Senior Accountant

Insight Global; Collierville (TN); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Job summary

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Accountant/Accounting Advisor to manage complex accounting activities and own month-end close in a large corporate environment. You will perform journal entries, reconciliations, variance analysis, and research technical accounting issues while partnering with cross-functional teams.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, strong GAAP knowledge, SOX controls experience, and the ability to explain financial results and support

Qualifications

• 5+ years of accounting and/or financial reporting experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related quantitative discipline.
• Strong month-end close and general ledger accounting experience.
• Hands-on experience preparing journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.
• Experience performing variance analysis and explaining revenue/expense fluctuations.
• Ability to perform technical accounting research and prepare accounting memos.
• Strong understanding of GAAP.
• Experience working with SOX/internal controls.
• Experience supporting forecasting, budgeting, or strategic outlook processes.
• Strong analytical and cross-functional communication skills.
• Experience within public accounting or a large corporate environment.

Responsibilities

• Support the month-end close process and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations.
• Review general ledger accounts and investigate discrepancies or unusual activity.
• Analyze revenue and expense results and provide clear variance explanations.
• Perform technical accounting research and document conclusions through accounting memos.
• Ensure account balances comply with GAAP, SOX, and internal control requirements.
• Support forecasting and strategic outlook processes.
• Partner with Finance and business teams to understand forecast assumptions and financial impacts.
• Assist with fixed assets, lease/contract reviews, and budget variance analysis.
• Lead or contribute to process improvement, compliance, and accounting initiatives.
• Review work and provide guidance to junior accounting professionals.
• Ideal candidate profile emphasizes 5+ years of progressive accounting experience and strong corporate accounting foundation.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional communication

GAAP knowledge

SOX/internal controls

Journal entries / GL

Forecasting / budgeting

Month-end close

Public accounting or large-company exp

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Advanced Excel

Job description

Title: Senior Accountant / Accounting Advisor

Location: Collierville, TN or Plano, TX

Duration: Permanent

Schedule: Monday-Thursday onsite, Friday remote | 8:00 AM-5:00 PM

Incentives:

• Opportunity to support complex accounting activities within a large corporate environment
• Broad exposure across month-end close, technical accounting, forecasting, variance analysis, and financial reporting
• Opportunity to partner cross-functionally across Finance and business teams
• Opportunity to lead accounting/process improvement initiatives and provide guidance to junior professionals

Must Haves:

• 5+ years of accounting and/or financial reporting experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related quantitative discipline
• Strong month-end close and general ledger accounting experience
• Hands-on experience preparing journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations
• Experience performing variance analysis and explaining revenue/expense fluctuations
• Ability to perform technical accounting research and prepare accounting memos
• Strong understanding of GAAP
• Experience working with SOX/internal controls
• Experience supporting forecasting, budgeting, or strategic outlook processes
• Strong analytical and cross-functional communication skills
• Experience within public accounting or a large/complex corporate environment

Nice to Haves:

• CPA
• Big 4/public accounting experience
• Large public-company accounting experience
• Fixed asset and lease/contract accounting experience
• Data analytics experience
• Advanced Excel and financial application experience

Job Description:

Insight Global is seeking a Senior Accountant/Accounting Advisor to support complex accounting activities related to the accurate and timely close of the general ledger. This individual will own and support month-end close activities, account reconciliations, variance analysis, technical accounting research, and forecasting while partnering cross-functionally across the business.

The ideal candidate has a strong corporate accounting foundation and can go beyond preparing entries to research accounting issues, understand financial drivers, explain variances, and support forward-looking forecasting activities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the month-end close process and ensure timely and accurate financial reporting
• Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations
• Review general ledger accounts and investigate discrepancies or unusual activity
• Analyze revenue and expense results and provide clear variance explanations
• Perform technical accounting research and document conclusions through accounting memos
• Ensure account balances comply with GAAP, SOX, and internal control requirements
• Support forecasting and strategic outlook processes
• Partner with Finance and business teams to understand forecast assumptions and financial impacts
• Assist with fixed assets, lease/contract reviews, and budget variance analysis
• Lead or contribute to process improvement, compliance, and accounting initiatives
• Review work and provide guidance to junior accounting professionals

Ideal Candidate Profile:

• Senior Accountant-level candidate with roughly 5+ years of progressive accounting experience
• Strong hands-on corporate accounting foundation rather than someone primarily focused on FP&A
• Comfortable independently owning pieces of the close process
• Able to research and explain the “why” behind accounting results, not simply process transactions
• Strong combination of technical accounting + variance analysis + forecasting
• Public accounting or large-company experience is especially valuable