Senior Accountant

Job Title: Sr. Accountant

Job Description

The Sr. Accountant supports the corporate accounting function with a strong focus on detailed reconciliations, journal entries, and financial analysis. This role requires a solid corporate accounting experience and a hands‑on approach to investigating variances, reconciling intercompany transactions, and ensuring the accuracy and completeness of balance sheet and profit & loss (P&L) reporting across corporate divisions. You will play a key role in month‑end and year‑end close activities, support audits, and contribute to the continuous improvement of accounting processes and controls.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post recurring and non‑recurring journal entries related to corporate accounting activities.

• Manage and review purchase orders, corporate expenses, and audit‑related fees, ensuring proper coding, approvals, and adherence to policies.

• Perform detailed account reconciliations with a strong emphasis on balance sheet accounts, including complex and high‑value items.

• Prepare and review elimination entries and reconcile intercompany transactions between corporate entities.

• Analyze balance sheet and P&L accounts to ensure accuracy, completeness, and proper financial presentation across corporate divisions.

• Investigate and resolve variances, discrepancies, and outages through in‑depth analysis and reconciliation work.

• Perform variance analysis for corporate divisions, identifying root causes and providing clear, well‑supported explanations to leadership.

• Support month‑end and year‑end close processes, ensuring deadlines are met and financial information is accurate and reliable.

• Assist with audit requests by preparing supporting documentation and responding to auditor inquiries in a timely and professional manner.

• Collaborate with internal stakeholders across different departments to resolve accounting issues and improve reconciliation processes.

• Maintain and enhance documentation of accounting procedures, reconciliations, and designed checks and balances.

• Contribute to process improvement initiatives related to corporate accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting.

• Work with large ERP systems to support accurate transaction processing, reporting, and intercompany reconciliations.

• Use Excel to build and analyze workbooks, including pivot tables and formulas, to support financial analysis and reporting.

• Provide guidance and support to more junior team members and help create an environment where others can learn and grow.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of corporate accounting experience, including journal entries, purchase orders, expenses, audit fees, and detailed account reconciliations.

• Proven experience preparing elimination entries and reconciling intercompany transactions across multiple entities.

• Strong experience in analyzing balance sheet and P&L accounts, validating financial proof, and performing variance analysis for corporate divisions.

• Hands‑on experience investigating outages, variances, and discrepancies and resolving them through detailed reconciliation and analysis.

• Experience working in organizations with at least $100M in revenue or in a medium‑size corporate environment.

• Proficiency with large ERP systems such as SAP, NetSuite, or Oracle.

• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and formulas, to support financial analysis and reporting.

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to step back, assess information, and determine whether financial results make sense.

• Demonstrated ownership of work and accountability for accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of deliverables.

• Effective communication skills, with the ability to work with and present information to different departments and stakeholders.

• Experience with balance sheet reconciliations, including PP&E and other complex accounts.

• Professional accounting designation (CPA) or active enrollment in a CPA program is strongly preferred.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience participating in or supporting an ERP implementation.

• CPA designation or active participation in a CPA program.

• Experience with large‑firm or Big 4‑style financial reporting environments.

• experience in similar industries to those with substantial PP&E and high asset values.

• Experience working with workbooks and designed checks and balances to strengthen internal controls.

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