Overview
This role performs hands-on general ledger accounting for corporate books, including journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end/year-end close support. A dedicated focus includes transaction accounting for newly acquired environmental services entities and portfolio-wide compliance with ASC 842 lease accounting.
Location: Remote
Compensation: $80,000 - $120,000 annual (negotiable based on experience)
Responsibilities
Accounting
- Prepare and post journal entries and complete account reconciliations for the corporate general ledger across the environmental services portfolio, meeting close deadlines and audit-ready documentation standards.
- Support month-end and year-end close processes, including account analysis and variance research.
- Assist with coordinating external audit requests and tax requests, and preparing supporting schedules for corporate and consolidated accounts.
- Cross-train across the general ledger function to provide backup coverage during close and peak periods.
Transaction Accounting & M&A Support
- Record opening balance sheet entries and purchase accounting journal entries for newly acquired environmental services entities, under the direction of the Controller.
- Assist with integrating newly acquired entities’ general ledgers onto Vantagepoint, including mapping legacy charts of accounts and lease schedules to the organization’s standard structure.
- Help with new acquisition accounting to ensure compliance with GAAP.
- Maintain ASC 842 lease schedules for the entity portfolio, calculating and updating right-of-use assets and lease liabilities as leases are added or modified.
- Support due diligence data requests during the acquisition process, pulling and organizing historical financial data.
Business Intelligence
- Understand how information flows within Vantagepoint and apply that knowledge to keep reporting accurate as new entities come online.
- Assist in translating account-level data into recommended action items for the General Ledger Manager.
Project Management
- Communicate proactively, professionally, and transparently with teammates and other departments.
- Assist the Controller with accounting-related process improvement projects.
Leadership / Management
- Pursue continuing education on technical accounting topics such as lease accounting and purchase accounting.
- Mentor and support the development of newer accounting staff through day-to-day interactions.
Financial Acumen
- Monitor actual revenue and expenses against budget and/or forecast as requested.
Client Service
- Build effective working relationships with entity-level accounting teams, project managers, and external auditors.
- Perform other ad hoc duties and responsibilities as assigned.
Requirements
- 4+ years of accounting experience, ideally including exposure to lease accounting (ASC 842) and transaction/purchase accounting.
- CPA or actively pursuing CPA is a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field, or equivalent experience.
- Microsoft Office products.
- ERP software (Vantagepoint or similar project-based ERP preferred).
- BI reporting tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.).
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range: $80,000 - $120,000 annual (negotiable based on experience)
- Bonuses and 401(k) contributions
- 100% remote work with occasional travel requirements
Location
Remote (with occasional travel requirements)