Lead – Financial Accounting

Consultative Search Group; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Consultative Search Group in Los Angeles is seeking a Lead - Financial Accounting to join our global professional services team. You will manage the monthly close, prepare financial statements and schedules, and lead complex accounting duties with accuracy and timeliness.

The role requires strong ledger expertise, GAAP knowledge (cash and accrual), and at least five years of General Ledger experience, with CPA preferred. Hybrid schedule with in-office presence.

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrated analytical skills with variance analysis and reconciliations.
• Advanced knowledge of cash and accrual accounting and GAAP.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in financial reporting.

Aufgaben

• Perform detailed general ledger and bank reconciliations, identifying discrepancies and resolving issues.
• Maintain and balance the general ledger across entities, books, and currencies, including FX entries.
• Manage ongoing maintenance of the general ledger structure and mappings for compliant recording.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, management reports, and trend analyses for leadership review and audits.
• Maintain audit-ready documentation and support external audits with workpapers and responses.
• Protect confidential and sensitive financial information according to policy.

Kenntnisse

Analytical skills

Account reconciliations

GAAP knowledge

Attention to detail

Cash and accrual accounting

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, business or related field

CPA preferably

Jobbeschreibung

A large global professional services firm seeks a Lead - Financial Accounting to join their dynamic team. The Lead - Financial Accounting is an integral part of the firm’s Financial Accounting team and will be responsible for a variety of assignments, including preparing financial statements and schedules, performing financial analysis, and completing complex accounting duties and projects, while executing and actively participating in the monthly close process, including journal entries, subledger-to-GL reconciliations, result reviews, and on-schedule completion of all activities. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence.

Responsibilities

• Performing detailed general ledger and bank reconciliations, identifying discrepancies, and independently resolving issues through research, adjustments, and process corrections
• Maintaining and balancing the general ledger across multiple entities, books, and currencies, ensuring accounts are fully supported, reconciled, and aligned with transactional activity, including FX remeasurement and related entries
• Managing ongoing maintenance of the general ledger structure (books, entities, account mappings), applying a strong understanding of book structure and mapping logic to ensure consistent, compliant transaction recording
• Preparing monthly financial statements, management reports, and trend analyses, ensuring accurate, complete, and timely information for leadership review, tax and statutory filings, and year-end audits
• Maintaining accounting records and audit-ready documentation (reconciliations, schedules, system reports) and supporting external audits by preparing required workpapers and responses
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that firm retains

Qualifications

• Exhibit demonstrated analytical skills, with the ability to interpret financial data, analyze variances, and perform detailed account reconciliations
• Possess advanced knowledge of accounting principles, including both cash and accrual accounting
• Display high level of attention to detail, with the ability to review and proofread work to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance
• A bachelor’s degree in Accounting, business or related field
• A CPA, preferably
• A minimum of five (5) years of relevant experience in General Ledger accounting, preferably in a corporate or professional services environment
• A minimum of five (5) years of cumulative experience

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