Staff Accountant [ Open to Senior Accountant]

Our client is a fast-growing, private equity-owned company that provides home improvement services to residential and commercial property owners. They are seeking a dynamic Staff Accountant who will report directly to the Controller and work closely with the Accounting team as well as other stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist prepare income and balance sheet statements, variance analysis, and various other accounting statements and reports.
• Maintains transactions in ERP by recording journal entries in accordance with GAAP and reconciling all balance sheet accounts to identify and correct errors in posting or coding.
• Prepare and/or interpret complex or very complex accounting transactions and records. Analyze data in order to initiate/recommend corrective action as needed.
• Actively identify (and close) control gaps and various deficiencies. Examples include segregation of duty, gaps in levels of authority matrices, standardization of materiality levels utilized in day to day tasks (including flux analysis), etc.
• Assist the close process (month and year-end). This will include (but is not limited to) monthly intercompany settlement process, customization of reports and preparation of various month end reports.
• Use of general accounting principles and rules to create financial reports and analysis.
• Supports annual audit, tax and sales tax preparation process and related filings by preparing requested schedules.
• Timely completion of month-end close processes.
• Reconciles credit card transactions and bank accounts (including matching/uploading receipts).
• Ensures the accuracy of the cash balances by reconciling bank account balances to the bank statements.
• Supports other departments with ERP inquiries and needs.
• Establishes effective relationships and work cross-functionally across the organization.
• Contributes to department and organization projects as assigned.
• Analyzes monthly financial reports and records.
• Maintains compliance by completing quarterly and annual Financial Statements timely, accurately and in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
• Practices a high level of integrity and honesty in maintaining confidentiality.
• Performs other related duties as assigned or requested.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, mathematics, statistics, or related field
• 2 plus years of relevant experience.
• Strong communication and interpersonal, technology, organizational and analytical skills are required
• Advanced Excel skills
• Hands on experience with large ERP systems
• Ability to make sound decisions with minimal supervision.
• Able to identify and mitigate risks that could jeopardize the integrity of the financial statements.
• Strong track record in working independently and in a team setting as well as handling multiple deadlines.
• Strong analytical capabilities coupled with the ability to identify issues and present solutions.
• Strong GAAP and Financial Statement knowledge.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Exposure to audits and ERP implementation