Staff Accountant​/Senior Accountant

Overview

NOTE: This is a hybrid position requiring on-site presence three days per week at one of our local offices, located in Allentown, PA (Lehigh Valley), Louisville, KY, or Providence, RI.

Under general supervision or direction, the Accountant will manage increasingly complex accounting activities, including analyzing transactions and issues, preparing journal entries, maintaining a complete and accurate general ledger, preparing and analyzing financial reports, and testing and monitoring internal controls over financial reporting. The role may also involve providing guidance to less experienced staff and enhancing internal controls.

Staff Accountant:

• Prepares increasingly complex accounting analyses and journal entries.
• Prepares and analyzes financial statements and other internal/external financial reports.
• Assists in the tracking and reporting of internal controls over financial reporting and recommends enhancements.
• Solves a range of increasingly complex accounting problems; analyzes possible solutions and makes recommendations.
• Develops supporting work papers and documentation.
• Builds knowledge of the organization’s processes, customers, and technical accounting.

Senior Accountant:

• Evaluates accounting policies and procedures to reflect changes in business conditions, processes, and accounting guidance.
• Prepares more complex accounting analyses and journal entries.
• Enhances internal controls over financial reporting.
• Uses best practices to improve products or services; solves complex problems with new perspectives.
• Provides functional advice or training to less‑experienced accountant positions.
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience and may direct the work of other staff members.
• Applies knowledge of legal and regulatory issues and changes in accounting guidance.
• Leverages the company’s flexible work assignment policy; work location may change and may require on‑site presence for coordination.

Staff Accountant:

• Basic Qualifications—Bachelor’s degree in a business discipline with at least three accounting courses or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with at least one year of accounting‑related experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications;
  Excel and Word use required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

• Preferred Qualifications—Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with a minimum of 2‑4 years of accounting‑related experience in public accounting, SEC reporting, and knowledge of Sarbanes‑Oxley requirements; CPA, CMA, or MBA.

Senior Accountant:

• Basic Qualifications—Bachelor’s degree in a business discipline with at least three accounting courses and five years of accounting experience, or Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with 3‑5 years of accounting‑related experience.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications;
  Excel and Word use required.

• Preferred Qualifications—Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, MBA, or other advanced degree in business discipline; CPA or CMA certification; experience in utility accounting, public accounting, and SEC reporting; working knowledge of Sarbanes‑Oxley requirements; demonstrated ability to research technical accounting guidance; excellent written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.

The company reserves the right to determine if this position will be assigned to work on‑site, remotely, or a combination of both. Assigned work location may change. In the case of remote work, physical presence in the office/on‑site may be required to engage in face‑to‑face interaction and coordination of work among direct reports and co‑workers.

Our company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability status, or any other protected characteristic.