Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting

Our client, located near Teaneck, NJ is seeking a Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting, on a temporary basis to manage the monthly & quarterly close process.

This is a hybrid role - in office 3 days/week.

Job Description

The Senior Accountant, Corporate Accounting will play a key role in supporting the monthly and quarterly close, corporate accounting, and financial reporting processes. This position is responsible for preparing and reviewing complex journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, variance analyses, and supporting documentation while ensuring compliance with U.S. GAAP, SOX requirements, and internal controls. The role will partner closely with teams across Finance, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Payroll, and FP&A, as well as support process-improvement, ERP transformation, automation, and AI initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead purchase order and invoice-related accounting activities, including reviewing accruals, validating supporting documentation, and ensuring transactions follow company policy, and internal-control requirements.
• Prepare, review, and post complex journal entries and monthly accruals for corporate activities, including intercompany, legal reserves, facilities, cash, restructuring, prepaids, and other adjustments.
• Own assigned reconciliations, ensuring timely certification, complete support, appropriate review evidence, and resolution of reconciling items.
• Perform balance sheet and P&L variance analysis and prepare explanations for corporate flux reporting and management review.
• Liaise with the offshore team to review journal entries and reconciliation quality, provide accounting guidance, and escalate issues or control gaps.
• Partner with FP&A, Treasury, Tax, Legal, Payroll, and other stakeholders to validate source data and ensure appropriate accounting treatment under U.S. GAAP and company policy.
• Support monthly and quarterly close activities, including close checklists, reporting packages, recurring documentation, and audit support.
• Maintain compliance with internal accounting policies, SOX requirements, and established process controls; identify risks, deficiencies, and remediation opportunities.
• Improve close procedures, reconciliation standards, and recurring accounting processes.
• Support ERP implementation, optimization, and transformation initiatives, including requirements gathering, testing, process design, and post-implementation support.
• Contribute to cross-functional initiatives that improve accounting processes, reporting, internal controls, and operational efficiency.
• Identify and implement practical AI and automation opportunities that reduce manual work, improve data quality, and enhance existing processes while maintaining appropriate controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field; CPA or CPA-track preferred.
• Minimum of 2+ years of accounting, financial reporting, audit, or public accounting experience.
• Experience in a publicly traded company, multinational organization, or Big 4/public accounting environment preferred.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP, month-end close, reconciliations, financial statement analysis, SOX compliance, and internal controls.
• Strong analytical judgment, communication, project-management, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Advanced Excel skills, high attention to detail, and ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Hybrid role requiring three days per week in the NJ office.