We are looking for an experienced Sr. Accountant to support day-to-day and month-end accounting operations for an organization. This contract-to-permanent opportunity is ideal for someone who is detail oriented, thrives in a structured environment, and can manage reconciliations, reporting, and general ledger activity with accuracy. The role will play a key part in financial statement preparation, budget monitoring, compliance reporting, and ongoing support of accounting processes.
Responsibilities:
- Lead monthly closing activities, including timely completion and review of balance sheet, income statement, and bank account reconciliations.
- Prepare and post recurring and nonrecurring journal entries, ensuring transactions are recorded correctly and align with accounting standards.
- Generate monthly financial packages, including budget-to-actual analysis, treasurer reporting, and other scheduled management reports.
- Draft board-level financial materials and provide ad hoc reporting to support leadership decision-making.
- Process banking activity such as cash entries and transfers while maintaining accurate real-time records.
- Track spending against approved budgets, investigate variances, and communicate notable issues to appropriate internal stakeholders.
- Maintain fixed asset records by capitalizing acquisitions, calculating depreciation, and recording disposals for both tangible and intangible assets.
- Support payroll accounting through review, submission coordination, and preparation of related deduction entries and postings.
- Assist with quarterly tax filings, annual audit support, regulatory financial submissions, and seasonal budget preparation activities.
- Contribute to internal audit reporting, recommend process improvements, and provide accounting support for system or process-related changes as assigned.
- Demonstrated experience in month-end close, general ledger accounting, and preparation of journal entries.
- Strong background in account reconciliations, including detailed bank reconciliation work.
- Ability to prepare financial statements, management reports, and budget variance analyses with a high degree of accuracy.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and comfort learning or working within organization-specific accounting systems.
- Knowledge of fixed asset accounting, depreciation schedules, and asset disposal procedures.
- Experience supporting payroll-related accounting entries, tax filings, audits, and compliance reporting.
- Strong analytical skills, sound judgment, and the ability to manage deadlines in an on-site accounting environment.