Senior Accountant

Location: Morgantown

Job Title:

Senior Accountant

Job Description

The Senior Accountant serves as the driving force behind the month-end close process, owning journal entries, account reconciliations, balance sheet integrity, expense review, and credit card oversight to ensure the business is consistently review-ready s highly visible role partners closely with Accounting, Operations, Accounts Payable, Finance leadership, and FP&A to deliver accurate, timely financial information that supports forecasting, variance analysis, and management reporting.

The position also provides critical support for fixed asset and capital accounting, budget-to-actual reporting, and ongoing process improvements that strengthen financial controls and reporting quality.

Responsibilities

+ Prepare and post monthly journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, payroll-related entries, and other recurring and non-recurring items.

+ Own assigned components of the month-end close checklist, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness of all tasks.

+ Ensure the general ledger is materially complete and review-ready prior to Controller and corporate-level review.

+ Own assigned balance sheet accounts and perform related reconciliations, including cash, prepaids, accruals, fixed assets, and clearing accounts.

+ Maintain cash account reconciliations and support daily and weekly cash visibility for the organization.

+ Investigate reconciling items proactively, resolve issues with appropriate urgency, and escalate open items with clear context, root cause, and recommended resolution.

+ Maintain reconciliation support and documentation consistent with internal controls, audit requirements, and lender expectations.

+ Own fixed asset accounting, including additions, disposals, depreciation, and related balance sheet reconciliations.

+ Partner with Operations to ensure appropriate capitalization of expenditures, accurate placement of assets in service, and sound useful life assumptions.

+ Maintain fixed asset schedules and supporting documentation suitable for audit and lender review.

+ Review expenses as they are incurred, with particular focus on facility consolidation activities and department-level spending.

+ Maintain monthly budget versus actual reporting by department, including identification of variances and preparation of clear commentary.

+ Distribute monthly department-level spend reports to budget owners and respond to follow-up questions regarding variances and trends.

+ Partner cross-functionally to identify and properly capture non-recurring or one-time costs and ensure accurate classification.

+ Ensure costs associated with exited or consolidated facilities do not continue to be charged and are properly removed or reclassified.

+ Confirm appropriate classification for restructuring items, add-backs, and non-operating costs in the financial statements.

+ Escalate material or recurring variances to Finance leadership with clear explanations and practical recommendations.

+ Review credit card transactions for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with internal policies.

+ Ensure timely coding, documentation, and reconciliation of credit card activity.

+ Partner with Accounts Payable and Finance leadership to streamline the credit card process, strengthen controls, and reduce friction for users.

+ Exercise strong judgment in determining which issues can be resolved independently and which require escalation.

+ Proactively flag unusual trends, unexpected balances, or recurring issues ahead of formal reviews.

+ Present issues with root cause analysis and proposed solutions rather than deferring or obscuring them.

+ Work closely with Operations, Accounts Payable, and Finance leadership to resolve issues efficiently and accurately.

+ Support improvements that enhance close execution, reconciliation quality, and documentation standards.

+ Assist with audit, lender, and internal review requests by providing timely, accurate schedules and supporting documentation.

+ Track department spending versus budget and provide this information to Finance leadership each month.

+ Provide timely, accurate close data and explanations to support forecasting, variance…