Sr. Accountant El Cajon, CA

Interim Senior Accountant

A Management Resources client is seeking a hands-on Interim Senior Accountant to support our accounting team through year-end. This individual will play a critical role in maintaining a 3-day month-end close, ensuring accurate financial reporting, supporting audit and tax requirements, and assisting with key accounting operations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support and execute a 3-day monthly close process, ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Analyze financial information related to assets, liabilities, equity, revenues, and expenses in accordance with GAAP and company policies.
• Prepare and post journal entries to accurately reflect financial transactions and account activity.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigate and resolve account variances.
• Support monthly accounting activities related to overhead allocations, labor variances, and purchase price variances.
• Maintain, analyze, and update accounting records and assist in the preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statements.
• Ensure the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of financial reporting and supporting schedules.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests, including preparation of schedules, supporting documentation, and account analyses.
• Support preparation of information required for federal and state tax filings.
• Coordinate and maintain the fixed asset ledger, including additions, disposals, transfers, and depreciation calculations.
• Prepare and analyze reports related to account reconciliations, inventory, fixed assets, expenditures, compliance, and tax matters.
• Serve as a key accounting resource for cross-functional departments throughout the organization.
• Support annual budgeting processes and year-end financial and tax package preparation.
• Participate in special projects, process improvements, and other accounting initiatives as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Public company accounting experience required.
• Experience supporting monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting within a SOX-compliant environment.
• Proven ability to operate successfully in a 3-day close environment.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP, financial reporting, account reconciliations, and month-end close processes.
• Experience with fixed assets, inventory accounting, and variance analysis.
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Experience with a large-scale ERP system is required, such as:
  Net Suite, SAP, Oracle, Microsoft Dynamics GP (Great Plains), JDE (JD Edwards) experience is a plus.