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This is a hands-on, player-coach role: this position personally closes the books each month, keeps the general ledger accurate across all entities, and turns that ledger into reporting the owner, lenders, and the outside CPA can rely on.\nThe company carries a large, floor-plan-financed generator inventory, runs installation and service crews in three markets, and is actively growing (including a building purchase and commercial financing). This position brings the books to an audit-ready standard, finishes the cleanup that followed the 2025 QuickBooks migration, and builds the monthly discipline that lets leadership make decisions from current, trustworthy numbers.\nKey Responsibilities\nMonth-End Close and Financial Reporting\nOwn the full monthly close for all three operating entities and the parent company, using a documented close checklist and calendar.\nReconcile every balance sheet account monthly: bank, credit card, merchant clearing, inventory, floor plan, fixed assets, loans, payroll liabilities, sales tax, intercompany, and equity.\nPrepare monthly entity-level and consolidated financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow) with a written variance commentary for the Owner.\nProduce location-level reporting so leadership can compare Corpus Christi, the Valley, and Victoria on revenue, gross margin, labor cost, and overhead.\nMaintain a clean chart of accounts and enforce consistent coding across all entities.\nInventory, Floor Plan, and Cost of Goods Sold\nOwn generator inventory accounting at the serial-number level, from receipt through installation, so inventory on the balance sheet ties to the floor plan statement plus cash-purchased units.\nRelieve inventory to cost of goods sold each month for completed installations, using completed work-order and invoice data from RevLink and RazorSync.\nStructure inventory into clear sub-accounts (floor-planned generators, cash-purchased generators, transfer switches, parts and electrical supplies) and reconcile each one.\nReconcile the floor plan lender statement monthly, track curtailments and interest, and confirm sold units are paid off on time.\nCoordinate periodic physical counts at each location, investigate variances, and record shrinkage or adjustments with documented support.\nTrack Generac warranty claim reimbursements and extended warranty sales and costs so receivables and margins are accurate.\nPayroll Accounting\nReview each Gusto payroll before approval and own the Gusto-to-QuickBooks mapping, so wages post to the correct entity, location, and department.\nAllocate direct labor (installation and service) to cost of goods sold and administrative and sales wages to operating expense, and reclassify with journal entries when needed.\nRecord payroll taxes, benefits, and withholdings correctly, keeping employee withholdings on the balance sheet rather than in expense, and reconcile payroll liability accounts monthly.\nSupport commission, flag-time, and incentive pay calculations with accurate, timely data.\nMulti-Entity and Intercompany Accounting\nRecord and reconcile intercompany transactions between the three operating LLCs and the parent company so that due-to and due-from balances agree every month.\nPrepare consolidating schedules and eliminations for consolidated statements.\nDocument intercompany policies (shared costs, management fees, inventory transfers, and loans) and apply them 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so book depreciation agrees with what is reported on the tax returns.\nHandle 1099 reporting, property tax renditions, and other recurring filings, and maintain a compliance calendar.\nHistorical Cleanup and Audit Readiness\nComplete the reconciliation of prior-year balances following the 2025 QuickBooks migration, including review and correction of historical inventory and cost of goods sold entries against filed tax returns.\nClear legacy balances (opening balance equity, temporary and suspense accounts, and stale intercompany entries) with documented support.\nBring the books to a standard that would hold up to a lender review or a financial statement review engagement.\nPlanning, Analysis, and Decision Support\nBuild and maintain the annual budget by location and report budget-to-actual results monthly.\nAnalyze gross margin by job type (new installation, service, maintenance agreements, and warranty), by location, and by sales channel.\nProvide the Owner with KPI reporting on cash, margin, labor efficiency, inventory turns, and receivables.\nModel the financial impact of growth decisions, such as new facilities, hiring, new product lines, and financing options.\nParticipate in monthly financial review meetings with the Owner and outside advisors.\nSystems, Controls, and Process Improvement\nDesign and maintain internal controls appropriate for a growing small business, including approvals, segregation of duties where practical, and documented account reconciliations.\nWrite and maintain accounting procedures (close, inventory relief, payroll review, intercompany, and sales tax) so the work is repeatable and transferable.\nPartner with the company's automation and reporting resources to improve data flow between RevLink, RazorSync, Gusto, and QuickBooks Online, in line with franchisor data-handling standards.\nIdentify manual workarounds and replace them with reliable, documented processes.\nQualifications\nRequired\n5+ years of progressive, full-cycle 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