Senior Accountant

Our client, a well-established financial services organization in Boston, is adding a Senior Accountant to its accounting team. This individual will be a key player in ensuring the accuracy and timeliness of the organization’s financial disclosures, collaborating with a dedicated team of professionals committed to transparency and excellence.

$100K-120K*

• rate listed not guaranteed – potential offers vary based on experience level, qualifications, and internal equity and may be outside of this range.

Applicants must be able to work onsite 2 days per week in Boston to be eligible for this position.

• Close out the month: build the cash flow statement and pull together the support behind it
• Draft quarterly and annual financial statements and footnotes, then work them through review with the team and the auditors
• Answer reviewer comments and keep every edit and question tracked until it is closed
• Prepare the recurring monthly and quarterly reports that go out to outside stakeholders
• Help get the quarterly earnings release ready
• Keep an eye on how peer financial institutions report, and bring back ideas
• Streamline and process systems, build better templates, and bring in automation and AI where it helps
• Keep the controls, procedures and desk manuals current
• Pick up special projects and technical accounting research as they come up

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting (CPA strongly preferred)
• 2-3+ years of public accounting, or 4-6+ years of corporate accounting, with strong financial statement preparation experience
• Strong GAAP knowledge and a solid understanding of external reporting requirements
• Hands-on experience with financial reporting and ERP platforms (a big plus if you can help integrate them)
• Advanced Excel and database or query skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a high degree of accuracy
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work independently and manage several priorities at once

The Hollister Group is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome and encourage applications from people who are under-represented in their respective occupation or position.