Senior Accountant

Job Title: Senior Accountant

Location: Memphis, TN

Reports to: Corporate Controller

Vaco is assisting its client in its search for a Senior Accountant to oversee and execute core accounting functions, ensuring accuracy in financial records and supporting process improvements across multiple entities globally. The ideal candidate has hands‑on experience with accounting operations, reconciliations, journal entries, financial reporting, and is comfortable working with foreign entities, foreign currency conversions, and ERP systems.

• Accounting Reconciliations & Month-End Close
  • Perform initial review of account reconciliations, ensuring all balances are accurate, complete, and supported by appropriate documentation.
  • Maintain and update the monthly Reconciliation Master File, tracking the status of all reconciliations for timely month-end close.
  • Identify and analyze reconciling items, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate with the team to resolve issues promptly.
  • Conduct preliminary review of non‑critical journal entries (JEs) and elevate exceptions.
  • Assist the team in correcting errors and ensuring compliance with accounting standards.
  • Support month‑end close procedures, ensuring accurate and timely financial reporting.
• Financial Reporting & Audit
  • Prepare internal reporting packages, including add‑back schedules and detailed financial results files.
  • Perform reconciliations between statutory books and Sage, applying foreign exchange (FX) logic as needed.
  • Support global financial statement preparation, including functional‑to‑USD conversions, consolidation adjustments, and intercompany eliminations.
  • Collaborate with external auditors during statutory and global audits, providing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation in a timely manner.
• Order-to-Cash & Accounts Receivable
  • Oversee end‑to‑end order‑to‑cash processes from Shopify orders to cash receipts in the bank.
  • Provide ad‑hoc reporting and analysis on sales returns, refunds, discounts, and credit card transactions to support decision‑making.
  • Reconcile Accounts Receivable (AR) on a monthly basis, ensuring accurate and timely collection reporting.
  • Reconcile Shopify orders to revenue recorded in the financial statements, ensuring proper recognition and accounting compliance.
  • Identify discrepancies, investigate variances, and elevate unresolved issues for timely resolution.
• Banking & Payment Transition
  • Assist with bank transition activities, including new bank account setups, reconciliations, and system configurations.
  • Facilitate partner payments on new mobile platforms and financial tools.
• Process Improvements & Documentation
  • Implement accounting processes and controls based on Controller/CFO guidance.
  • Build and execute standardized procedures, documenting workflow and best practices.
  • Identify opportunities to optimize operational efficiency and internal controls.
• Data Management & Analysis
  • Clean, organize, and maintain accounting and financial data.
  • Support creation of templates, macros, and automated reporting tools in Power BI.

• Education
  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA preferred.
• Experience
  • Minimum 4 years accounting experience.
  • Proven experience managing accounting month‑end close processes for multiple foreign entities in an ERP system.
  • Strong expertise in multi‑entity accounting, statutory and GAAP reporting, functional‑to‑USD currency conversion, and foreign exchange (FX) accounting.
  • Hands‑on experience with accounts receivable, accounts payable, general ledger, revenue recognition, intercompany reconciliations, accruals, and prepaids.
  • Experience with financial reporting, P&L variance analysis, and data management, including use of Power BI or similar data analysis tools to generate financial reports.
  • Hands‑on experience with process improvement, SOP documentation, and internal controls.
  • Experience in bank transitions, cash management, partner/vendor payments, and bank reconciliations.
• Skills
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and communication skills, with a detail‑oriented and proactive approach.
  • Ability to work independently and prioritize multiple tasks.
  • Strong problem‑solving…