Temporary Senior Accountant

Position: Contract/Temporary Senior Accountant
Contract Senior Accountant

Contract (est timeframe asap June 2026 - Oct 30, 2026)

Location:

Flexible depending on the right candidate. On-site - East Providence, RI is highly preferred.

Direct Reports:
No

The Evans Group unites four industry leaders-Evans, Paktron, UTC, and Eulex-to deliver one of the industry's most specialized and comprehensive capacitor portfolios. Together, the group provides power-dense, high-reliability capacitor solutions engineered for mission-critical applications across defense, aerospace, energy, and advanced RF systems. All Evans Group capacitor manufacturers are based in the United States.

Position Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented, highly organized, and hands-on accounting professional to support accounting and finance operations across multiple manufacturing facilities. This role is ideal for a proactive self-starter who can own the numbers, ask the right questions, drive clarity, and ensure accurate, timely, and consistent financial processes across sites.

The Senior Accountant will support monthly close, accounts payable, accounts receivable, reconciliations, cost accounting, capital expenditure tracking, fixed assets, audit support, internal controls, and financial analysis. This role will partner closely with site leadership, operations, supply chain, procurement, vendors, customers, and corporate finance to ensure reliable reporting, strong controls, and efficient accounting processes.

The successful candidate will bring strong accounting fundamentals, manufacturing experience, ERP proficiency, excellent attention to detail, and a hands-on, collaborative approach.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Accounting, Close, and Reporting

• Support the accounting and finance function across multiple manufacturing sites and P&Ls, helping ensure consistent processes, reporting, and controls across locations.
• Assist with timely and accurate monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close activities in compliance with U.S. GAAP.
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and other close-related entries.
• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations and resolve reconciling items through timely root-cause analysis.
• Prepare and complete bank reconciliations across multiple accounts.
• Reconcile intercompany transactions and resolve discrepancies across internal entities.
• Support the preparation and review of site-level financial statements, reporting packages, and related analysis.
• Provide detailed financial analysis and insights to support operations, supply chain, finance, and leadership decision-making.
• Monitor and analyze key performance indicators to support continuous improvement and profitability.

Accounts Payable

• Accurately process a high volume of vendor invoices in a timely manner.
• Match purchase orders, receiving documentation, and invoices to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Collaborate with vendors, procurement, receiving, and internal stakeholders to resolve invoice discrepancies.
• Monitor accounts payable aging and support timely payment of vendor obligations.
• Maintain vendor master data and assist with year-end 1099 reporting.
• Reconcile monthly credit card statements and ensure proper coding, support, and approval of charges.

Accounts Receivable

• Apply customer payments and reconcile the accounts receivable subledger to the general ledger.
• Monitor accounts receivable aging and coordinate with Sales, Customer Service, and leadership on overdue balances.
• Respond to customer inquiries related to billing, payment application, account status, and open balances.
• Support cash forecasting and provide analysis related to collections and customer payment trends.

Cost Accounting, Inventory, and Manufacturing Support

• Support cost accounting activities, including standard costing, inventory valuation, bill of material integrity, production order tracking, and manufacturing variance analysis.
• Assist with analysis of production costs, capitalized variances, inventory movements, and manufacturing performance.
• Leverage ERP systems to support accurate production order tracking, costing, reporting, and operational visibility.
• Identify gaps in costing, inventory, production, and reporting processes and recommend system or process improvements.
• Run and maintain production and operational tracking files, including component, quality, delivery, or performance-related reporting as needed.
• Partner with Operations, Supply Chain, and site leadership to improve financial accuracy, process discipline, and reporting consistency.

Capital Expenditures and Fixed Assets

• Manage and monitor the capital expenditure process, including tracking project status, spend, approvals, and supporting documentation.
• Support capital investment planning and analysis.
• Maintain fixed asset records and ensure proper classification, capitalization, and documentation.
• Assist with fixed asset reconciliations and related audit support.

Internal Controls, SOX, and Audit Support

• Support SOX-compliant internal controls across sites and help ensure compliance with…