Senior Accountant

Kforce's client, a publicly traded company, is seeking a Senior Accountant in Princeton, NJ. The role is in office 3 days a week & 2 days remote. Summary: The Senior Accountant is responsible for overseeing the accounting, reporting, and control of the organization's fixed asset portfolio, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and compliance with applicable accounting standards and internal policies. This role manages the full lifecycle of fixed assets, including capitalization, depreciation, impairment, transfer, and disposal, while playing a key leadership role in the month-end close, financial reporting, and audit processes. In addition, the role drives process improvements by leveraging automation, data analytics, and AI-enabled tools to enhance reporting efficiency, data integrity, and scalability. This company offers great benefits, opportunity to advance along with a year-end target bonus of 15%. Duties:

• Perform fixed asset accounting functions necessary to achieve an accurate and timely general ledger month-end close
• Reconcile fixed asset accounts to the general ledger monthly
• Prepare entity-level and consolidated fixed asset roll-forwards
• Assist with the analysis and preparation of schedules for inclusion in the quarterly controller's packages that are presented to senior management
• Preparation of quarterly/annual fixed asset schedules in accordance with GAAP and SEC disclosure requirements for inclusion in the periodic financial statements, footnotes, and other financial information reported on SEC Form 10-Q/10-K
• Assist in providing requested deliverables and any follow-up requests for additional support to the internal and external auditors
• Provide backup for lease and other accounting groups as necessary
• Provide support on technical accounting issues
• Assist with testing relevant accounting and fixed asset system upgrades and enhancements
• Assist with special projects
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university
• A minimum of 3+ years of experience in public accounting & general accounting and/or financial reporting
• Knowledge of ERP accounting systems
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills, including demonstrated ability to communicate with all levels of internal colleagues and external contacts
• This individual is expected to bring a continuous improvement mindset, identifying opportunities to streamline processes, reduce manual effort, and improve visibility into asset performance and financial impacts
• Practical understanding and application of internal control processes and procedures over financial accounting and reporting
• Project participation and organization skills with a demonstrated ability to navigate in a fast-paced environment with tight deadlines
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications and working knowledge of accounting/reporting software, specifically SAP or OneStream XF is a plus
• Ability to handle multiple concurrent efforts and provide high-quality deliverables accurately and on time

• CPA and/or Master's in Accounting
• Public accounting experience

* SAP S/4 HANA

• Experience implementing or working with automation or AI-based workflows
• Energy industry experience
• Ability to use AI tools to analyze large datasets and generate insights