Sr. Accountant

East Hartford, CTDescriptionReports to – Assistant ControllerJob Summary: NEFCO is growing fast, and the finance team is building the controls, processes, and discipline that growth demands. The Senior Accountant owns the accuracy of the balance sheet and general ledger and works alongside the Assistant Controller, Corporate Controller, Sr Financial Analyst, CFO, and Department Managers to improve profitability and business processes. We are looking for a relentless problem solver who finds and fixes the root cause rather than the symptom, builds processes that scale, and puts strong controls in place in an organization that is not used to guardrails. This role is for someone with grit, determination, and resilience who takes ownership without being asked and is never comfortable with the status quo.Job Duties:Ownership & Root Cause Problem Solving:Take full ownership of assigned balance sheet accounts and the general ledger, driving them to accurate completion every period with minimal oversight.Go beyond fixing the variance in front of you. Investigate why it happened, trace it to the originating process, system setup, or behavior, and implement a permanent fix.Perform detailed GL and trial balance analyses, deep-dive reviews of reconciliations, and reconstruct books and records where legacy practices have left gaps.Document root causes, corrective actions, and recurring issue trends, and follow through until the issue stops recurring.Persist through ambiguity, competing deadlines, and difficult data. Escalate early with options and a recommendation, not just a problem.Controls & Process Design Built for Scale:Design, implement, and maintain an effective system of internal controls over accounting and financial reporting, working alongside the Assistant Controller and Corporate Controller.Implement and establish controls over all Balance Sheet accounts, including clear ownership, review, approval, and evidence standards.Reengineer and standardize Balance Sheet Reconciliations for all companies so they are consistent, repeatable, and not dependent on any one person’s knowledge.Introduce guardrails in areas where none exist today. Partner with and influence process owners to adopt them, and hold the line when exceptions are requested.Automate financial and operational processes wherever possible to reduce manual work and risk as transaction volume grows.Produce and maintain company procedures and SOPs so that processes are documented, trainable, and auditable.Systems, Integration & Business Partnership:Partner with the Inventory Cost Accounting Manager to understand how inventory items are created, maintained, and flow to the General Ledger in Epicor Eclipse, tracing inventory variances to their source.Coordinate with business and process owners to understand current processes, challenge them where needed, and recommend better ones.Assist with the integration of acquisitions, including identifying account, data, and process gaps and helping standardize them to NEFCO practices.Support annual Financial, 401k, Sales Tax, and lending partner audits.Develop and execute Internal Audit processes.Continuously look for opportunities to shorten the close, improve accuracy, and strengthen controls.Our Building Blocks in This Role:At NEFCO, how we work matters as much as what we deliver. In this role, our Building Blocks look like this:Be All In (Play with Heart): Own your accounts, reconciliations, and outcomes from start to finish. Do not wait to be asked, and do not hand off a problem until it is truly solved.Unlimited Potential (Passion for Growth): Challenge “the way we have always done it.” Treat growth, new acquisitions, and increasing volume as a reason to build better, not a reason to work longer.In It Together (Have Each Other’s Backs): Build controls with the business, not against it. Explain the why, earn trust with process owners, and share credit as One NEFCO.Live To Win (Competitive Spirit): Set a high bar for accuracy and timeliness. Stay resilient through close deadlines, audit requests, and messy legacy data, and keep pushing until it is right.Do The Right Thing (Integrity Matters): Hold the line on controls and compliance even when it is inconvenient or unpopular. Be honest about what you find, and be accountable for what you own.What Success Looks Like:Balance sheet accounts are reconciled completely, accurately, and on time, with clear ownership and support.Recurring reconciling items and close issues decline because root causes were found and fixed, not worked around.Controls are documented, followed, and tested, and audit requests are met with minimal scrambling.Processes and SOPs are standardized so that new locations and acquired companies can be onboarded without starting over.Process owners understand and support the controls you put in place, even where the organization is not used to them.You are regularly bringing forward improvements no one asked you to make.RequirementsQualifications:BS Degree with a major in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration.Strong knowledge of GAAP, accounting principles, and procedures.Proven experience in a Senior Accountant position preferred, ideally in a growing, multi-entity, or acquisition-driven environment.Demonstrated root cause problem solving: able to give examples of finding the underlying cause of a recurring issue and permanently fixing it.Experience designing, implementing, or strengthening internal controls and reconciliation processes, and getting stakeholders to adopt them.Track record of building or improving processes so they scale, including documentation and SOPs.Mastery of VLOOKUPs, SUMIFs, pivot tables, and other advanced Excel formulas, with the ability to work through large data sets.Excellent accounting software user and administration skills; ERP experience (Epicor Eclipse a plus).Grit, determination, and reilience: a history of taking on hard problems, pushing through setbacks, and finishing what you start.Self-motivated and self-directed, with sound judgment and the confidence to challenge the status quo respectfully.Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to influence and hold others accountable.Impeccable analytical and organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail.Salary Description$100,000-$110,000 +bonus, based on experience