Corporate Staff Accountant

This Corporate Staff Accountant role offers a rare chance to work directly alongside the CFO in a growing, acquisitive holding company within manufacturing and distribution, providing high visibility and accelerated career progression. Strategic Exposure: Direct partnership with CFO and CEO, enabling insight into high-level financial decision-making. Growth Opportunity: Clear path for promotion to Senior Accountant and beyond as the company expands. Manufacturing company with four operating companies: one manufacturer and three distributors. The Corporate Staff Accountant handles general accounting for all four, keeping each company's books accurate and its balance sheet reconciled, and the intercompany activity between them tied out. This role suits an accountant who likes variety. You will move between companies, business models and accounting systems in the same week, and you will be the first person to spot and fix problems when the numbers don't tie. Key Responsibilities General accounting and month-end close Prepare and post journal entries for all four companies, including accruals, prepaids, depreciation and commission accruals. Complete month-end close tasks for each company on schedule, and keep a clear checklist and supporting documentation. Maintain the general ledger and chart of accounts for consistency across companies. Reconciliations Reconcile bank and credit card accounts for each company every month. Prepare balance sheet reconciliations, including AR, inventory, prepaids, fixed assets, accrued liabilities and debt, and resolve reconciling items promptly. Reconcile intercompany receivables, payables and sales between the companies, and investigate and correct differences .Record intercompany charges such as management fees, cost allocations and shared expenses. Multiple companies and business models Account for a manufacturing company with inventory, work in process, direct labor and overhead, alongside three distribution companies with purchased-for-resale inventory. Apply consistent accounting policies across companies while reflecting each one's business model. Prepare company-level financials and schedules that support the monthly consolidated reporting package. Multiple accounting systems Work day to day in more than one accounting system, including QuickBooks Enterprise and Sage 100. Pull and combine data from each system in Excel to build reconciliations, schedules and reports. Support system cleanup, process improvements and any future system conversion. AR and AP support Back up accounts receivable and accounts payable as needed, including invoicing, cash application, vendor bills and payment runs Review AR and AP aging reports and flag past-due or unusual items. Financial analysis and troubleshooting Perform account and variance analysis: month-over-month and budget-to-actual, plus gross margin by company. Investigate and resolve problems: out-of-balance accounts, intercompany differences, system errors and reports that don't tie. Support annual audits and tax preparation with schedules and documentation. Respond to audit requests and other ad hoc reporting and data requests. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance. 2–5 years of general accounting experience, including month-end close and balance sheet reconciliations. Experience reconciling intercompany activity, or accounting for more than one entity. Hands-on experience with at least one mid-market accounting system or ERP, such as QuickBooks Enterprise, Sage 100, NetSuite or similar. Strong Excel skills: lookups, pivot tables, SUMIFS, and combining data from multiple sources. Solid understanding of GAAP and accrual accounting. Strong organization and the ability to manage multiple close deadlines at once. A problem solver who investigates root causes, not just symptoms. #J-18808-Ljbffr