Senior Accountant

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Oakland (CA); Presencial; USD 70.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

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Descripción de la vacante

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC in Oakland is seeking a Senior Accountant to support general accounting operations, payroll accounting, accounts payable activities, reconciliations, and month-end close. This role will help ensure accurate financial reporting, maintain compliance, and drive improvements across multiple functional areas.

Collaborating with HR and Finance leadership, you will improve internal controls, prepare journal entries, perform balance sheet reconciliations, review payroll

Formación

• 3+ years accounting experience, including payroll accounting and reconciliations.
• Strong payroll taxes knowledge and employee benefits accounting.
• Experience with accounts payable, month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Nonprofit and grant-funded accounting experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills including Pivot Tables and VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP.

Responsabilidades

• Prepare and reconcile journal entries related to payroll, benefits, accounts payable, and general ledger activity.
• Perform balance sheet account reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes, including accruals and variance analysis.
• Review payroll accounting activity, including payroll allocations and benefits reconciliations.
• Monitor and review payroll processing for accuracy.
• Assist with accounts payable processes, vendor reconciliations, and expense reporting.
• Reconcile employee benefit plans, retirement contributions, and related liability accounts.
• Support audits and provide documentation related to payroll, benefits, and general accounting activities.

Conocimientos

Payroll accounting

GL reconciliations

Month-end close

Accounts payable

Nonprofit accounting

Grant-funded accounting

Pivot Tables

Excel

Herramientas

Excel

Descripción del empleo

Job Summary

Our client, a mission-driven organization in Oakland, is seeking a Senior Accountant to support general accounting operations, payroll accounting, accounts payable activities, reconciliations, and month-end close. This role will play a key part in ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining compliance, and improving accounting processes across multiple functional areas.

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare and reconcile journal entries related to payroll, benefits, accounts payable, and other general ledger activity.
• Perform balance sheet account reconciliations and investigate discrepancies.
• Support month-end and year-end close processes, including accruals and variance analysis.
• Review payroll accounting activity, including payroll allocations, benefits reconciliations, and related compliance requirements.
• Monitor and review payroll processing for accuracy.
• Assist with accounts payable processes, vendor reconciliations, and expense reporting.
• Reconcile employee benefit plans, retirement contributions, and related liability accounts.
• Support audits and provide documentation related to payroll, benefits, and general accounting activities.
• Partner with HR and Finance leadership to improve accounting procedures, internal controls, and reporting.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of accounting experience, including payroll accounting and general ledger reconciliations.
• Strong understanding of payroll taxes, payroll compliance, and employee benefits accounting.
• Experience with accounts payable, month-end close, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Nonprofit and grant-funded accounting experience preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills, including Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, and reconciliation analysis.

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

Company Profile

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.

Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries.

Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com .

Benefits Information

• medical
• dental
• vision
• federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility.

Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.Beacon Hill. Employing the Future