Sr. Accountant

We are looking for an experienced Sr. Accountant to support a manufacturing organization in Birmingham, Alabama through a Long-term Contract engagement. This position will concentrate on resolving complex cash reconciliation matters connected to acquired entities, with a strong emphasis on improving accuracy across critical accounts. The ideal candidate brings deep hands-on experience in account cleanup, investigative reconciliation work, and process enhancement using BlackLine and PeopleSoft.

Responsibilities:
• Lead detailed cash reconciliation efforts for accounts associated with acquired businesses and bring outstanding balances into alignment.
• Examine historical discrepancies, identify root causes, and resolve unreconciled items that have accumulated over multiple accounting periods.
• Use BlackLine to strengthen reconciliation workflows, increase matching efficiency, and support greater process consistency.
• Review activity across key cash-related accounts and complete adjustments needed to ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Prepare and post journal entries as needed to correct variances uncovered during reconciliation analysis.
• Partner with accounting and acquisition-related stakeholders to gather support, clarify transaction history, and close open issues.
• Maintain organized documentation of findings, resolutions, and account support for audit readiness and future reference.
• Contribute to month-end close activities by ensuring reconciliations and general ledger balances are current and properly supported.

Qualifications:

• Proven experience working as a Senior Accountant in a complex accounting environment.
• Strong background in cash reconciliations, bank reconciliations, and account reconciliation activities.
• Hands-on experience with BlackLine, including reconciliation and matching-related functionality.
• Working knowledge of general ledger processes, journal entries, and month-end close responsibilities.
• Ability to investigate historical accounting issues and independently drive issues through resolution.
• Experience using PeopleSoft or a comparable enterprise accounting system.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage large volumes of detailed financial data accurately.

Compensation

$51.46-$59.59 Hourly

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