Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

At Lewis, we're not just trimming trees — we're building a future. As the second-largest utility vegetation management company in North America and a proud employee-owned business, we believe every person on our team matters. When you join Lewis, you're not just taking a job — you're investing in your future.

Why You'll Love It Here

• Elevate your career with us — we prioritize training and internal promotions!
• Join a vibrant team that champions safety, values your feedback, and fosters a strong sense of camaraderie!
• Shape your future with us through our fantastic Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)!

What You'll Do as a Senior Accountant:

• Prepare accurate, timely consolidated financial statements, including the Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Statement of Cash Flows.
• Participate in weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual closes by preparing journal entries and supporting schedules.
• Administer financial close automation tools for reconciliations, tasks, matching, and consolidation processing; serve as a subject matter expert for these applications and processes.
• Record and reconcile intercompany transactions, confirm balances with subsidiaries, and execute financial statement consolidations with monthly data integrity validations.
• Prepare, review, and file sales and use tax returns across multiple jurisdictions; maintain filing calendars and state and local requirements.
• Review transactions for proper tax law and rate application, ensure timely and accurate tax payments, reconcile returns to the general ledger, and investigate variances.
• Prepare weekly customer suspense analyses as needed and work with Contract Management to apply items to the appropriate customers and resolve differences.
• Support vendor onboarding and change-management procedures by verifying vendor identities and banking information and escalating concerns or potential conflicts of interest.
• Prepare monthly account reconciliations, resolve reconciling items promptly, and prepare monthly account variance analyses explaining causes.
• Maintain organized, audit-ready documentation and prepare information for the fiscal year-end financial statement audit.
• Follow established internal controls, policies, and procedures; improve reporting processes and documentation.
• Lead or support special projects and perform other duties assigned by management.

What You Bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 2–5 years of experience in financial reporting and analysis.

Preferred:

• CPA or CMA candidate.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

• Strong understanding of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively across functions, take initiative, and handle frequent interruptions.
• Ability to prioritize by urgency and relevance, manage changing priorities, and meet multiple deadlines.
• Understanding of how accounting responsibilities affect internal and external stakeholders; ability to build productive working relationships.
• Ability to refine accounting cycles and align daily processes with business goals.
• Learning mindset, including evaluating successes and failures to improve performance.
• Clear, concise, tactful, and professional written and verbal communication.
• Ability to learn, configure, and test new software systems independently; proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Excel and Outlook, and relevant business systems.

Physical Demands:

• Regularly stand, walk, sit for extended periods, reach, and perform repetitive computing tasks.
• Occasionally stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, climb stairs, and lift or move up to 25 pounds.
• Occasional travel by ground or air, including overnight stays, may be required.

Environmental Conditions:

• Regularly work in an office environment with a usually moderate noise level.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Tools & Equipment:

• Computers and standard office equipment.
• Microsoft Office, including Excel and Outlook.
• General ledger, consolidation, reconciliation, financial close automation, and other relevant business systems.

What We Offer:

• Competitive pay:
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Paid training and certifications.
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Health, dental, vision, and HSA options.
• 401(k) and retirement savings options.
• Paid time off.
• Employee Assistance Program.

Our commitment to Our People is key to the success of our business. We respect the differences between us, and we leverage those differences to create an environment where all employees feel welcome and fairly treated. We seek the best solutions possible by attracting and engaging a diverse workforce where all perspectives are sought out and valued.

Lewis Tree Service is an equal employment opportunity employer committed to providing equal opportunity for both applicants and employees. Lewis Tree Service prohibits unlawful discrimination or harassment of employees and applicants based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age (40+), religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship status, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic, all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training, apprenticeship, promotion, demotion, transfer, lay-off and termination, and all other terms and conditions of employment. Lewis Tree Service's practices and policies are administered under applicable federal, state, and local laws.