Staff Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Staff Accountant (Hybrid schedule)

Responsibilities:

• Prepare and post month-end journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, and allocations; ensure appropriate support and adherence to close timelines.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations (including cash, AP/GRIR, accruals, prepaids, fixed assets as applicable) and investigate/resolve variances in a timely manner.
• Support procurement-to-pay accounting by reviewing coding/approvals, assisting with invoice and accrual completeness, and partnering with Procurement/AP to strengthen process compliance.
• Prepare close support and reporting schedules, contribute to variance analysis, and assist with audit requests by providing documentation and explanations for account activity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field (CPA preferred or in progress).
• 3+ years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close ownership, reconciliations, and financial statement support (experience in operations-heavy environments such as data centers, infrastructure, energy, industrials, or tech preferred).
• Strong knowledge of US GAAP, month-end close processes, and internal controls (SOX experience a plus).
• Experience with ERP systems and procurement-to-pay workflows; advanced Excel skills and ability to create repeatable close support schedules.
• Strong communication and partnering skills with Operations, Procurement/AP, FP&A, and Corporate Accounting; able to explain accounting outcomes to non-finance stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to improve close processes, reconciliation quality, and documentation standards; comfortable operating in a scaling environment.
• High attention to detail, strong sense of ownership, and ability to prioritize competing deadlines.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to identify drivers of variance and proactively surface issues and recommendations.
• Proactive, collaborative, and comfortable operating in ambiguity; consistently follows through and escalates risks early.
• Experience supporting audits and maintaining strong documentation; exposure to fixed assets and capital project accounting is a plus.

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\nCompany Description

Thomas Edwards Group is an Executive Search Firm specializing in the direct hire and interim placement of Accounting, Finance, HR and IT professionals. We’ve been in business since 1997 and the Dallas Business Journal has ranked us a Top Search Firm in Dallas and one of the “Best Places to Work” multiple times. Thomas Edwards Group also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2016 and our award-winning team of Search Consultants, which rank among the best and most experienced in the area, includes MBAs, CPAs, former Big 4 Professionals, Controllers, IT Search Professionals, Finance/Banking, and Business Professionals.

Company Description

Thomas Edwards Group is an Executive Search Firm specializing in the direct hire and interim placement of Accounting, Finance, HR and IT professionals. We’ve been in business since 1997 and the Dallas Business Journal has ranked us a Top Search Firm in Dallas and one of the “Best Places to Work” multiple times. Thomas Edwards Group also made the Inc. 5000 list in 2016 and our award-winning team of Search Consultants, which rank among the best and most experienced in the area, includes MBAs, CPAs, former Big 4 Professionals, Controllers, IT Search Professionals, Finance/Banking, and Business Professionals.