Senior Staff Accountant

Our direct client is looking to hire a Senior Staff Accountant for a full-time / perm position wihtin. their organization. This is a fully remote role but preference for someone located in the Eastern Time Zone, specifically in Central Florida.

The Senior Accountant is responsible for overseeing key accounting functions, ensuring compliance with financial regulations, and assisting with high-level financial analysis. The Senior Accountant should possess strong technical accounting skills, leadership capabilities, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the following satisfactorily; other duties may be assigned.

• Provide overall accounting support for all areas of the company’s books and records, including journal entries, balance sheet account reconciliations and period-end close process
• Assist management in developing standardized processes to drive departmental efficiencies and compliance with accounting policies
• Use the ability to think and act freely in problem solving and decision making while building strong relationships with business unit and corporate management teams
• Prepare and review balance sheet account reconciliations and ensure that reconciling items are resolved timely
• Prepare or review the reconciliation of system integrations including operating/billing system, lease, T&E and payroll systems to the ERP
• Identify ways to streamline and improve upon the reconciliation process
• Provide technical accounting expertise and direction to business unit management teams during close cycle
• Provide direct support during the year-end external financial statement audit to fulfill all audit requests timely
• Ad hoc analysis and reporting as required
• Perform other duties as assigned

Payroll responsibilities:

• Oversee payroll processing, ensuring accuracy and compliance with payroll laws
• Reconcile payroll-related accounts and manage payroll tax filings
• Assist in benefits accounting and ensure proper allocation of employee compensation

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Accounting/Technical – Must be capable of coordinating/performing end-to-end accounting process through month-end close and preparation of financial statements. This includes preparation of month-end general journal entries. Must be very detail oriented with a strong commitment to accuracy and quality of data.
• Cost Consciousness – Must be able to enforce company policies and budgets while maintaining a good working relationship with other departments.
• Dependability – Takes responsibility for own actions, keeps commitments, commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals, and completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.
• Judgment – Displays willingness to make decisions, exhibits sound and accurate judgment, supports and explains reasoning for decisions, includes appropriate people in decision-making process, makes timely decisions.
• Planning/Organizing – Prioritizes and plans work activities, uses time efficiently, sets goals and objectives, organizes or schedules team tasks and objectives, develops realistic action plans.
• Professionalism – Approaches others in a tactful manner, reacts well under pressure, treats others with respect and consideration regardless of their status or position, accepts responsibility for own actions, and follows through on commitments.
• Ability to work additional hours if needed.

Education, Experience, Certificates and Licenses:

• BA/BS in accounting
• 4 years of public accounting and corporate accounting experience; two years in a large national or global accounting firm preferred
• Master’s degree and/or CPA is preferred, progress towards the completion of CPA certification required.
• Proficient computer skills MS Word, Excel, Outlook and database software; must be able to toggle between multiple screens.
• Prior experience with NetSuite preferred.