Contract Senior Accountant

Job Title: Senior Accountant Job Description This Senior Accountant role provides critical operational accounting support across billing and revenue, fuel inventory, and fuel settlement activities. You will step into a high-impact consulting position to maintain day-to-day accounting, reconciliation, and transactional finance operations while permanent team members focus on integration and acquisition initiatives. The role emphasizes strong hands‑on accounting, analysis, invoicing, reconciliation, and high-volume transaction processing in a complex, multi-system environment. Responsibilities Manage customer billing activities and ensure invoices are processed accurately and on time. Review and resolve invoice exceptions and billing discrepancies to maintain accurate customer accounts. Research transactional issues across multiple systems and provide clear, documented resolutions. Reconcile revenue-related transactions and support revenue reporting activities. Collaborate with internal and external business partners to resolve billing and revenue questions and issues. Support month‑end close processes, including journal entries, general ledger activities, and operational accounting tasks. Identify opportunities for process improvements and increased efficiency in billing and revenue workflows. Perform daily fuel inventory reconciliations across multiple locations and systems. Research and resolve volume, inventory, and transaction discrepancies related to fuel movements. Monitor inventory movements through pipelines, terminals, trucks, rail, and marine transportation, ensuring data accuracy. Analyze inventory-related activity and identify issues requiring follow‑up and corrective action. Support transportation cost tracking and reconciliation efforts tied to fuel distribution. Work closely with operations, logistics, and accounting teams on reporting, analysis, and process improvement initiatives. Process and reconcile supplier and customer transactions related to fuel purchases and settlements. Review invoices, settlements, and supporting documentation for accuracy and completeness. Investigate transactional and settlement discrepancies and work with stakeholders to resolve issues promptly. Support account reconciliations and operational accounting activities for fuel settlements and related costs. Manage high volumes of transactional data across multiple systems with strong attention to detail. Partner with vendors, suppliers, and internal business teams on month‑end close, reporting, and analysis activities. Contribute to accurate financial statements, balance sheet integrity, and accruals through thorough reconciliation and reporting. Leverage SAP and other financial systems to support general ledger, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and fixed asset accounting. Use Excel, including pivot tables, to analyze large data sets, prepare reports, and support decision‑making. Support business continuity by stepping into interim responsibilities and maintaining core accounting operations during integration activities. Essential Skills Bachelor’s degree in Accounting. Minimum of 3 recent years in consulting or interim Senior accounting roles. Strong accounting experience including general ledger, journal entries, and month‑end close. Proficiency in reconciliation of revenue, inventory, supplier, and customer accounts. Experience with accounts payable and accounts receivable processes. Ability to prepare and support financial statements and balance sheet reconciliations. Experience with accrual accounting and operational accounting activities. Hands‑on experience with SAP or similar enterprise resource planning systems. Experience working with fixed asset accounting. Strong Excel skills, including the use of pivot tables for analysis and reporting. Ability to manage and analyze high volumes of transactional data across multiple systems. Experience in billing and invoicing, transaction processing, and customer account management. Background in financial analysis and shared services or operational accounting environments. Experience with Right Angle software. Additional Skills & Qualifications Experience in revenue accounting and revenue‑related reconciliations. Background in inventory accounting, inventory reconciliation, and supply chain finance. Exposure to operations, manufacturing, cost, or logistics accounting. Experience in accounts payable, supplier settlements, trade settlements, and commodity accounting. Prior work in high‑volume transaction processing environments. Demonstrated ability to identify and implement process improvements and efficiency gains. Strong analytical skills to support reporting, variance analysis, and issue resolution. Comfort working across multiple teams, including operations, logistics, and finance, in a shared services or cross‑functional environment. Work Environment This role supports several operational accounting teams within a dynamic, acquisition‑driven environment. Multiple permanent team members are dedicating significant time to integration and acquisition initiatives over the next year, and you will provide continuity by owning day‑to‑day billing, inventory, and settlement activities. The work involves extensive use of SAP, Right Angle, and other financial systems, as well as Excel for analysis and reporting. You will work closely with operations, logistics, and accounting teams that manage fuel movements across pipelines, terminals, trucks, rail, and marine transportation. The environment is fast‑paced, detail‑oriented, and highly collaborative, with a strong focus on accurate reconciliations, timely month‑end close, and continuous process improvement. Job Type & Location This is a Contract position based out of Dallas, TX. Pay and Benefits The pay range for this position is $35.00 - $60.00/hr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job‑related factors. Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following: Medical, dental & vision Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre‑tax and Roth post‑tax contributions available Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents) Short and long‑term disability Health Spending Account (HSA) Transportation benefits Employee Assistance Program Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave) Workplace Type This is a fully onsite position in Dallas,TX. Application Deadline This position is anticipated to close on Sep 25, 2026. About Aston Carter Aston Carter provides world‑class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry‑leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service. 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