Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Accountant. This position is scheduled as fully on-site and, in the Somerville, MA area.
Summary:
We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to oversee full-cycle accounting, lead financial close activities, and deliver meaningful financial analysis within a growing, operations-focused organization. Reporting to the Controller, this highly visible role partners with corporate finance and plant operations to maintain accurate financial reporting, strengthen controls, and support informed business decisions. The client offers salary and strong benefits, great company culture and environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, ensuring accurate and timely journal entries and financial reporting
- Prepare monthly P&L statements, balance sheets, and key performance metrics
- Provide detailed variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, and historical results
- Support the annual budgeting process and maintain periodic financial forecasts
- Maintain the general ledger and perform complex balance sheet reconciliations
- Manage purchase order accruals and ensure expenses are recorded in the appropriate period
- Analyze production costs, raw materials, fuel consumption, asset utilization, and other operational metrics
- Partner with plant teams to reconcile physical inventory to accounting records
- Maintain fixed-asset and depreciation schedules for heavy equipment and production facilities
- Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and applicable accounting policies
- Prepare audit schedules and serve as a key contact for external auditors
- Identify opportunities to automate accounting workflows, improve systems, and shorten the close cycle
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- 5 to 7 years of progressive accounting experience
- Strong experience with financial reporting, variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting
- Knowledge of general ledger accounting, accruals, WIP accounting, revenue recognition, and financial close processes
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs
- Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Ability to effectively communicate financial results to non-financial operational teams
- Experience in construction, manufacturing, building materials, or ready-mix concrete is preferred
- Experience with Sage, Command Alkon, or a similar ERP system is a plus
The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.
We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.
Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.
This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.
Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
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