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Senior Accountant (Month-End Close Focus | 4 Years Experience)
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly organized and deadline-driven Senior Accountant with 4 years of experience and a proven track record in leading and executing month-end close processes. This role is critical to ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting and will serve as a key owner of the close cycle, reconciliations, and financial integrity of the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Month-End Close
Job Summary
We are seeking a highly organized and deadline-driven Senior Accountant with 4 years of experience and a proven track record in leading and executing month-end close processes. This role is critical to ensuring accurate, timely financial reporting and will serve as a key owner of the close cycle, reconciliations, and financial integrity of the organization.
Key Responsibilities
Month-End Close
- Own and execute key components of the month-end close process, ensuring timely completion within tight deadlines
- Prepare and post complex journal entries (accruals, deferrals, reclasses, allocations)
- Perform and review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all accounts are accurate and fully supported
- Analyze and explain month-over-month variances in financial results
- Maintain and continuously improve the close checklist, timelines, and workflows
- Identify bottlenecks and implement process improvements to accelerate the close cycle
- Own the integrity and accuracy of monthly financial statements by leading close activities, validating underlying data, and ensuring all balances are fully supported
- Ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP standards
- Provide insights into financial performance and key trends
- Support internal and external audits by preparing schedules and responding to auditor requests
- Assist with year-end close and financial statement preparation
- Partner with FP&A, operations, and other departments to gather data for accruals and reporting
- Communicate deadlines and requirements to ensure timely close inputs
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- 4 years of progressive accounting experience with hands-on month-end close responsibility
- Strong understanding of accrual accounting and close processes
- Experience managing or contributing to fast-paced close cycles
- Proficiency with ERP systems (SAP preferred)
- Advanced Excel skills
- CPA or CPA-track preferred
- Experience reducing close timelines and improving efficiency
- Strong reconciliation and variance analysis skills
- Ability to work under tight deadlines with high accuracy
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Process improvement mindset with attention to detail
- Month-end close completed on time with accurate, fully supported financials and no material post-close adjustments
- Clean, well-documented reconciliations
- Improved close efficiency over time
- Strong cross-functional collaboration