Senior Accountant

Gray Fox Collective provides fractional CFO and technical accounting services to closely held companies navigating high-stakes events - ESOP transactions, first-year audits, GAAP conversions, and financial reporting build-outs - and then stays alongside those companies as a long-term accounting partner once the transaction is behind them. We are hiring a Senior in Finance & Accounting Services to work side-by-side with the stakeholders on client engagements: building audit-ready workpapers, supporting external auditors and valuation professionals, and turning messy source data into defensible, formula-driven analysis. This is a hands-on, high-ownership role with unusual exposure to deal mechanics for a firm this size. You will ramp quickly, wear multiple hats, and see the full arc of complex transactions from source data to post-close. Just as important, you will help carry those clients past the finish line of the transaction and into sustained, ongoing accounting support - turning the one-time work product into recurring processes that keep their books reliable year after year. What You’ll Do Build and maintain formula-driven workpapers and financial models that tie directly to source data with full audit traceability. Support cash-to-GAAP conversions, including revenue recognition (ASC 606), leases (ASC 842), and percentage-of-completion / work-in-progress (WIP) schedules. Prepare and reconcile schedules for external auditor and reviewer requests - trial balance walks, tie-outs, reconciliations, and technical accounting memos. Assist with ESOP transaction workstreams, including data room preparation, valuation support schedules, and normalizing adjustments. Research and document technical accounting positions in audit-ready memo form. Proactively identify discrepancies and reconciling items, and drive them to resolution. Help transition clients from project-based engagements into sustained, recurring accounting support - standing up month-end close processes, reconciliation cadences, and reporting packages that hold up well after the transaction closes. Serve as a point of continuity for clients post-close, supporting ongoing ESOP-related needs such as annual valuation updates, repurchase obligation data, and year-end audit readiness. Document processes and hand off clean, repeatable workflows so recurring monthly work is efficient, consistent, and scalable across the team. Who You Are Driven and ambitious. You take ownership, push work across the finish line, and want to grow into greater responsibility. A quick learner. You ramp fast on new standards, systems, and client situations. Adaptable and resourceful. You use every tool available - AI, research, your network, and first-principles thinking - to solve problems without waiting to be handed the answer. Disciplined about accuracy. Everything ties, and every number traces to a source. Relationship-minded. You build trust with client teams and enjoy seeing them through from the big event to a well-run steady state. Required 2+ years of public accounting audit experience. 3+ years of industry accounting experience. Strong working knowledge of US GAAP. Advanced Excel - pivot tables, INDEX/MATCH, and the ability to read, follow, and troubleshoot existing formulas rather than hardcoding values. Demonstrated workpaper discipline and attention to detail. Based in the Denver metro area and able to work a hybrid schedule. Preferred CPA (active) or active CPA candidate. Transaction experience - M&A, ESOP, purchase accounting, or diligence / data room support. Hands-on exposure to ASC 606 and ASC 842. Project-based industry background (A&E, construction, engineering) and familiarity with QuickBooks or a comparable accounting system. Compensation & Logistics $90,000-$110,000 salary, commensurate with experience and credentials. 401k (3.5% match) Healthcare (100% covered), Dental & Vision (75% covered) #J-18808-Ljbffr Gray Fox Collective