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Senior Accountant | Concord, NC (Hybrid)
About the Company
Our client is a PE-backed company that designs, fabricates, and installs its products. Founded in 1989, it was recently acquired as part of its private equity sponsor's add-on strategy
Location and Schedule- Concord, NC. Hybrid, with 3 scheduled days in the office.
Compensation and Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision
- Approximately 3 weeks PTO
- 401(k) with discretionary match
Growth - Direct path to a leadership role as the company grows and evolves.
About the Role
The Senior Accountant will own the complete set of books for the site and serve as the go-to finance person on location, reporting directly to the CFO with support from a larger corporate finance team. This is a broad, full-cycle role with real opportunity to build: converting the business from cash-basis to accrual GAAP, establishing close processes from scratch, and helping lead an ERP implementation.
Responsibilities
- Own the general ledger and monthly close under U.S. GAAP
- Prepare journal entries, accruals (payroll, bonuses, other liabilities), and the payroll journal entry
- Prepare monthly balance-sheet and bank reconciliations
- Review AP, AR, and cash application performed by support staff, and guide the work of site clerical staff
- Gather sales and use tax data and load it into Avalara
- Support year-end and purchase-accounting audits
- Help transition to a new ERP and build accounting processes, controls, and site reporting
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting (required)
- 2-3 years of public accounting or audit experience working with small to mid-market clients, ideally in manufacturing
- Solid knowledge of U.S. GAAP and accrual accounting
- Strong Excel skills
- Ability to work independently and solve problems
- Analytical mindset with a solid grasp of financial statements and the bigger picture
- Comfortable in a hands-on, lean, small-office environment
Preferred
- Sales and use tax experience
- Audit support and year-end schedule preparation
- ERP conversion exposure
- Manufacturing and cost accounting experience is not required.