Senior Accountant

Job Summary:

The Senior Accountant is responsible in owning general ledger activities related to accounts receivable (AR), including month-end close, account reconciliations, and financial analysis. This role emphasizes ownership of GL accounts, resolving discrepancies, and performing investigative accounting to support intercompany reconciliation and process improvements.

Job Description:

• Perform and own month-end close activities related to AR, including journal entries and account reconciliations.

• Own assigned AR-related balance sheet accounts end-to-end, ensuring accuracy across multiple entities.

• Reconcile AR subledger activity to the general ledger and resolve variances.

• Review AR aging and related accounts to identify discrepancies, trends, and unusual activity.

• Investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and take ownership of resolving and clearing historical balances.

• Perform variance and fluctuation analysis on key accounts and provide insights into changes.

• Review underlying AR transactions for accuracy and proper coding (no direct transaction processing required).

• Perform pre-payment review of selected invoices for coding accuracy, approvals, and compliance.

• Partner with AR, operations, and internal teams to resolve issues and improve data accuracy.

• Lead efforts to improve and standardize reconciliation and month-end close processes.

• Work through incomplete or inconsistent financial data as part of cleanup and improvement efforts.

• Ensure assigned areas are audit-ready with complete and organized supporting documentation.

• Provide support for cross-functional accounting needs as required.

Qualifications:

• Experience supporting historical balance cleanup and reconciliation efforts.

• Experience working with incomplete or inconsistent financial data.

• Demonstrates strong ownership of GL accounts, cleanup initiatives, reconciliation leadership, and independent problem-solving experience in fast-paced environments.

• Demonstrates strong investigative accounting and discrepancy resolution experience.

• Demonstrate strong understanding of general ledger accounting and month-end close processes.

• Demonstrates strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Demonstrates strong problem-solving skills and ability to investigate discrepancies.

• Shows ability to manage multiple accounts and financial data sets.

• Shows ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment.

• Clear and coherent both written and verbal communication skills in English.

Screening Criteria:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.

• Minimum of four (4) years of accounting experience.

• Experience with general ledger accounting, month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliations.

• Experience reconciling AP and AR subledgers to the general ledger.

• Experience preparing journal entries, accruals, and account analysis.

• Experience in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, data analysis).

• Must have a stable employment history.