Senior Accountant

Carolina Professional Recruiting Group; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Carolina Professional Recruiting Group partners with a North American manufacturing company to identify a Senior Accountant. You will support month-end close, financial reporting, and inventory accounting while partnering with operations to improve accuracy and strengthen controls.

This role offers opportunities to drive process improvements, collaborate with plant teams, and analyze variances to support business decisions within a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field
• Three or more years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in manufacturing
• Experience with month-end close, account reconciliations, and financial analysis
• Exposure to inventory accounting or cost accounting
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with an ERP system

Responsibilities

• Support month-end and year-end close, including journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare and analyze financial reports, investigate variances, and explain key drivers of results
• Reconcile inventory balances and review inventory transactions for accuracy
• Support inventory valuation, excess and obsolete inventory reserves, and cost-of-goods-sold analysis
• Partner with plant and operations teams on physical inventories, cycle counts, and resolution of discrepancies
• Assist with manufacturing cost analysis, including material, labor, and overhead variances
• Maintain internal controls and provide documentation for external audits
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, reporting, and ERP workflows

Skills

Excel proficiency

Financial analysis

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Tools

ERP system

Job description

Carolina PRG is partnering with a North American manufacturing company to identify a Senior Accountant. This role will support month-end close, financial reporting, and inventory accounting while partnering with operations to improve accuracy, strengthen controls, and provide insight into business performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Support month-end and year-end close, including journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Prepare and analyze financial reports, investigate variances, and explain key drivers of results.
• Reconcile inventory balances and review inventory transactions for accuracy.
• Support inventory valuation, excess and obsolete inventory reserves, and cost-of-goods-sold analysis.
• Partner with plant and operations teams on physical inventories, cycle counts, and resolution of discrepancies.
• Assist with manufacturing cost analysis, including material, labor, and overhead variances.
• Maintain internal controls and provide documentation for external audits.
• Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, reporting, and ERP workflows.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field.
• Three or more years of progressive accounting experience, preferably in manufacturing.
• Experience with month-end close, account reconciliations, and financial analysis.
• Exposure to inventory accounting or cost accounting.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with an ERP system.