What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at Financial Statement Services, Inc?
Who We Are:
Opening its doors over 45 years ago, FSSI is a leading document outsourcing company servicing Fortune 500 companies in the financial, banking, insurance and billing industries across the U.S.
We are currently looking for a Senior Staff Accountant with strong technical accounting expertise and a highly analytical, systems-savvy mindset to join our team in Santa Ana, CA. This role is responsible for core accounting functions including account reconciliations, general ledger maintenance, audit support, and preparation of financial reports. The ideal candidate is a hands-on accountant who is curious, proactive, and comfortable leveraging technology to improve process and reporting. This role may provide guidance to accounting staff. If this sounds like you, we would love for you to apply!
Schedule: This role requires full-time, onsite presence, Monday through Friday, at our Santa Ana, CA location.
Your Essential Duties:
- Ensure compliance with FSSI's established accounting policies while identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, accuracy, and controls
- Consistently demonstrate ownership of monthly bank and balance sheet account reconciliations, ensuring timely and accurate completion
- Prepare month end closing journal entries
- Prepare and analyze monthly financial statement package
- Partner with department leaders to support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis
- Analyze financial results and identify trends
- Analyze financial results and identify trends
- Ensure accuracy of fixed asset system, which includes reconciliation to general ledger and monthly recording of depreciation expense
- Provide guidance and support for accounts payable & accounts receivable functions, as needed
- Assist with all external audits
- Maintain confidentiality of financial information
- Perform other duties as assigned
What You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance required.
- Minimum 4 or more years’ work experience in accounting
- Manufacturing or cost accounting exposure and experience preferred.
- NetSuite experience required.
- Nexus sales tax experience highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of general ledger accounting and month-end close processes
- Advanced Excel skills (e.g. Pivot tables, lookups, data analysis).
- Effective written and verbal communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate with all levels of management.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, and follow tasks through to completion.
- Curious mindset with a desire to understand the "why” behind the numbers.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Effective communicator who is able to collaborate across departments.
Why Join Us?
- Employee Ownership through our Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP): When you join our team, you’re not just an employee—you become an employee-owner, sharing in the success of our company and shaping its future.
- Culture of CARE for our Employees: We offer strong, competitive benefit plans for our employees and their families.
- Industry Leadership: FSSI is a technology-driven leader in document services, focused on providing best-in-class services and dedicated to utilizing industry-leading software and equipment.
Benefits include:
- 401(k) & Roth Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- Medical, Dental, Vision & Life Insurance
- Vacation, sick leave and paid holidays – including your birthday!
- Employee Assistance & Care Programs
- Additional perks & employee award programs