Public Company Senior Accountant — Close, SOX & Insights

A Hiring Company; Kellogg (ID); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A Hiring Company is seeking a Senior Accountant to support the Controller in day-to-day accounting, close, and reporting for a public company. This hands-on role emphasizes accuracy, process discipline, and ownership of core accounting areas.

The position requires CPA eligibility or active pursuit, US GAAP knowledge, strong close experience, and a pragmatic, mentoring mindset to drive improvements and ensure audit readiness.

Qualifications

• CPA license required or actively on track to obtain CPA certification.
• Public company audit experience or equivalent hands-on accounting in a public company.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and financial close processes.
• Leadership, mentoring, and knowledge sharing without formal people management.
• Process improvement mindset balancing accuracy, efficiency, and deadlines.
• Ability to explain accounting results clearly to leadership.

Responsibilities

• Perform and review daily, monthly, and quarterly accounting activities including journal entries and reconciliations.
• Play a key role in the monthly close with timely, well-documented results.
• Maintain balance sheet integrity and ownership of assigned accounts.
• Support external reporting, including audit readiness and documentation.
• Partner with Controller to prepare internal management reporting and analyses.
• Assist with SOX controls execution, documentation, and remediation.
• Identify inefficiencies and help design practical process improvements.
• Serve as a technical resource sharing knowledge and best practices within the accounting team.
• Support ad hoc accounting projects as assigned by the Controller.

Skills

Leadership

Process improvement

Attention to detail

Mentoring

Education

CPA license on track

Tools

ERP systems

Account reconcillation tools

Job description

A Hiring Company is seeking a Senior Accountant to support the Controller in day-to-day accounting, close, and reporting for a public company. This hands-on role emphasizes accuracy, process discipline, and ownership of core accounting areas.

The position requires CPA eligibility or active pursuit, US GAAP knowledge, strong close experience, and a pragmatic, mentoring mindset to drive improvements and ensure audit readiness.