Company Description
VIS, LLC provides comprehensive financial and business management services for VIS affiliated companies. The organization focuses on supporting its affiliates with accurate financial reporting, strategic planning, and operational oversight. Team members work closely with leadership across multiple entities, contributing to sound financial decision-making and long-term stability. VIS, LLC values professionalism, integrity, and collaboration, offering opportunities to grow in a multi-entity environment. Candidates can expect a setting where analytical skills and attention to detail are highly appreciated.
Role Description
The Senior Accountant is a full-time, on-site role based in Greer, SC. The Senior Accountant is a hands-on accounting leader responsible for delivering accurate, timely, and complete financial information while helping guide the work of the accounting team. The role combines technical accounting, business analysis, planning, and execution. Success requires the judgment to identify what is important without waiting for direction and the discipline to consistently deliver results.
Primary Responsibilities
- Lead assigned monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, financial statement preparation, and variance analysis.
- Maintain strong general ledger discipline and ensure accounting transactions, records, and reports are accurate, timely, complete, and supported.
- Support budgeting, reforecasting, financial analysis, and management reporting; translate financial data into practical business insight.
- Partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams to answer questions, investigate root causes, solve problems, and support sound decisions.
- Anticipate priorities, communicate targets and deadlines, delegate work appropriately, and monitor progress and results.
- Document standard work, maintain clear process roadmaps, and strengthen continuity so critical work can continue through staffing or responsibility changes.
- Drive automation, standardization, and continuous improvement across accounting and reporting processes; use appropriate technology, AI, and other automation tools to improve quality and efficiency.
- Support projects, audits, inventory activities, finance initiatives, and other related responsibilities as assigned.
Performance Expectations
- Deliver output-based results: move beyond completing assigned tasks to understanding priorities, anticipating needs, and consistently achieving the intended business outcome.
- Plan work thoughtfully, communicate goals clearly, and manage execution through effective delegation, follow-up, and accountability.
- Take personal ownership for helping colleagues, departments, and external business partners find answers and solve problems.
- Listen actively, learn quickly, seek input from internal customers, and use feedback to improve the work.
- Demonstrate initiative, insight, curiosity, and an ability to understand the broader business environment.
- Promote teamwork, collaboration, respect, and professionalism in all interactions.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a closely related field.
- Three or more years of progressive financial accounting experience, including substantive responsibility for general ledger accounting and period-end closing.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting fundamentals.
- Advanced spreadsheet skills with strong data analysis and problem-solving capabilities.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, investigate issues, and work with a high degree of ownership and autonomy.
- Clear written and verbal communication skills and the ability to work effectively with finance and non-finance colleagues.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in manufacturing, distribution, inventory, cost accounting, or another transaction-intensive environment.
- Familiar with international reporting entities and consolidations.
- Experience with Microsoft Dynamics AX, SQL, reporting tools, workflow automation, or AI-enabled productivity tools.
- Demonstrated ability to coordinate projects, collaborate across teams, and communicate effectively with non-finance stakeholders.
Critical Success Factors
- A consistent and disciplined approach to daily work, team responsibilities, and projects.
- Accountability, integrity, and commitment to doing the right thing.
- Accurate, timely, complete, and decision-useful work product.
- Visible ownership of priorities, problems, deadlines, and results.
- Continuous improvement through learning, standardization, automation, and iteration.
- A service-oriented, collaborative approach to supporting the broader organization.
What Success Looks Like
The successful Senior Accountant becomes a trusted subject matter expert who knows what matters, keeps the team aligned, strengthens accounting processes, and consistently delivers high-quality results. This person raises the capability of the entire finance team through effective execution, clear communication, documented standard work, and continuous improvement.
VIS LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer