NPE Senior Accountant

Job Details:

Job Location:

National Pride Equipment and Car Wash Superstore - Mansfield, OH, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: $50000.00 - $75000.00

Salary, Travel Percentage:
None, Job Shift: Day, Job Category:
Accounting, Position Summary

• Lead assigned areas of the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, ensuring accurate and timely completion.
• Prepare and post complex journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, and allocations, with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Prepare account analyses and assist in preparing financial statements (P& L, balance sheet, and cash flow) in accordance with GAAP.
• Reconcile recurring unlimited-wash membership and subscription revenue between the point-of-sale (POS) system and the general ledger, ensuring accurate and timely revenue recognition.

• Perform and review balance-sheet, bank, and intercompany reconciliations across all entities, researching and resolving discrepancies.
• Reconcile daily cash-drawer drops, pay-station collections, across all sites to safeguard against revenue leakage.
• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger and chart of accounts.
• Support fixed-asset, lease, and other subledger accounting as assigned.
• Record and reconcile payroll journal entries, accruals, and related payroll-tax and benefit liabilities across all entities.

• Review the work of the Staff Accountant and accounting clerks, including journal entries, reconciliations, and AP/AR entries, for accuracy and completeness.
• Help maintain and improve internal controls, accounting policies, and procedures.
• Verify that physical inventory of chemicals, retail items, and gift cards reconciles to system records as part of site-level control reviews.
• Support the external audit and review process by preparing schedules and responding to requests.
• Prepare and support sales, use, and other regulatory tax filings across all entities, coordinating with the Accounting Manager, and external tax advisors as needed.

• Analyze financial information, identify trends and variances, and communicate findings to management.
• Prepare and evaluate site-level P& L and EBITDA reporting, including retail-to-membership conversion and regional performance trends.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and decision support for operations and leadership.
• Partner with regional and site operations leaders to explain financial variances and provide analysis supporting throughput and cost optimization.
• Contribute to process improvements and ERP system enhancements across Sage Intacct and Net Suite.

• Prepare monthly and quarterly variance analysis of actual results against the current forecast, annual budget, and prior year, with written commentary on key drivers.
• Perform variance analysis on site operating costs, including water, utilities, and chemical usage, against budget benchmarks.
• Develop, maintain, and update the annual operating budget and periodic reforecasts in partnership with the VP Finance and department leaders.
• Build and maintain financial models, reports, and dashboards that translate operating and financial trends into forward-looking projections.
• Support cash flow forecasting and treasury activities, including monitoring liquidity and cash positioning across all entities.

• Provide day-to-day guidance, training, and mentorship to junior accounting staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Or 7+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and general accounting principles and practices.
• Working knowledge of multi-entity consolidations, intercompany transactions, and ASC 842 lease accounting.
• Experience with month-end close, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
• Ability to analyze financial information and resolve discrepancies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Experience with Sage Intacct and/or Net Suite, or similar ERP.
• Experience in integrating point-of-sale (POS) data with back-office accounting systems.
• Experience in a multi-entity or high-volume accounting environment.
• Familiarity with high-volume retail or car wash operating metrics (e.g., capture rate, membership churn, and chemical cost per car).
• Prior…