Sr Accountant

Description

Key Responsibilities

Client Accounting Support

+ Serve as a trusted accounting consultant for clients across various industries, including manufacturing, healthcare, technology, retail, distribution, logistics, financial services, and professional services.

+ Assess current accounting processes and identify opportunities for improvement, standardization, and automation.

+ Provide hands-on support for day-to-day accounting operations, month-end close, and financial reporting requirements.

+ Quickly adapt to new business environments, systems, and organizational structures.

General Ledger & Financial Reporting

+ Manage full-cycle general ledger accounting activities and ensure compliance with GAAP and client-specific accounting policies.

+ Prepare and review journal entries, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, intercompany activity, and other complex transactions.

+ Perform detailed balance sheet and income statement reviews to ensure financial accuracy.

+ Prepare monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reporting packages for management and stakeholders.

+ Analyze actual results against budget and forecast, identifying key business drivers and trends.

Month-End Close Leadership

+ Lead or support accelerated month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.

+ Identify bottlenecks and implement best practices to improve close efficiency and accuracy.

+ Establish close calendars, workflows, and reporting processes to support timely financial reporting.

+ Train client teams on close procedures and accounting best practices.

Complex Reconciliations & Accounting Remediation

+ Perform complex account reconciliations involving multiple entities, high-volume transactions, intercompany accounts, and legacy accounting issues.

+ Investigate and resolve aged reconciling items and balance sheet discrepancies.

+ Support accounting clean-up initiatives, historical account analyses, and financial restatements when necessary.

+ Strengthen reconciliation processes and internal controls.

ERP Implementation & Transformation

+ Support ERP implementation, conversion, integration, and optimization initiatives.

+ Act as a liaison between finance, accounting, business, and technology teams.

+ Assist with system configuration reviews, testing, data validation, cutover activities, and post-go-live support.

+ Leverage expertise in:

+ SAP S/4

HANA

+ Oracle Fusion Cloud

+ Microsoft Dynamics 365

+ Net Suite

+ Support process mapping, workflow design, and finance transformation initiatives.

+ Develop system-related accounting procedures and training documentation.

Process Improvement & Automation

+ Evaluate accounting workflows and recommend scalable, efficient solutions.

+ Implement process improvements to enhance accuracy, productivity, and internal controls.

+ Utilize technology and reporting tools to automate manual accounting processes.

+ Create executive-level reporting dashboards and analytical tools.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

+ Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related discipline.

+ 5+ years of progressive accounting and consulting experience.

+ Demonstrated success supporting multiple clients, industries, or business environments.

+ Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting.

+ Extensive general ledger and month-end close experience.

+ Expertise performing complex balance sheet reconciliations and financial analysis.

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Experience with ERP implementations, upgrades, conversions, or system optimization projects.

+ Advanced Microsoft Excel skills including:

+ Pivot Tables

+ XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP

+ INDEX/MATCH

+ Power Query

+ Power Pivot

+ Financial modeling

+ Large dataset analysis

+ Dashboard development

Preferred Qualifications

+ CPA designation strongly preferred.

+ Consulting experience through a public accounting firm, advisory firm, or professional services organization.

+ Experience leading finance transformation projects.

+ Knowledge of SOX compliance and internal controls.

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Experience with Power BI, Tableau, SQL, Alteryx, or other reporting and analytics platforms.

+ Multi-entity and multi-location accounting experience.

Professional Competencies

+ Client-Facing Consulting Skills

+ Financial Reporting & Analysis

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