Senior Accountant Job Arlington area,Virginia USA,Accounting

Senior Accountant Opportunity

Our client, a very well capitalized, private equity backed company that is in high acquisition mode with a number of current nationwide targets, is recruiting for a new Senior Accountant to join their world class team. This is a ground floor opportunity for a talented Senior Accountant to take their career to the next level quickly with a great amount of career runway as this company rapidly builds their finance team and overall infrastructure.

This newly created Senior Accountant position will report to a tenured Senior Manager and support the corporate team with the close for multiple entities and related financial reporting. You will support their ongoing and active acquisition integrations.

Duties for this exciting Senior Accountant position will include the following:

Act as a key contributor to the month end and year end accounting close as well as three statement financial reporting for multiple acquired entities acting as their "Controller"
Review and prepare journal entries including monthly accruals, adjusting entries and complex entries to support complex transactions.
Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for accounts assigned and related account schedules
Act as a key liaison to the outside accounting firm regarding the external audit process and provide supporting schedules and requested information to support the year end external audit and quarterly reviews
Review and develop key accounting processes as continued analysis of internal controls with recommendations to strengthen them
As a part of a team, project manage upcoming system implementations and related technology projects
Effectively coordinate between operations teams and the corporate accounting team to maintain information flow and hit reporting deadlines
Perform ad hoc projects for senior management as assigned.

Your base pay will depend on your skills, experience and training, knowledge, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Our client offers medical benefits as part of their overall compensation package in addition to other robust benefits including strong bonus potential.