Senior Accountant - 410466

Client Overview

Our client, a large logistics organization, is currently expanding their team and looking to bring on a Senior Accountant

Salary/Hourly Rate

$95k - $110k, Depending on experience

Position Overview

The Senior Accountant will support general accounting, financial reporting, and tariff-related accounting activities. This position will focus on accounting for tariffs and cross-border shipments, including tracking international shipments, calculating and recording tariff accruals, reconciling tariff-related payments, and investigating discrepancies between customs broker reports, internal shipment records, and SAP postings.

Responsibilities Of The Senior Accountant

• Manage tariff accounting activities related to international logistics and cross-border shipments, including tracking shipments, calculating and recording tariff accruals, journal entries, reclassifications, and period-end adjustments for external and intercompany shipments.
• Perform detailed three-way reconciliations of tariff-related payments, internal shipment reporting, and customs broker reports to validate charges, identify discrepancies, and ensure accurate accounting records.
• Reconcile trade shipment costs, customs broker charges, SAP postings, vendor invoices, debit and credit memos, and tariff-related payments, investigating differences and resolving outstanding items.
• Analyze large volumes of financial and shipment data using SAP and advanced Excel to identify discrepancies, validate supporting documentation, research timing differences, and ensure accurate financial reporting.
• Support month-end and period-end close activities, including general ledger maintenance, balance sheet reconciliations, accruals, adjusting entries, and financial reporting.
• Collaborate with International Logistics, Corporate Accounting, Sales, Accounts Payable, Procurement, Treasury, external vendors, and freight and customs brokers to resolve tariff and shipment-related accounting issues.
• Maintain internal controls, audit-ready documentation, and compliance with IFRS and applicable financial reporting requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve tariff accounting procedures, reconciliation processes, reporting accuracy, and automation within a changing international trade environment.

Required Experience/Skills For The Senior Accountant

• 5 - 10+ years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within a manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or multi-entity corporate accounting environment.
• Experience with tariff accounting, tariff-related accruals and payments, customs broker reconciliations, or accounting for cross-border shipments and international trade.
• Strong understanding of general accounting principles, journal entries, accruals, general ledger maintenance, month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience preparing financial reports, analyzing account activity, researching variances, and resolving complex reconciliation discrepancies.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including the ability to analyze large data sets, reconcile information across multiple reports, and develop supporting schedules.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the ability to investigate discrepancies, identify root causes, and recommend corrective actions.
• Excellent attention to detail and the ability to manage high-volume financial and shipment data in a deadline-driven environment.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across accounting, logistics, and other business functions.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while exercising sound accounting judgment.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively.
• Understanding of internal controls, audit documentation, and financial reporting procedures.

Preferred Experience/Skills For The Senior Accountant

• Experience with SAP or another enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
• Experience in a manufacturing or industrial organization with complex operational and financial reporting processes.
• Knowledge of tariff structures, customs duties, import charges, cross-border transactions, and international trade documentation.
• Exposure to logistics, supply chain accounting, vendor billing, freight costs, customs broker documentation, or related operational reconciliations.
• Familiarity with IFRS and other applicable financial reporting standards.
• Experience with three-way matching, payment reconciliations, accrued expenses, and analysis of differences between operational records and financial transactions.
• Experience supporting SOX controls, internal audits, external audits, and control documentation.
• Knowledge of process automation, reporting enhancements, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• CPA license or progress toward CPA certification.
• Demonstrated ability to challenge existing processes constructively and implement practical accounting improvements.

Education Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field is required.
• Master's degree in Accounting or Finance is preferred.
• CPA certification is preferred.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation based on experience.
• Client-provided benefits available, upon eligibility.