Senior Accountant

Aston Carter; Easton (Northampton County); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Aston Carter in Easton, PA is seeking a Senior Accountant to support month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.

The role partners with operations, supply chain, and FP&A, ensuring GAAP compliance and robust internal controls within a growing manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.
• 5+ years reconciling balance sheet accounts.
• 5+ years recording journal entries.
• 5+ years fixed asset accounting.
• 2+ years capital expenditure accounting.
• Experience in manufacturing environment from 2023 or later.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and internal controls.
• Ability to perform reconciliations accurately and on time.
• Experience with audit preparation and financial reporting.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review journal entries and reconciliations.
• Maintain key balance sheet accounts and inventory/cost accounting.
• Track fixed assets, depreciation, and capital expenditures.
• Support month-end close and financial reporting schedules.
• Partner with operations, supply chain, and FP&A for insights.
• Identify process improvements to enhance controls.
• Utilize ERP systems to record transactions and generate reports.
• Create PivotTables and use VLOOKUP for analysis.

Skills

Journal entries

Balance sheet reconciliations

Financial reporting

Attention to detail

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

Syteline ERP

Excel

Pivot tables

Job description

Senior Accountant

Job Description The Senior Accountant supports the month-end close process by preparing and reviewing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and financial reporting schedules. This role maintains key balance sheet accounts, oversees inventory, cost, fixed asset, and capital expenditure accounting, and ensures strict compliance with U.S. GAAP and internal controls. The Senior Accountant tracks capital projects, accounts for asset acquisitions and capitalizations, and ensures accurate depreciation and fixed asset reporting. In addition, this position partners closely with operations, supply chain, and FP&A teams, assists with audit requests and financial statement preparation, and drives process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and financial controls within a growing manufacturing organization.

Responsibilities

• Support the month-end close process by preparing and reviewing journal entries, account reconciliations, and financial reporting schedules.
• Maintain and reconcile key balance sheet accounts to ensure accuracy and completeness.
• Perform fixed asset accounting, including tracking asset acquisitions, capitalizations, disposals, and depreciation.
• Manage capital expenditure accounting, including tracking capital projects and ensuring proper capitalization of costs.
• Support inventory and cost accounting activities to ensure accurate valuation and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. GAAP and internal control requirements across all accounting processes.
• Prepare and maintain detailed financial schedules and reports to support internal and external reporting needs.
• Assist with audit preparation by providing supporting documentation, reconciliations, and explanations as requested.
• Contribute to the preparation of financial statements and related disclosures.
• Partner with operations, supply chain, and FP&A teams to provide financial insights and support business decision-making.
• Identify, recommend, and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and financial controls.
• Utilize large-scale ERP systems to record transactions, maintain records, and generate reports.
• Use Excel tools such as pivot tables and VLOOKUP functions to analyze financial data and support reporting.
• Support continuous improvement of accounting policies, procedures, and systems within a manufacturing environment.

Essential Skills

• Bachelors degree in accounting or finance.
• At least 5 years of experience reconciling balance sheet accounts.
• At least 5 years of experience recording journal entries.
• At least 5 years of fixed asset accounting experience.
• At least 2 years of capital expenditure accounting experience.
• Experience working within the manufacturing industry from 2023 or later.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and its application to financial reporting and controls.
• Demonstrated ability to perform balance sheet reconciliations accurately and on time.
• Proficiency in preparing and reviewing journal entries for month-end close.
• Experience with audit preparation, including providing schedules, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
• Ability to create and use pivot tables and VLOOKUP functions in Excel for data analysis and reporting.
• Proficiency working within a large-scale ERP system for general ledger and financial reporting activities.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate financial records.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams such as operations, supply chain, and FP&A.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with Syteline ERP or similar manufacturing-focused ERP systems.
• Background in inventory and cost accounting within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience tracking capital projects and preparing related financial schedules.
• Ability to identify and implement process improvements in accounting workflows.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret financial data to support decision-making.
• Effective communication skills to explain financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work in a growing organization and adapt to changing business needs.

Job Type & Location
This is a Permanent position based out of Easton, PA.
Pay and Benefits
The pay range for this position is $80000.00 - $100000.00/yr. Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors. benefits,benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits, benefits,
Workplace Type
This is a fully onsite position in Easton,PA.
Application Deadline
This position is anticipated to close on Oct 12, 2026.

About Aston Carter

Aston Carter provides world-class corporate talent solutions to thousands of clients across the globe. Specialized in accounting, finance, human resources, talent acquisition, procurement, supply chain and select administrative professions, we extend the capabilities of industry-leading companies. We draw on our deep recruiting expertise and expansive network to meet the evolving needs of our clients and talent community with agility and excellence. With offices across the U.S., Canada, Asia Pacific and Europe, Aston Carter serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® Platinum Award winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please email [e-mail] for other accommodation options.

San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Massachusetts Lie Detector: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI): We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.