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Senior Accountant

Professional Recruiting, LLC
Covington, LA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/21/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/20/2026

Overview

The Senior Accountant is responsible for assisting with the financial accounting and reporting process including, but not limited to, performing reconciliations, preparing closing journal entries, gathering data to support financial statement disclosures, researching certain accounting issues and ensuring compliance with Company policies and regulatory reporting requirements.


Responsibilities

  • Assists in the preparation, review, and distribution of financial statements and supporting data on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis.
  • Assists in financial analysis and investigation of budget variances.
  • Prepares general ledger journal entries and reconciliations for certain moderate-to-highly complex accounts on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, and accounts for certain non-routine accounting transactions which requires significant interaction with other departments.
  • Assists with the review and supervision of work performed by accounting staff.
  • Supervises the preparation and distribution of customer invoices by the Billing staff.
  • Regularly interfaces with appropriate customer representatives to ensure compliance with customer billing requirements and identification of potential collection issues.
  • Prepares and maintains written memorandum for accounting processes and tasks performed and ensures compliance with the Company’s Sarbanes Oxley Section 404 processes and controls.
  • Works with internal and external auditors in providing support for financial statements and internal controls.



Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance.
  • 2 or more years of experience in public accounting or financial statement preparation for a large corporation.

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