Senior Accountant

Employment Type: Direct Hire

Our client is a rapidly growing technology and infrastructure services organization seeking a Senior GL Accountant to join its expanding accounting team. The company operates in a high-growth environment supporting complex projects and is continuing to invest heavily in its finance and accounting organization.

This is an excellent opportunity for either a public accountant with 2+ years of audit/advisory experience looking to make the transition into industry or an industry accountant with 4+ years of strong corporate/GL accounting experience.

The Senior GL Accountant will play an important role in the month-end close, general ledger, multi-entity accounting, reconciliations, financial reporting, audit support, and forecasting/analysis. The team is looking for someone who wants to take ownership, operate independently, and grow as the organization continues to scale.

Culture is equally important. This is a highly collaborative, energetic, work-hard/play-hard environment, so the ideal candidate will be outgoing, motivated, team-oriented, and excited about working alongside the broader accounting and operations teams in person.

• Support and take increasing ownership of month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities across multiple entities
• Prepare and post journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, depreciation, intercompany transactions, and other recurring/non-recurring entries
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations and research and resolve discrepancies
• Review general ledger and trial balance activity and identify unusual variances or accounting misclassifications
• Support multi-entity and intercompany accounting, including transactions, reconciliations, and eliminations
• Assist with monthly, quarterly, and annual financial statement preparation and supporting schedules
• Support forecasting, cash flow analysis, budget-to-actual reporting, and other financial analysis
• Partner with project accounting and operational teams to ensure activity is accurately reflected within the general ledger
• Assist with job-cost and WIP-related accounting and reconciliations
• Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for external auditors and tax professionals
• Help maintain consistency across the chart of accounts and entity-level accounting
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, internal controls, close efficiency, and reporting accuracy
• Collaborate with and provide guidance to junior accounting and project accounting team members
• Ensure accounting activities comply with GAAP and established company policies

The team is open to candidates coming from either of two primary backgrounds:

• 2+ years of public accounting experience, ideally within audit or advisory
• Big Four, national, regional, or strong local CPA firm backgrounds considered
• Strong understanding of GAAP, financial statements, general ledger activity, reconciliations, journal entries, and the accounting cycle
• Interested in transitioning from public accounting into a hands-on corporate accounting role

• 4+ years of progressive corporate accounting or general ledger experience
• Hands-on experience with month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting
• Multi-entity and/or intercompany accounting experience strongly preferred
• Construction, project-based, technology, infrastructure, engineering, or similar industry experience is a plus but not required

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
• CPA or CPA candidate is a plus but not required
• Strong understanding of GAAP
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP
• Strong…