Senior Staff Accountant

Senior Staff Accountant

Location:

Ontario, California

Employment Type:

Full-Time, On-Site Salary Range: $75,000 – $85,000 annually

Reports To:

Financial Controller & Business Planning Manager

Aliquantum International Inc. (AQI) is seeking a hands-on and highly accountable Senior Staff Accountant to support our growing accounting organization. This position will serve as the senior day-to-day accounting resource responsible for ensuring Accounts Receivable (AR), Accounts Payable (AP), collections, and month-end close activities are completed accurately and on time.

The Senior Staff Accountant will oversee and support members of the accounting team while remaining actively involved in the work. This is not a position for someone who only wants to review or supervise from a distance. The successful candidate should be comfortable working through accounting details, solving problems, reviewing transactions, training junior staff, and stepping into AR or AP responsibilities whenever necessary.

This position reports to the Financial Controller & Business Planning Manager and is intended for someone who wants to continue developing both technically and as a leader. A successful individual will have the opportunity to take on broader accounting responsibilities and potentially develop into an Accounting Manager role.

• Take an active role in the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close
• Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, schedules, and other month-end accounting activities.
• Ensure assigned close activities are completed accurately and according to established
• Review account balances and supporting schedules for accuracy, completeness, and unusual
• Investigate variances, discrepancies, and accounting issues and recommend appropriate corrective
• Maintain supporting documentation and ensure accounting records are organized and audit-
• Assist the Controller with financial reporting, audit requests, and other accounting projects as
• Continuously improve close procedures, reconciliations, and accounting

• Oversee the complete AR process and ensure invoices, cash applications, credits, deductions, and customer account activity are processed accurately and timely.

• Maintain visibility over AR aging and actively manage past-due
• Lead collection follow-up and ensure overdue accounts receive appropriate and timely
• Escalate collection risks, disputes, or significantly aged balances before they become larger
• Review customer accounts and work with Sales, Operations, and other departments to resolve
• Cross-train on all key AR responsibilities and provide backup support when
• Train and develop the Accounting Assistant responsible for day-to-day AR

• Provide oversight of AP activities to ensure invoices, payments, vendor records, and supporting documentation are processed accurately and on time.
• Work closely with the Senior AP Supervisor and accounting staff to resolve AP issues and maintain appropriate controls.
• Review AP aging, payment requirements, vendor discrepancies, and unusual transactions when
• Cross-train on critical AP processes and serve as backup support when
• Help maintain proper segregation of duties and consistent accounting

• Provide day-to-day accounting leadership and coordination across the accounting
• Help establish priorities, assign work, monitor deadlines, and ensure responsibilities are
• Review work prepared by junior accounting staff and provide timely feedback and
• Develop the Accounting Assistants through cross-training and progressively more complex
• Support the development of high-potential employees who may advance into Staff Accountant
• Work closely with the Senior AP Supervisor while maintaining overall visibility into AP performance and workload.
• Create an environment where problems are communicated early rather than allowed to remain
• Serve as a dependable escalation point for day-to-day accounting questions before Controller involvement is required.

• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, controls, reporting, and
• Help document…