Senior Accountant
MacLean Fogg
Overview Role Summary The Senior Accountant plays a critical role in overseeing and managing advanced accounting functions, ensuring accurate financial reporting, compliance with accounting standards, and efficient financial operations. This position supports complex financial reporting, audits, budgeting, and reconciliations while driving continuous improvement in accounting processes. As a senior-level professional, the Senior Accountant mentors’ junior staff, contributes to strategic decision-making, and collaborates across departments to achieve organizational goals. Key Responsibilities Lead and manage monthly, quarterly, and annual closing processes, ensuring timely and accurate completion in compliance with GAAP. Supervise accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll functions, resolving complex issues and ensuring accurate transaction processing. Oversee the maintenance of the general ledger and subledgers, ensuring data integrity and alignment with accounting policies. Perform and review complex reconciliations for balance sheet accounts, bank accounts, and intercompany transactions, resolving discrepancies promptly. Prepare and review detailed financial reports, including income statements, balance sheets, and cash flow statements, providing insights to leadership. Serve as the primary liaison for internal and external audits, preparing required documentation, addressing findings, and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Ensure adherence to accounting regulations and organizational policies, maintaining strong internal controls. Contribute to the development of annual budgets and rolling forecasts, analyzing variances and recommending adjustments to achieve financial objectives. Perform in-depth financial analysis, identifying trends, risks, and opportunities to support strategic decision-making. Monitor and control expenses, provide insights to ensure alignment with budgetary goals and identify areas for cost optimization. Identify inefficiencies in accounting processes, recommend improvements, and implement best practices to enhance accuracy and efficiency. Leverage advanced accounting software, ERP systems, and reporting tools to improve workflows and data analysis capabilities. Assist in developing and updating accounting policies and procedures to strengthen internal controls and align with industry standards. Provide guidance, mentorship, and training to junior accounting staff, fostering professional growth and ensuring high team performance. Collaborate with finance, operations, and leadership teams to address accounting needs, support projects, and align financial strategies with organizational objectives. Other duties as assigned. Qualifications (Required) Education: Bachelor's Experience: Minimum of 5-8 years of accounting experience. Qualifications (Preferred) Certifications: CPA or another related certification Physical Requirements Ability to sit for extended periods of time. Various agencies of the United States Government require employers to maintain information on applicants pertaining to factors such as race, sex, and type of position for which an individual applies. The information requested is voluntary and is for compliance with certain record-keeping requirements. MacLean-Fogg is dedicated to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We actively promote equal opportunity for all applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristics. Discover more about your Equal Employment Opportunity rights as an applicant. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in our hiring process, please contact View email address on click.appcast.io. #J-18808-Ljbffr MacLean-Fogg
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