Staff to Senior Accountant

STAFF to SENIOR ACCOUNTANT

Are you looking for a growth opportunity? If so, our search firm has partnered with a fast-growing, entrepreneurial company to assist in their search for a Staff Accountant and a Senior Accountant to join their Finance team.

The person hired for each position will be a natural problem-solver who is independent, coachable, detail-oriented, and continually seeks process improvements.

Our client's hybrid model offers a healthy mix of working in person and remotely, strengthening key elements of the company’s culture by fostering collaboration and community.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare monthly, quarterly and year end accounting close activities
• Process/record daily cash transactions and update cash forecast accordingly
• Perform account reconciliations on various general ledger accounts and use problem solving skills to research and remediate any reconciling differences
• Oversee month-end close of assigned subledgers (i.e., Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Inventory)
• Assist, as needed, with AP. AR, and Payroll
• Perform monthly account analysis, research variances, and communicate insights with leadership
• Use GAAP accounting expertise to serve on cross-functional project teams to provide accounting guidance for various projects and new initiatives across the business
• Evaluate current processes and procedures and recommend changes
• Perform ad-hoc projects, tasks, and analysis to help support decisions, resolve issues, or support various business needs
• Participate in the annual financial statement audit by preparing requested workpapers/schedules

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with concentration in Accounting or Bachelor’s degree in business with 18+ hours of accounting credits completed
• CPA, CMA, or CFE a plus
• Public accounting audit experience a plus
• Minimum 2 years (staff)/4 years (senior) of relevant accounting experience with solid understanding of general ledger and financial statements
• Proficient in Microsoft Windows, Excel, and Word
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, communication and collaboration skills
• Detail oriented with history of consistently meeting deadlines