Senior Corporate Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Corporate Accountant to join a growing company in Overland Park, Kansas. This role is focused on maintaining accurate corporate financial records, supporting a dependable close cycle, and delivering meaningful analysis that helps guide business decisions. The ideal candidate brings strong general ledger experience, sound judgment around internal controls, and the ability to work effectively across departments in a fast-moving environment. Reach out to Molly Gardner at View phone number on ziprecruiter.com for more info. Comp up to $100k+ bonus and exceptional benefits!

Responsibilities:

• Lead core activities within the monthly close cycle, including preparation of journal entries related to cash activity, financing arrangements, derivative impacts, accruals, and corporate cost allocations.

• Manage accounting for general and administrative spending across the consolidated income statement and help ensure expenses are recorded correctly and on time.

• Oversee corporate cash close tasks, monitor non-routine banking activity, and resolve transaction issues as they arise.

• Perform and maintain general ledger and intercompany reconciliations, investigating discrepancies and driving timely resolution.

• Review financial results against budgets and quarterly projections, identify notable variances, and communicate findings to support informed decision-making.

• Evaluate purchase requests for proper account coding and alignment with approved spending plans before processing.

• Support internal control compliance by maintaining accurate documentation and helping keep procedures current with day-to-day practices.

• Prepare audit support materials, year-end schedules, and other financial analyses required for internal and external review.

• Create and refine standard operating procedures, provide guidance to colleagues, and assist with system or process enhancements while helping address data integrity issues.

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

• At least 3+ years of accounting experience, including recent work in corporate or general ledger accounting environments.

• Hands-on experience with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.

• Strong knowledge of intercompany accounting, intercompany transactions, and eliminations.

• Proficiency with enterprise accounting platforms; experience with large-scale systems is preferred

• Advanced Excel capabilities, including practical use of pivot tables and XLOOKUP functions.

• Solid understanding of internal controls, financial accuracy, and documentation standards.

• Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across all levels of the organization.