Senior GL Accountant

Location:

Oklahoma City, OK, 73108

The Senior GL Accountant is responsible for complex general ledger accounting, full-cycle month-end and year-end close activities, account reconciliations, financial analysis, and accurate financial reporting. This position independently manages higher-risk accounts, reviews selected accounting work, researches and resolves complex issues, and serves as a technical resource to the accounting team. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, able to manage competing priorities under strict deadlines, and committed to improving accounting processes and controls.

• Prepare and post journal entries, perform account analysis, and complete assigned month-end and year-end closing activities.
• Lead assigned portions of the close process, monitor deadlines, identify issues, and ensure accurate and timely completion.
• Perform and review bank, balance sheet, and other complex account reconciliations; investigate and resolve variances.
• Prepare, reconcile, and validate general ledger uploads, account roll forwards, and supporting schedules.
• Prepare and review financial statements, reporting packages, and supporting schedules for management and external auditors.
• Analyze financial results and explain significant balance sheet, income statement, and budget variances.
• Research complex accounting issues, document conclusions, and recommend appropriate treatment in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
• Maintain fixed asset and intercompany accounting, including capitalization, depreciation, transfers, disposals, reconciliations, and eliminations.
• Maintain accounting procedures and internal controls; identify gaps and recommend process or control improvements.
• Coordinate audit requests and provide complete, accurate, and timely supporting documentation.
• Support transportation-industry regulatory reporting requirements.
• Participate in ERP enhancements, system implementations, data validation, automation, and process-improvement initiatives.
• Communicate with accounting, operations, and management to resolve accounting issues and support business needs.
• Provide guidance and technical support to less-experienced accounting staff and review assigned work as needed.
• Lead or support special accounting projects and perform other duties as assigned.

• Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, financial statement preparation, reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close.
• Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and the ability to research and document accounting conclusions.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to review accounting work, provide constructive guidance, and collaborate effectively across departments.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP or financial-reporting systems.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment with sensitive financial information.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressive general ledger, financial reporting, audit, or corporate accounting experience required; seven (7) or more years preferred.
• Advanced experience with month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, financial reporting, and variance analysis required.
• Experience with ERP systems required; implementation, integration, or process-optimization experience preferred.

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk, working on a computer, and talking on the phone.
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds occasionally.