Lead Accountant

Lead Accountant role at McMaster-Carr

As a leader of our accounting team, you’ll play a critical role in high-impact work.

• Serve as a financial expert for company leaders on topics ranging from transportation costs to R&D investment
• Lead the accounting team through full business cycles, such as month-end close, budget and forecast updates, or the annual audit
• Own cash reconciliation and reporting, including daily balancing, long-term forecasts, and weekly and monthly reporting
• Prepare and review high-level financial statements and reports
• Create clear, actionable reports that inform decision-making
• Provide mentorship and guidance to Accounting teammates
• Shape the future of finance in a modernizing industrial supply business

We are seeking bright, curious, and ambitious individuals eager to make an impact. Ideal candidates have:

• CPA license
• 10+ years of relevant experience in industry or public accounting
• Subject matter expertise in accounting fundamentals and advanced Excel skills
• Exceptional communication and analytical skills, including the ability to clearly explain complex or ambiguous data
• Experience leading full accounting cycles
• Demonstrated ability to develop teammates
• Experience with SQL preferred

Total cash compensation generally starts at $231,000 and includes profit sharing based on company profitability.

• Informal and formal mentorship
• Employee resource groups
• Medical, dental, pharmacy, and vision plans with no monthly premiums

• Paid parental leave for all new parents
• Adoption and surrogacy assistance
• First-time home buyer assistance
• Industry leading company-funded retirement accounts

Paid time off for vacation and personal time.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and dedicated to providing employees a workplace with reasonable accommodations and free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation. At McMaster-Carr, we do not make employment decisions based on age, ethnicity, citizenship status, military status, gender identity and expression, race, religion, disability status, marital status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected group.

(EOE/M/F/Vet/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity)

This position is not eligible for work authorization sponsorship by McMaster-Carr

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Accounting/Auditing and Finance
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage