Senior Accountant

Confidential; Burlington (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Senior Accountant to advance from Staff Accountant toward an Accounting Manager role. You will own complex accounting activities, perform detailed financial analysis, support month-end close, and serve as a technical resource to the team, with emphasis on the General Ledger and Month-End Close processes.

This role requires 3–5 years of relevant accounting experience, a Bachelor’s in accounting/finance, and strong Excel and ERP skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required.
• Generally three to five years of relevant accounting experience.
• ERP experience required; Made2Manage experience is beneficial. Strong Microsoft Excel skills required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post recurring and nonrecurring journal entries with complete supporting documentation.
• Own assigned portions of monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Prepare complex balance-sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items promptly.
• Review selected journal entries and reconciliations prepared by other team members, as assigned.
• Analyze account activity, investigate unusual transactions and variances, and maintain assigned financial schedules.
• Develop schedules and reports that improve visibility into financial and operational performance.
• Assist with recurring forecasts, cash reporting, and working-capital analysis.
• Identify financial risks, reporting issues, and opportunities for improvement.
• Assist with inventory, work-in-process, and cost-of-goods-sold accounting.
• Analyze job costs and material, labor, and overhead variances.
• Research unusual inventory transactions, negative inventory, unclosed jobs, and other costing issues.
• Support cycle-count reconciliations, obsolete inventory analysis, and inventory-adjustment documentation.
• Maintain knowledge of Made2Manage transactions and their general-ledger impact.
• Provide technical support and backup for accounts receivable and accounts payable functions.
• Assist with resolving complex customer, vendor, aging, and reconciliation issues.
• Assist with bank reconciliations, cash reporting, and payment documentation.
• Provide backup coverage for essential accounting processes when needed.
• Follow and reinforce established accounting policies and internal controls.
• Identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and recurring errors and recommend improvements.
• Maintain current desk manuals and procedures for assigned responsibilities.
• Prepare schedules and support for audits, tax filings, and external requests.
• Participate in ERP, automation, reporting, and process-improvement projects.
• Assist with training and cross-training Staff Accountants and Accounting Associates.
• Serve as a resource for questions about accounting procedures and system transactions.
• Review selected work and lead small accounting projects when assigned.
• Demonstrate readiness for broader leadership responsibility while remaining primarily an individual contributor.

Skills

Journal entries

Reconciliations

Month-end close

Financial analysis

Excel

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or related field

Tools

Made2Manage ERP

Job description

The Senior Accountant is an advanced individual-contributor role positioned between Staff Accountant and Accounting Manager. The position takes ownership of complex accounting activities, performs detailed financial analysis, supports the month-end close, and serves as a technical resource to other accounting team members. The Senior Accountant works with greater independence than a Staff Accountant, identifying and resolving accounting issues and with overall focus on General Ledger and Month-End Close processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

General Ledger and Month-End Close

• Prepare and post recurring and nonrecurring journal entries with complete supporting documentation.
• Own assigned portions of monthly, quarterly, and annual close processes.
• Prepare complex balance-sheet reconciliations and resolve reconciling items promptly.
• Review selected journal entries and reconciliations prepared by other team members, as assigned.
• Analyze account activity, investigate unusual transactions and variances, and maintain assigned financial schedules.

Financial Analysis and Reporting

• Develop schedules and reports that improve visibility into financial and operational performance.
• Assist with recurring forecasts, cash reporting, and working-capital analysis.
• Identify financial risks, reporting issues, and opportunities for improvement.

Cost and Manufacturing Accounting

• Assist with inventory, work-in-process, and cost-of-goods-sold accounting.
• Analyze job costs and material, labor, and overhead variances.
• Research unusual inventory transactions, negative inventory, unclosed jobs, and other costing issues.
• Support cycle-count reconciliations, obsolete inventory analysis, and inventory-adjustment documentation.
• Maintain knowledge of Made2Manage transactions and their general-ledger impact.

Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, and Cash Support

• Provide technical support and backup for accounts receivable and accounts payable functions.
• Assist with resolving complex customer, vendor, aging, and reconciliation issues.
• Assist with bank reconciliations, cash reporting, and payment documentation.
• Provide backup coverage for essential accounting processes when needed.

Controls, Audit, and Process Improvement

• Follow and reinforce established accounting policies and internal controls.
• Identify control gaps, inefficiencies, and recurring errors and recommend improvements.
• Maintain current desk manuals and procedures for assigned responsibilities.
• Prepare schedules and support for audits, tax filings, and external requests.
• Participate in ERP, automation, reporting, and process-improvement projects.

Training and Informal Leadership

• Assist with training and cross-training Staff Accountants and Accounting Associates.
• Serve as a resource for questions about accounting procedures and system transactions.
• Review selected work and lead small accounting projects when assigned.
• Demonstrate readiness for broader leadership responsibility while remaining primarily an individual contributor.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not initially require formal direct reports. The Senior Accountant may provide training, work review, project leadership, and day-to-day guidance to other accounting employees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required.
• Generally three to five years of relevant accounting experience.
• Demonstrated experience with journal entries, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Manufacturing, inventory, or cost-accounting experience preferred.
• ERP experience required; Made2Manage experience is beneficial. Strong Microsoft Excel skills required.

Core Competencies

• Strong accounting knowledge, accuracy, and organization.
• Independent judgment, analytical thinking, and issue resolution.
• Effective prioritization, communication, and deadline management.
• Initiative, continuous improvement, and ability to train others.
• Professional judgment, confidentiality, accountability, and follow-through.

Measures of Success

• Accurate and timely completion of assigned close responsibilities.
• High-quality reconciliations with limited review corrections.
• Prompt identification and resolution of accounting issues.
• Improved financial analysis and effective support of other team members.
• Complete process documentation and demonstrated readiness for broader responsibility.