4 month contract (may extend)
Pay $40-$50
40 hours per week M-F
Remote - PST hours
About the Team
The General Ledger team is responsible for maintaining the integrity of the Company's financial records and ensuring accurate, timely, and compliant financial reporting. We partner across Finance, FP&A, Tax, Treasury, Accounts Payable, Payroll, and business stakeholders to support the monthly close process, balance sheet integrity, SOX compliance, and continuous process improvements. We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Accountant who thrives in a fast-paced environment, demonstrates strong technical accounting skills, and is passionate about improving processes through automation and innovation.
What You'll Get to Do
• Lead key aspects of the monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
• Prepare and review complex journal entries, accruals, reclasses, amortization entries, and other accounting adjustments.
• Own balance sheet account reconciliations and account analyses, ensuring timely identification and resolution of reconciling items.
• Perform detailed fluctuation analyses and explain period-over-period variances to management.
• Maintain and support accounting for prepaid expenses, accruals, fixed assets, leases, and other assigned accounting areas.
• Ensure compliance with US GAAP, company accounting policies, and internal controls.
• Support SOX compliance activities, including control execution, documentation, testing, and remediation efforts.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to obtain and validate financial data required for accurate financial reporting.
• Assist with external and internal audit requests, including preparation of supporting schedules and documentation.
• Participate in special projects, business integrations, system implementations, and accounting process improvements.
• Identify opportunities for automation and operational efficiencies while maintaining strong financial controls.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for assigned accounting processes and provide guidance to junior team members and business partners.
• Review work prepared by staff accountants or offshore teams, as assigned.
• Support the development and enhancement of accounting policies, procedures, and documentation.
The successful candidate will:
• Demonstrate ownership and accountability for assigned accounting processes.
• Deliver accurate and timely close results with minimal supervision.
• Proactively identify risks, control gaps, and process improvement opportunities.
• Build strong partnerships across Finance and business functions.
• Maintain a continuous improvement mindset while balancing operational excellence and compliance req
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 4–7+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and financial reporting principles.
• Experience with month-end close, journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial statement analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and large data-set analysis.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience working with ERP systems (Workday preferred).
Preferred Qualifications
• CPA certification (active or in progress).
• Public accounting and/or Big 4 experience.
• Experience with SOX compliance and internal controls.
• Experience working in a publicly traded or global organization.
• Knowledge of Workday Financials, Power BI, Alteryx, SQL, Python, or other automation tools.
• Experience driving process improvement and automation initiatives