Senior Accountant

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Full Time Gonzales, LA, US

6 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $95,000.00 To $ Annually

POSITION SUMMARY

The Senior Accountant strengthens the finance function across IES Safety's five operating entities, covering general ledger activity, reconciliations, and monthly close through financial statement preparation, internal controls, and process improvement. This role works closely with the CFO and finance leadership to support accurate, timely financial reporting and to strengthen systems, controls, and reporting infrastructure across the organization.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The essential functions include, but are not limited to, the following.

Billing and Accounts Receivable

• Oversee AR performance across entities, including aging trends, collection effectiveness, and resolution of escalated customer disputes.
• Ensure the AR subledger reconciles to the general ledger by entity, and drive resolution of unresolved discrepancies.

Accounts Payable and Payroll

• Oversee AP performance across entities, including exception review from Intacct AP automation and approval of payment batches processed by the AP clerk.
• Oversee payroll postings imported from ADP into Sage Intacct, ensuring accuracy of payroll journal entries, accruals, and reconciliations.

General Ledger, Close, and Reconciliations

• Review journal entries, bank reconciliations, and account analyses prepared across entities to ensure accurate general ledger balances.
• Manage the monthly and annual close process, including schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation, and own the close calendar.
• Prepare and deliver timely, accurate financial statements.
• Own the accuracy and completeness of data postings, imports, and reporting entered into Sage Intacct across the organization.

Multi-Entity Accounting

• Oversee accounting activity and intercompany reconciliations across the organization's operating entities, ensuring transactions are properly recorded, documented, and controlled.

Critical Accounting Schedules

• Own critical accounting schedules, including depreciation schedules, company allocations, work in process (WIP) schedules, and benefit cost schedules, ensuring accuracy and timely updates.

Cash and Forecasting

• Own the working capital reporting process, tracking cash, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and credit facility balances by entity.
• Provide oversight of daily cash positions across entities and elevate shortfalls or unusual activity to the CFO.

Budgeting and Analysis

• Manage the budgeting process, track performance against budget, and conduct variance analysis for leadership review.
• Analyze cost drivers and identify opportunities for cost reduction and operational efficiency.

Internal Controls and Compliance

• Maintain internal control procedures to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal regulations and to safeguard against fraud.
• Lead responses to audit requests and maintain audit ready documentation, collaborating directly with the CFO and external auditors as needed.
• Oversee sales tax filings across applicable entities and lead the transition to Avalara sales tax automation.
• Support compliance with government reporting requirements and tax filings.

Systems and Process Improvement

• Lead or contribute to ERP enhancements, reporting improvements, and workflow changes, including system integrations and ERP upgrades.
• Apply AI tools and automation to improve financial reporting, forecasting, and process efficiency where appropriate.

Special Projects

• Lead the preparation of financial data for audits, tax filings, contract bids, and internal projects as requested.

Policy and Leadership

• Maintain and enforce company-wide financial policies, applying sound accounting principles and established procedures.
• Review and mentor staff accountants, providing guidance on technical accounting questions and daily workflow.
• Perform other accounting and finance related duties as assigned to support the overall needs of the organization.
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from an accredited university.
• Five or more years of progressive accounting experience, including supervisory or leadership experience preferred.
• CPA, CMA, or MBA preferred but not required
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• Proficiency in Sage Intacct for financial accounting management and reporting .
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including Excel and Word; experience with Power BI or similar data visualization tools is a plus.
• Experience leveraging AI tools and automation to improve financial reporting, forecasting, and operational efficiency, or a demonstrated willingness to learn and adopt these tools, is a plus.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a growing, multi-entity environment.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to work across departments,…