Senior Accountant

Australia-Employment; Kenai (AK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Benefits

Great work/life balance

Professional development

Job summary

Jobot is partnering with a local and reputable Alaskan organization to staff a Senior Accountant in Kenai, AK. The role is on-site, permanent, and requires local residency or relocation.

You will lead month-end close, manage GL, AP, AR, payroll, and assist with audits. The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of accounting experience with GAAP expertise and ERP/Excel skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close.
• Hands-on experience with AP, AR, and payroll processes and their GL interfaces.
• Experience supporting financial statement audits (internal or external) and preparing audit workpapers.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and internal control frameworks.
• Proficiency with ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• General Ledger & Month-End Close: close processes, journal entries, account reconciliations, reports.
• Accounts Payable: invoice processing, payments, vendor data, 1099s.
• Fixed Assets: asset register, depreciation, CIP roll-forwards.
• Accounts Receivable: invoicing, aging reports, bad debt reserves.
• Payroll Accounting: payroll registers, liability reconciliation.
• Audit Support: prepare files and respond to requests for audits.

Skills

Advanced Excel

GAAP knowledge

Internal controls

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Senior Accountant - must be local to Kenai or willing to relocate

$70000 - $90000 per year | Kenai, AK | On-site | Permanent

Reputable, stable and growing organization seeking a senior accountant for their team

A bit about us:

A community focused, multi-entity organization across construction, professional services and non-profit

Why join us?

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Great work/life balance with limited overtime needed
• Excellent company culture with supportive and collaborative teammates
• Professional development and learning

Job Details

Jobot is partnering with a local and reputable Alaskan organization with a national reach, to staff a position as a senior accountant. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for the following:

1. General Ledger & Month-End Close

• Execute the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process in coordination with the Corporate Controller.
• Prepare and post journal entries (standard, accrual, reclass, and adjusting entries) with complete supporting documentation.
• Record period-end accruals for unbilled and unrecorded liabilities, including year-end cutoff procedures supporting the close.
• Perform general ledger account reconciliations and flag variances to the Corporate Controller for review.
• Pull period-over-period and budget-to-actual reports as requested to support management review.

2. Accounts Payable (AP)

• Process the AP cycle: invoice receipt, three-way match (PO, receipt, invoice), coding, and routing for approval.
• Process timely and accurate vendor payments following established approval and payment procedures.
• Maintain vendor master data; prepare and file annual 1099 forms by the required due date.
• Reconcile corporate credit card sub-ledgers to statements and the GL each period; confirm receipts, approvals, and coding are complete for all card transactions.

3. Fixed Assets

• Maintain the fixed asset sub-ledger/register and reconcile it to the GL each period.
• Record asset additions, disposals, and transfers; apply established capitalization thresholds and useful-life classifications.
• Calculate and post depreciation and amortization entries.
• Perform periodic physical asset verification/count and report discrepancies between the register and GL to the Corporate Controller.
• Maintain CIP (construction-in-progress) roll-forward schedules.

4. Accounts Receivable (AR)

• Process customer invoicing and apply incoming cash receipts.
• Prepare AR aging reports and flag past-due accounts to the Corporate Controller for follow-up.
• Reconcile AR subledger to GL and record the allowance for doubtful accounts / bad debt reserve.

5. Payroll Accounting

• Review payroll registers for accuracy prior to processing; post payroll journal entries to the GL.
• Reconcile payroll liability accounts (withholdings, employer taxes, benefits) each period.

6. Audit Support

• Prepare files, schedules, and supporting documentation requested for internal and external audits.
• Compile responses to the auditor’s PBC (prepared-by-client) request list by the assigned due dates, routing completed items to the Corporate Controller for review and submission.
• Compile supporting schedules for GL, AP, Fixed Assets, AR, and payroll balances used in audit testing.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close experience.
• Hands-on experience with AP, AR, and payroll processes and their GL interfaces.
• Experience supporting financial statement audits (internal or external) and preparing audit workpapers.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and internal control frameworks.
• Proficiency with ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.

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