Staff Accountant

We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to support core accounting operations for a manufacturing organization in Cedar Park, Texas. This Long-term Contract position will focus on inventory accounting, reconciliations, and month-end activities while helping strengthen day-to-day financial processes. The ideal candidate brings strong Excel capability, sound general ledger experience, and a practical approach to improving efficiency and accuracy across multiple locations.

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and post journal entries to maintain accurate financial records and support daily accounting activity.
• Manage inventory reconciliations across multiple sites, researching discrepancies and resolving issues in a timely manner.
• Perform account reconciliations for balance sheet and related ledger accounts to ensure completeness and accuracy.
• Support the month-end close process by organizing schedules, validating transactions, and meeting reporting deadlines.
• Analyze transactional accounting activity and recommend more efficient methods to improve consistency and control.
• Use advanced Microsoft Excel skills to build reports, investigate variances, and streamline recurring accounting tasks.
• Track fixed asset activity, maintain supporting documentation, and assist with related reconciliations and reporting.
• Contribute to process improvement initiatives, including opportunities to automate routine accounting work where appropriate.
• Experience in staff accounting or a similar accounting role with responsibility for general ledger activity.
• Strong background in journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close procedures.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting and experience reconciling inventory balances for more than one location.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including the ability to work with large data sets and complex spreadsheets.
• Familiarity with transactional accounting in a manufacturing or product-based environment.
• Experience supporting process improvement efforts and identifying opportunities for automation.
• Understanding of fixed assets and related accounting support activities.