Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant | Concord, NC (Hybrid)

About the Company

Our client is a PE-backed company that designs, fabricates, and installs its products. Founded in 1989, it was recently acquired as part of its private equity sponsor's add-on strategy

Location and Schedule- Concord, NC. Hybrid, with 3 scheduled days in the office.

Compensation and Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision
• Approximately 3 weeks PTO
• 401(k) with discretionary match

Growth - Direct path to a leadership role as the company grows and evolves.

About the Role

The Senior Accountant will own the complete set of books for the site and serve as the go-to finance person on location, reporting directly to the CFO with support from a larger corporate finance team. This is a broad, full-cycle role with real opportunity to build: converting the business from cash-basis to accrual GAAP, establishing close processes from scratch, and helping lead an ERP implementation.

Responsibilities

• Own the general ledger and monthly close under U.S. GAAP
• Prepare journal entries, accruals (payroll, bonuses, other liabilities), and the payroll journal entry
• Prepare monthly balance-sheet and bank reconciliations
• Review AP, AR, and cash application performed by support staff, and guide the work of site clerical staff
• Gather sales and use tax data and load it into Avalara
• Support year-end and purchase-accounting audits
• Help transition to a new ERP and build accounting processes, controls, and site reporting

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (required)
• 2-3 years of public accounting or audit experience working with small to mid-market clients, ideally in manufacturing
• Solid knowledge of U.S. GAAP and accrual accounting
• Strong Excel skills
• Ability to work independently and solve problems
• Analytical mindset with a solid grasp of financial statements and the bigger picture
• Comfortable in a hands-on, lean, small-office environment

Preferred

• Sales and use tax experience
• Audit support and year-end schedule preparation
• ERP conversion exposure
• Manufacturing and cost accounting experience is not required.