations.
• High level of initiative with ability to prioritize, multi-task, and deal with ambiguity and manage projects.
• Excellent communication skills both oral and written.

Other Skills & Abilities

Language Skills
Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.

Reasoning
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Mental stamina for problem solving and prioritizing multiple tasks.

Physical Demands
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to operate computer keyboard and telephone, reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may perform other related duties as negotiated to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Meriton is an Equal Opportunity Employer