The Antwi Group is seeking an experienced, highly organized, analytical, and trustworthy Finance & Accounting Department Manager to lead and develop our Finance & Accounting Department.
The Finance & Accounting Department Manager will oversee the organization’s day-to-day accounting operations, financial reporting, budgeting processes, internal financial controls, accounts payable and receivable functions, cash-flow reporting, recordkeeping, and other assigned financial activities.
Working closely with Executive Leadership, the Manager will help establish reliable financial procedures and reporting systems that provide leadership with accurate and timely information regarding the financial performance and position of The Antwi Group and its businesses.
This is a senior management position requiring strong accounting knowledge, financial judgment, leadership ability, attention to detail, confidentiality, and the ability to establish disciplined financial processes as the organization grows.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage the Finance & Accounting Department.
- Establish departmental procedures, workflows, responsibilities, and performance expectations.
- Supervise accountants, accounts payable/receivable personnel, accounting assistants, and other assigned finance personnel.
- Recruit, train, mentor, and develop department employees as the organization grows.
- Oversee the company’s general accounting activities.
- Maintain appropriate accounting records and financial documentation.
- Oversee general-ledger activity and account reconciliations.
- Coordinate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial closing processes.
- Review financial transactions for appropriate classification and documentation.
- Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable functions.
- Monitor outstanding customer balances and company payment obligations.
- Review bank and other financial-account reconciliations.
- Oversee expense reporting and approved reimbursement processes.
- Help maintain appropriate financial approval procedures.
- Prepare and review internal financial statements and management reports.
- Monitor company revenue, expenses, cash flow, and financial performance.
- Develop budgets and financial forecasts in coordination with Executive Leadership and department managers.
- Compare actual financial performance with budgets and forecasts.
- Investigate significant financial variances.
- Prepare financial analyses and recommendations for company leadership.
- Help establish and maintain appropriate internal financial controls.
- Coordinate financial information across The Antwi Group’s businesses and departments.
- Maintain organized financial records and supporting documentation.
- Coordinate with external accountants, tax professionals, auditors, banks, payroll providers, and other approved financial service providers.
- Support tax preparation by maintaining and providing appropriate financial records to qualified tax professionals.
- Assist leadership with financial planning and evaluation of significant business initiatives.
- Support financial analysis for proposed partnerships, projects, investments, and business-development opportunities.
- Maintain appropriate confidentiality regarding company and employee financial information.
- Report significant financial discrepancies, control concerns, or suspected irregularities to appropriate company leadership.
Financial Reporting
The Finance & Accounting Department Manager will help ensure that company leadership receives accurate and timely financial information.
Reporting may include:
- Income statements
- Balance sheets
- Cash-flow reports
- Budget reports
- Expense reports
- Revenue reports
- Accounts receivable reports
- Accounts payable reports
- Departmental spending reports
- Budget-to-actual comparisons
- Financial forecasts
- Management reports
Reports should be prepared consistently and supported by appropriate accounting records.
Budgeting & Forecasting
The Manager will coordinate company budgeting and forecasting activities.
Responsibilities may include:
- Developing annual budgets
- Establishing departmental budget procedures
- Gathering budget requests from department managers
- Reviewing proposed expenses
- Monitoring actual spending
- Preparing budget-to-actual comparisons
- Updating financial forecasts
- Identifying significant variances
- Evaluating anticipated cash requirements
- Preparing financial recommendations for leadership
Department managers may be responsible for their individual operating budgets, while Finance & Accounting maintains company-wide financial oversight and reporting.
Accounts Payable
The Finance & Accounting Department Manager will oversee procedures for company payments and obligations.
Responsibilities may include:
- Vendor invoices
- Payment approvals
- Payment scheduling
- Expense documentation
- Purchase documentation
- Vendor records
- Account reconciliation
- Outstanding obligations
- Payment records
Payments should follow established company authorization procedures.
Accounts Receivable
The Manager will oversee processes related to money owed to The Antwi Group and its businesses.
Responsibilities may include:
- Customer invoices
- Client balances
- Payment tracking
- Accounts receivable aging
- Payment application
- Outstanding-balance reporting
- Approved collection follow-up
- Revenue reconciliation
Significant overdue balances should be reported according to company procedures.
Internal Financial Controls
The Manager will help establish controls designed to protect company financial resources and improve the reliability of financial information.
Controls may address:
- Payment authorization
- Bank-account access
- Financial-system access
- Expense approvals
- Vendor setup
- Customer refunds
- Account reconciliations
- Cash handling where applicable
- Financial reporting
- Document retention
- Transaction review
Where practical, responsibilities involving authorization, payment, recording, and reconciliation should be appropriately separated.
Cash-Flow Management
The Finance & Accounting Department Manager will monitor company cash flow and provide leadership with appropriate financial information.
Responsibilities may include:
- Monitoring cash balances
- Reviewing expected incoming payments
- Reviewing upcoming obligations
- Preparing cash-flow forecasts
- Identifying potential shortfalls
- Monitoring significant expenditures
- Providing cash-position updates to leadership
Final decisions regarding financing, investments, distributions, or other major uses of company funds remain with authorized company leadership.
Financial Analysis
The Manager may prepare financial analysis for:
- New business initiatives
- Department expansion
- Hiring plans
- Equipment purchases
- Marketing campaigns
- Production projects
- Strategic partnerships
- Technology investments
- Business-development opportunities
- New services
- Other significant company initiatives
Financial analysis should clearly communicate assumptions, expected costs, potential returns, risks, and uncertainties.
Cross-Department Collaboration
Finance & Accounting will work with departments throughout The Antwi Group.
Executive Leadership — financial reporting, budgets, strategy, and major financial decisions.
Operations & Administration — purchasing, vendors, expenses, and operational budgets.
Human Resources — payroll coordination, compensation information, and employee-related financial administration.
Sales & Client Relations — customer invoices, revenue, payments, and accounts receivable.
Business Development — financial evaluation of new opportunities and partnerships.
Marketing, Social Media, Graphic Design, and Content & Media Production — campaign and production budgets.
IT & Digital Systems — financial-system access, security, and technology purchasing.
Audio Engineering — studio expenses, equipment purchases, and project financial information.
Financial Systems
The Manager may oversee or help administer approved financial systems involving:
- Accounting software
- Expense-management systems
- Invoicing systems
- Accounts payable systems
- Accounts receivable systems
- Payroll integrations
- Banking integrations
- Financial reporting systems
- Budgeting tools
- Spreadsheet-based financial models
Access to financial systems should be restricted according to employee responsibilities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, or a related field strongly preferred.
- Significant professional accounting or financial-management experience.
- Previous management, supervisory, controller, accounting-manager, or finance-leadership experience strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and accounting processes.
- Experience with financial statements and management reporting.
- Experience with general-ledger accounting and account reconciliations.
- Understanding of accounts payable and accounts receivable.
- Experience with budgeting and forecasting.
- Strong financial-analysis abilities.
- Strong spreadsheet and financial-modeling skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong organizational and time-management abilities.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong professional judgment and problem-solving abilities.
- Ability to communicate financial information clearly to non-financial managers.
- Ability to handle highly confidential financial information appropriately.
Preferred Skills
Experience in one or more of the following areas is highly desirable:
- Accounting management
- Corporate finance
- Financial reporting
- General-ledger accounting
- Accounts payable
- Accounts receivable
- Budgeting
- Forecasting
- Cash-flow analysis
- Financial modeling
- Internal controls
- Payroll coordination
- Financial-system implementation
- QuickBooks or comparable accounting platforms
- Microsoft Excel or comparable spreadsheet software
- Multi-entity accounting
- Entertainment, media, music, technology, or creative-industry finance
Professional credentials such as CPA, CMA, or comparable accounting or finance qualifications are a strong advantage but are not necessarily required.
Leadership Expectations
The Finance & Accounting Department Manager will be expected to take ownership of the organization’s accounting and financial-reporting function.
The successful candidate should establish disciplined procedures, maintain accurate records, develop employees, identify financial risks, and provide leadership with reliable information for business decisions.
Accuracy and financial integrity should take priority over speed when the two conflict.
Confidentiality & Financial Integrity
The Finance & Accounting Department may have access to bank information, financial statements, employee compensation information, vendor records, customer information, tax records, payment information, business forecasts, and other highly sensitive financial materials.
The Manager must demonstrate exceptional professionalism, discretion, integrity, and respect for appropriate financial controls.
Company financial access must only be used for authorized business purposes.
Location
Poconos, Pennsylvania
The position may involve office-based work, financial meetings, budgeting sessions, business planning, meetings with external financial professionals, and project-specific scheduling.
Availability requirements may occasionally vary during financial closing periods, budgeting cycles, tax preparation, audits, or other significant financial activities.
Employment Type
Full Time
Department
Finance & Accounting
Reports To
Senior Management / Executive Leadership
About The Antwi Group
The Antwi Group is a growing organization operating across creative, entertainment, media, and related business sectors. Our teams bring together creative talent, technical expertise, management, financial discipline, technology, production, and business development to build projects and opportunities designed for long-term growth.
Application
Interested candidates should submit an application outlining their relevant education, professional accounting or finance experience, management experience, financial-reporting experience, budgeting experience, and leadership qualifications.
Applicants may also be asked to provide a résumé/CV, professional references, relevant accounting or finance certifications, or other information demonstrating their qualifications.
Applicants should not submit confidential financial information belonging to a current or previous employer as part of their application.
The Antwi Group is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to characteristics protected by applicable law.