Senior Accountant

Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Accountant. This position is scheduled as fully on-site and, in the Somerville, MA area. Summary: We are seeking an experienced Senior Accountant to oversee full-cycle accounting, lead financial close activities, and deliver meaningful financial analysis within a growing, operations-focused organization. Reporting to the Controller, this highly visible role partners with corporate finance and plant operations to maintain accurate financial reporting, strengthen controls, and support informed business decisions. The client offers salary and strong benefits, great company culture and environment. Key Responsibilities:

• Lead month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, ensuring accurate and timely journal entries and financial reporting
• Prepare monthly P&L statements, balance sheets, and key performance metrics
• Provide detailed variance analysis against budgets, forecasts, and historical results
• Support the annual budgeting process and maintain periodic financial forecasts
• Maintain the general ledger and perform complex balance sheet reconciliations
• Manage purchase order accruals and ensure expenses are recorded in the appropriate period
• Analyze production costs, raw materials, fuel consumption, asset utilization, and other operational metrics
• Partner with plant teams to reconcile physical inventory to accounting records
• Maintain fixed-asset and depreciation schedules for heavy equipment and production facilities
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP, internal controls, and applicable accounting policies
• Prepare audit schedules and serve as a key contact for external auditors
• Identify opportunities to automate accounting workflows, improve systems, and shorten the close cycle
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• 5 to 7 years of progressive accounting experience
• Strong experience with financial reporting, variance analysis, budgeting, and forecasting
• Knowledge of general ledger accounting, accruals, WIP accounting, revenue recognition, and financial close processes
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables and VLOOKUPs
• Strong analytical, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to effectively communicate financial results to non-financial operational teams
• Experience in construction, manufacturing, building materials, or ready-mix concrete is preferred
• Experience with Sage, Command Alkon, or a similar ERP system is a plus