Senior Accountant

Overview

This Senior Accountant role is part of the organization’s global accounting team, partnering with the Accounting Manager to support a high-performing accounting function. The position focuses on detailed review of deliverables prepared by a Center of Excellence (COE) team, ownership of multiple balance sheet reconciliations, and ownership of SG&A and COGS accrual processes. In addition to month-end close responsibilities, the role contributes to process improvement and enhances the quality, clarity, and usefulness of financial reporting for other departments.

Responsibilities

• Perform detailed reviews of journal entries, reconciliations, and other deliverables prepared by the COE team to ensure accuracy, completeness, proper support, and compliance with GAAP and internal policies.
• Provide clear, constructive feedback to the COE team and partner to resolve errors at the root cause.
• Own and prepare multiple balance sheet reconciliations monthly, resolving reconciling items timely and maintaining audit-ready support.
• Own SG&A and COGS accrual processes, including preparation, analysis, true-ups, and documentation of methodology and assumptions.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, ensuring adherence to deadlines and accounting principles.
• Identify and investigate variances or discrepancies in financial records; perform fluctuation analysis and take corrective actions as appropriate.
• Lead and contribute to process improvement initiatives by streamlining, standardizing, and automating accounting workflows.
• Improve recurring and ad hoc reporting for other departments by enhancing accuracy, format, and usefulness.
• Assist in preparation of audit schedules and support internal and external audits.
• Ensure compliance with accounting standards, regulations, and internal policies.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather financial data and ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Manage time effectively to prioritize tasks, meet deadlines, and balance review responsibilities with individual deliverables.

Requirements

• Strong understanding of accounting principles, financial reporting, general ledger maintenance, account reconciliations, and accrual accounting (SG&A and COGS).
• Demonstrated experience reviewing the work of others and providing effective feedback, ideally in a shared services or COE environment.
• Track record of process improvement, streamlining financial operations, and implementing best practices.
• Strong working knowledge of accounting systems and ERP platforms; NetSuite experience is a plus.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and strong overall Microsoft Office proficiency (Outlook, Word, etc.).
• Exceptional attention to detail and analytical ability to work with numbers accurately.
• Strong critical thinking skills, including the ability to question results that don’t make sense, connect activity across accounts, and anticipate downstream impacts.
• Team-oriented mindset: build trust with the COE team and business partners, share knowledge generously, and put team outcomes first.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain accounting concepts to non-accounting audiences.
• Proven experience collaborating with stakeholders and providing accurate, decision-ready financial information.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, results-oriented growth environment.
• Self-motivation, ownership of assigned areas, and willingness to drive change management.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with shared services or COE environments.
• NetSuite experience.

Compensation & Benefits

• Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

• United States.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for employment visa sponsorship.