CPA / Senior Accounting Consultant

Scion Staffing has been engaged to conduct a search for a Temporary CPA / Senior Accounting Consultant for a specialized manufacturing and government contracting client in Columbia, Maryland. This is a full-time, 100% onsite opportunity requiring an immediate start, with an initial assignment of approximately six weeks and potential for extension or temp-to-hire consideration.

Position Overview

Our client is seeking an experienced, licensed CPA to provide hands-on accounting support and resolve an existing backlog of financial records. The primary focus will be reconciling and closing the company's 2024 and 2025 financial records, while reviewing previously closed books for 2022 and 2023 to identify discrepancies and necessary adjustments. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented accounting professional who can work independently, take ownership of a time-sensitive project, and bring financial records up to date by the first week of January 2027.

Perks

• Competitive hourly compensation of $75–$85/hour, based on experience.
• Full-time, approximately 40-hour workweek with an immediate start.
• Opportunity to work directly with company leadership and make an immediate impact on financial operations.
• Initial six-week consulting engagement with potential for extension or temp-to-hire consideration.
• Collaborative, casual work environment with direct access to internal administrative support and resources.

Responsibilities

• Review, reconcile, and complete outstanding financial records and year-end closing activities for 2024 and 2025.
• Review previously closed financial records for 2022 and 2023, identifying discrepancies, missing transactions, and necessary accounting adjustments.
• Manage and correct QuickBooks entries, reconcile bank accounts, invoices, payments, and general ledger balances.
• Prepare and review financial statements, supporting schedules, and necessary accounting reports.
• Evaluate outstanding accounting backlogs, prioritize work, and establish an actionable plan to meet project deadlines.
• Partner directly with company leadership and internal staff to provide accounting guidance, communicate outstanding needs, and ensure accurate financial documentation.

Qualifications

• Active CPA license in good standing.
• Strong background in accounting, financial reporting, general ledger management, and year-end financial closings.
• Advanced proficiency with QuickBooks, including reconciliations, correcting entries, and generating financial reports.
• Demonstrated ability to review historical accounting records, resolve discrepancies, and bring incomplete financial records up to date.
• Highly organized, analytical, and self-directed professional with excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.

Compensation And Benefits

• Compensation: $75–$85/hour, depending on experience.
• Schedule: Full-time, approximately 40 hours per week, Monday through Friday.
• Location: 100% onsite at the client's Columbia, Maryland facility.
• Duration: Approximately six weeks initially, with potential for extension or temp-to-hire consideration.
• Additional Details: Immediate start, casual work environment, and direct collaboration with company leadership.

About Our Search Firm

Scion Staffing is a national award-winning staffing firm! Since 2006, we have had the pleasure of successfully placing thousands of talented professionals with amazing career opportunities. Through our innovative team building and recruiting solutions, we bridge the gap in executive leadership searches, direct hire recruiting, interim leadership placement, and temporary professional staffing. We are proud to be part of the Forbes lists of the Best Recruitment Firms and the Best Executive Search Firms in America. Additionally, Scion has been recognized as a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing firm as well as a top recruitment firm by The Business Times. Additional information about our firm can also be found online.

Scion Staffing, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and service provider and does not discriminate based on race, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship status, sexual orientation, disability, political affiliation or belief, or any other protected class. We are committed to the principles of Equal Opportunity Employment and are dedicated to making employment decisions based on merit and value, for ourselves, our client companies, and the candidates we represent. For opportunities located in a region that have enacted fair chance, arrest or conviction-based employment ordinances, Scion Staffing proactively follows the enacted guidance and considers for employment all qualified applications with arrest and conviction records. We engage in socially conscious business practices and believe that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and non-biased talent and recruitment processes are foundational to the success of Scion as well as every client organization with whom we partner.