Overview
This role supports a corporate accounting team for a generator service organization with branches across the United States. The Corporate Accountant will assist with general ledger activities, revenue-related accounting, and financial reporting, working closely with cross-functional partners in Accounting, Finance, and other areas.
Responsibilities
- Prepare journal entries, including weekly payroll entries, and related supporting schedules
- Prepare and analyze balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring timely resolution of reconciling items
- Execute banking transactions, perform daily cash and bank reconciliations, and prepare cash forecasts
- Support cash application teams and assist with unapplied cash and daily cash reconciliations
- Partner with FP&A and other internal teams to ensure completeness and accuracy of accruals, reclasses, and other accounting entries
- Analyze financial results, investigate period-over-period fluctuations, and prepare variance explanations for management
- Support ERP system implementation, optimization, and testing
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes through automation, technology, and data analytics
- Maintain compliance with accounting policies, internal controls, and applicable financial reporting requirements, including control documentation and execution
- Assist with internal and external audit requests
- Participate in special projects and ad hoc financial analyses
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting
- 3–5 years of relevant accounting, audit, general ledger, or corporate accounting experience
- Experience in public accounting or within a large, multi-branch organization with complex intercompany transactions and banking is a plus
- CPA or active pursuit of CPA licensure preferred
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP
- Strong interest in leveraging technology, automation, and process improvement
- Analytical mindset with the ability to investigate financial data and draw sound conclusions
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work independently and proactively identify solutions