Accounting Consultant

Senior Accountant – Benefits & Compensation Accounting

We are partnering with a large multinational company to identify a Senior Accountant for a specialized contract assignment supporting benefits and compensation accounting. This role is mostly on-site and slated to run for approximately 6 months.

This is not a traditional general-ledger role. The position will support complex accounting related to stock-based compensation, equity awards, international pension plans and employee benefit programs. The work is highly analytical, Excel-intensive and performed in a fast-paced corporate environment.

What You’ll Do

• Support accounting for equity grants, RSUs, PSUs and related stock-compensation expense.
• Maintain and review detailed models tied to vesting schedules, forfeitures and company performance metrics.
• Update PSU calculations using measures such as sales growth and EPS.
• Reconcile equity and benefits activity from third-party administrators to payroll, HR records and the general ledger.
• Review international pension information and assist with US GAAP reporting.
• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, rollforwards and quarter-end support.
• Investigate discrepancies across multiple systems and data sources.
• Maintain large Excel workbooks containing detailed calculations, assumptions and allocations.
• Support financial reporting, audit requests and process documentation.
• Work cross-functionally with Accounting, Finance, HR, Payroll, Compensation and external administrators.

What We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance or a related field.
• Four or more years of relevant accounting experience.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience working with large, calculation-heavy workbooks.
• Strong journal-entry, reconciliation and analytical accounting experience.
• Ability to review formulas, trace source data and determine whether results are reasonable.
• Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving and organizational skills.
• Ability to learn specialized accounting processes quickly.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Public-company or multinational-company experience is strongly preferred.

Experience with stock compensation, equity accounting, pensions, benefits accounting is highly preferred but not required.

This is an excellent opportunity for a strong senior accountant who enjoys detailed analytical work, complex Excel models and specialized accounting processes.