M2M2 — Manager II
Accounting Manager II
Manages a specific area of the close (e.g. accounts payable & receivable or fixed assets). Reviews reconciliations and journal entries prepared by staff, resolving discrepancies.
What this level means
Manages an established team or sub-function; owns planning and performance for the group.
- Scope
- An established team or sub-function
- Autonomy
- Owns planning for the group
- Complexity
- Cross-project coordination and priorities
- Impact
- Group delivery and development
- Decision rights
- Owns staffing, priorities, performance for the group
- Leadership
- Manages a team; sometimes manages leads
- Typical experience
- 5–8 yrs
What you'd do
- Ensures timely execution of sub-ledger close
- Begins to lead SOX control testing for assigned processes
- Reviews reconciliations and journal entries
- Resolves discrepancies in financial records
- Manages specific areas of the financial close
- Execute sub-ledger close processes
- Lead SOX control testing
- Review and resolve financial discrepancies
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Sub-ledger management
- SOX control testing
- Discrepancy resolution
- Team leadership
- Advanced accounting software proficiency
- Sub-ledger management
- SOX compliance
- Financial discrepancy resolution
- Accounting software
- Biotechnology financial operations
- Accountability and organization
- Ability to multitask under deadline
- Clear written/verbal communication
- SOX compliance
- Leadership
What good looks like
- ~5–7 years total, including supervisory tasks or team lead roles
- Demonstrated competence in transactional accounting and reconciliations
Common titles
Manager, General Accounting ManagerGeneral Accounting Manager ManagerAccounting Manager II
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 13-0000 — Business & Financial Operations Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.