Senior Accountant

A great UHY client is seeking a Senior Accountant
. The ideal candidate will have public accounting experience, strong accrual accounting and month-end close expertise, and a solid understanding of US GAAP.

The Senior Accountant role is a remote position with some travel to the office needed. This is a direct hire position.

• Prepare, record, and reconcile monthly accrual journal entries in accordance with US GAAP.
• Lead assigned month-end close activities and ensure all deadlines are met accurately and timely.
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet account reconciliations, including accrued liabilities, prepaid expenses, and other key accounts.
• Investigate and resolve discrepancies between subsidiary ledgers and the general ledger.
• Maintain month-end close schedules, checklists, and supporting documentation.
• Review cash and credit card transactions entered by staff to ensure accuracy and proper general ledger coding.
• Perform bank and credit card reconciliations and resolve outstanding differences.
• Provide accounting guidance to internal team members on transaction coding and accounting questions.
• Prepare audit schedules, work papers, and supporting documentation for annual financial statement audits.
• Respond to auditor requests and assist with year-end tax schedules and supporting analyses.
• Ensure revenue and expense recognition complies with US GAAP.
• Assist in developing, documenting, and improving accounting policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Participate in ERP implementation and system improvement initiatives, including chart of accounts setup, data validation, and workflow configuration.
• Support implementation and optimization of accounts payable automation and expense management processes.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, efficiency, and financial reporting accuracy.
• Collaborate with leadership on special projects and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 4–6 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Public accounting experience is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and accrual accounting principles.
• Experience preparing journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting month-end close activities.
• Experience supporting external financial statement audits.
• Ability to develop and implement accounting processes and procedures.
• Experience working independently in environments with evolving or limited processes.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• CPA license or active CPA candidate is strongly preferred.
• Experience in a startup or high-growth organization is a plus.
• Healthcare or direct-to-consumer industry experience is preferred.
• Experience with ERP implementations or system migrations.
• Sage Intacct experience is a plus.
• Experience with AP automation platforms such as Ramp is preferred.
• Experience improving credit card expense management processes is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with accounting systems.

UHY Advisors' Resource Solutions Group provides clients with accomplished professionals to support finance, accounting, internal audit and tax teams. Whether it is permanent placement, project work, loaned staff support or business process outsourcing–we are ready to meet your needs.

Our team has extensive experience with a wide range of clients from middle market, closely held organizations to large Fortune 500 companies. We focus on finance and accounting, internal audit, IT audit and tax. We offer direct, personal involvement from senior practitioners and strive to meet clients' needs rapidly.