Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant Remote | Full-Time | $70,000–$90,000 Base Salary + 10% Target Bonus We are a growing fencing contractor operating in the construction industry, performing commercial and industrial fencing projects across multiple states. As our geographic footprint continues to expand, so does the complexity of our accounting, payroll tax, sales tax, and state compliance requirements.

We are looking for an experienced Senior Accountant who enjoys digging into complex accounting issues, cleaning up problems, researching tax requirements, and building processes that keep those problems from coming back.

This is not a routine accounting position.

We need someone who can operate at a strong Senior Accountant level while also taking ownership of multi-state payroll tax, sales/use tax, and state compliance projects.

CPA firm or public accounting experience is strongly preferred, particularly someone who has been exposed to multiple clients, complex reconciliations, audit or tax work papers, financial statement preparation, and researching unfamiliar accounting or tax issues.

What You Will Own Senior Accounting Assist with month-end close and preparation of supporting journal entries

Assist with preparation and maintenance of balance-sheet reconciliations

Research and resolve historical GL discrepancies

Review payroll, tax, accrual, prepaid, fixed-asset, and liability accounts

Assist with financial statement preparation and account analysis

Support construction accounting, job costing, WIP, retainage, and related reconciliations

Prepare audit-ready work papers and supporting schedules

Identify accounting-control weaknesses and implement better processes

Multi-State Payroll Tax Review payroll-tax setup for employees working across multiple states

Research state withholding, unemployment, reciprocity, and other employer requirements

Register new state and local payroll-tax accounts

Research and resolve historical filing issues and tax notices

Reconcile payroll tax filings, payments, payroll reports, and GL accounts

Work with the payroll provider to ensure employees are taxed correctly based on work location

Help identify potential historical payroll-tax exposure and assist with corrective filings or remediation when necessary

Sales & Use Tax Assist with our ongoing multi-state sales-tax nexus review

Research construction sales/use-tax requirements by state

Determine registration and filing requirements

Review reseller, resale, and exemption documentation

Prepare or review sales/use-tax filings

Help identify potential historical tax exposure and assist with corrective filings or remediation when necessary

Develop procedures so tax requirements are identified before projects begin

What We Are Looking For Strong Senior Accountant-level accounting knowledge

Experience with month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statements

Ability to independently research unfamiliar accounting and tax issues

Experience with payroll tax, sales/use tax, or multi-state compliance

Strong Excel skills and the ability to work with large data sets Excellent documentation and workpaper skills

Ability to identify the root cause of a problem rather than simply correcting the immediate issue

Comfortable communicating with state agencies, payroll providers, CPAs, auditors, Operations, and leadership

Construction accounting experience is highly desirable

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Books and/or Sage experience is helpful

Experience using AI tools to improve accounting research, data analysis, documentation, reconciliations, or process efficiency is a plus Preferred Background We are particularly interested in candidates who have worked in a CPA firm, public accounting, audit, tax, or accounting advisory environment and later moved into industry.

You do not need to know every state's tax law from memory. You do need to know how to research an issue, reach a supportable conclusion, document your work, reconcile the accounting, and implement a process that works going forward.

The Person Who Will Succeed Here You are curious enough to ask why an account does not reconcile.

You are persistent enough to follow the issue until you understand it.

You know the difference between making a journal entry to force an account to balance and actually determining why it is wrong.

You are comfortable researching a tax question you have never encountered before.

You embrace technology and look for better ways to work, including using modern tools and AI where appropriate to improve efficiency and…