Accounting Cleanup Specialist

Accounting Cleanup Specialist

Bridgeport, CT | Full-Time | Temporary Project | Onsite

Do you enjoy walking into a situation that needs to be untangled?

We're partnering with a well-established Connecticut company that recently completed a significant systems transition and is looking for an experienced accounting professional to help bring several critical accounting processes across the finish line.

This isn't a transactional Accounts Payable role. We're looking for someone who enjoys digging into the details, researching discrepancies, reconciling accounts, and solving problems that others may have overlooked.

If you've ever been the person brought in to clean things up, identify root causes, and restore order to a busy accounting department, we'd love to speak with you.
What You'll Be Working On

• Reconcile and clean up vendor aging reports
• Research outstanding balances, credits, unapplied payments, and discrepancies
• Work through bank reconciliation backlogs and identify outstanding issues
• Support audit preparation and assist with schedules and supporting documentation
• Analyze accounting data to identify inconsistencies and recommend solutions
• Investigate issues resulting from process changes and system transitions
• Partner with accounting leadership to resolve outstanding items and improve accuracy

What Makes This Different?
This is a hands-on project role focused on problem-solving rather than transaction processing.

You'll be trusted to:

• Work independently
• Prioritize issues and determine next steps
• Identify root causes rather than simply correcting symptoms
• Bring structure and organization to complex accounting situations
• Take ownership of your work and drive projects to completion

Ideal Background

• Strong understanding of accounting fundamentals, including debits and credits
• Experience with vendor reconciliations and Accounts Payable analysis
• Bank reconciliation experience
• Prior involvement in cleanup projects, system transitions, or backlog reduction efforts
• Ability to analyze data and identify discrepancies
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment where not every answer is immediately available

Who Will Thrive Here?
Someone who enjoys solving puzzles.

The ideal candidate is naturally curious, detail-oriented, and confident working through accounting issues independently. You don't need to be a Senior Accountant or CPA, but you do need a strong accounting foundation and the ability to work through complex reconciliations with minimal direction.
Why Consider This Project?

• Immediate impact and visibility
• Interesting, hands-on accounting work
• Opportunity to showcase your problem-solving abilities
• Work directly with accounting leadership
• Well-defined project with meaningful objectives and outcomes

If you're the type of accounting professional who enjoys rolling up your sleeves and bringing order to chaos, we'd love to hear from you.

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