Sr Accountant

Key Responsibilities

Client Accounting Support

• Serve as a trusted accounting consultant for clients across various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, technology, retail, distribution, logistics, financial services, and professional services.
• Assess current accounting processes and identify opportunities for improvement, standardization, and automation.
• Provide hands-on support for day-to-day accounting operations, month-end close, and financial reporting requirements.
• Quickly adapt to new business environments, systems, and organizational structures.

General Ledger & Financial Reporting

• Manage full-cycle general ledger accounting activities and ensure compliance with GAAP and client-specific accounting policies.
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, intercompany activity, and other complex transactions.
• Perform detailed balance sheet and income statement reviews to ensure financial accuracy.
• Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages for management and stakeholders.
• Analyze actual results against budget and forecast, identifying key business drivers and trends.

Month-End Close Leadership

• Lead or support accelerated month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Identify bottlenecks and implement best practices to improve close efficiency and accuracy.
• Establish close calendars, workflows, and reporting processes to support timely financial reporting.
• Train client teams on close procedures and accounting best practices.

Complex Reconciliations & Accounting Remediation

• Perform complex account reconciliations involving multiple entities, high-volume transactions, intercompany accounts, and legacy accounting issues.
• Investigate and resolve aged reconciling items and balance sheet discrepancies.
• Support accounting clean-up initiatives, historical account analyses, and financial restatements when necessary.
• Strengthen reconciliation processes and internal controls.

ERP Implementation & Transformation

• Support ERP implementation, conversion, integration, and optimization initiatives.
• Act as a liaison between finance, accounting, business, and technology teams.
• Assist with system configuration reviews, testing, data validation, cutover activities, and post-go-live support.
• Leverage expertise in:
• SAP S/4HANA
• Oracle Fusion Cloud
• Microsoft Dynamics 365
• NetSuite
• Support process mapping, workflow design, and finance transformation initiatives.
• Develop system-related accounting procedures and training documentation.

Process Improvement & Automation

• Evaluate accounting workflows and recommend scalable, efficient solutions.
• Implement process improvements to enhance accuracy, productivity, and internal controls.
• Utilize technology and reporting tools to automate manual accounting processes.
• Create executive-level reporting dashboards and analytical tools.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting and consulting experience.
• Demonstrated success supporting multiple clients, industries, or business environments.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting.
• Extensive general ledger and month-end close experience.
• Expertise performing complex balance sheet reconciliations and financial analysis.
• Experience with ERP implementations, upgrades, conversions, or system optimization projects.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including:
• Pivot Tables
• XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP
• INDEX/MATCH
• Power Query
• Power Pivot
• Financial modeling
• Large dataset analysis
• Dashboard development

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA designation strongly preferred.
• Consulting experience through a public accounting firm, advisory firm, or professional services organization.
• Experience leading finance transformation projects.
• Knowledge of SOX compliance and internal controls.
• Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Alteryx, or other reporting and analytics platforms.
• Multi-entity and multi-location accounting experience.

Professional Competencies

• Client-Facing Consulting Skills
• Financial Reporting & Analysis
• Technical Accounting Expertise
• ERP Systems Leadership
• Problem Solving & Root Cause Analysis
• Process Improvement & Change Management
• Executive Communication
• Project Management
• Business Partnership
• Adaptability in Fast-Paced Environments

Compensation

$75,000.00-$85,000.00 Yearly

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