Senior Accountant

Eliassen Group; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; Confidential; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k with company matching

Life insurance

Job summary

Eliassen Group in Pittsburgh, PA seeks an analytical accounting professional to drive revenue accounting, legal entity controllership, and financial analysis. You will collaborate with business leaders to influence contracts, support a major billing migration, and help ensure financial integrity across multiple entities.

The role emphasizes leveraging technology to automate processes, deliver accurate reporting, and contribute to strategic initiatives within a mid-to-large organization.

Qualifications

• Experience across the full accounting cycle including close and financial reporting.
• Public accounting experience in the United States is preferred.
• Experience in financial services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver compliant financial processes and timely reporting across month, quarter, and year-end cycles.
• Process complex financial transactions and analyze exceptions.
• Prepare and post journal entries for complex general ledger accounts.
• Reconcile general ledger activity to validate trial balance completeness and accuracy.
• Support accruals, intercompany, and adjustments.
• Perform advanced account and financial data reconciliations.
• Document detailed processes for complex reconciliations and allocations.
• Apply technical accounting guidance to one-time events and new recurring transactions.
• Support ERP and R2R tool implementation activities.
• Assist audits, ad hoc requests, and special projects.
• Contribute to standardization of end-state global, regional, and country-specific R2R processes.
• Capture performance metrics at functional, team, and individual levels.
• Participate in rotating assignments across service centers, business lines, legal entities, and geographies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Attention to detail

Technical accounting

Financial analysis

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Tools

PeopleSoft

Job description

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented accounting professional to join a growing finance organization in Pittsburgh, PA. This role will play a key part in revenue accounting, legal entity controllership, financial analysis, and strategic business initiatives. The ideal candidate will have strong technical accounting knowledge, experience working in mid-to-large organizations, and a passion for leveraging technology to drive automation and process improvements.

This position offers the opportunity to partner with business leaders, influence contract structures, support a major billing migration initiative, and contribute to the overall financial integrity of multiple legal entities.

We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $40.00 w2

On-site in Pittsburgh, PA

Responsibilities:

• Deliver compliant financial processes and timely reporting across month, quarter, and year-end cycles.
• Process complex financial transactions and analyze exceptions.
• Prepare and post journal entries for complex general ledger accounts.
• Reconcile general ledger activity to validate trial balance completeness and accuracy.
• Support recurring and one-time transactions, including accruals, intercompany, and adjustments.
• Perform advanced account and financial data reconciliations.
• Document detailed processes for complex reconciliations, accruals, and allocations.
• Apply technical accounting guidance to one-time events and new recurring transactions.
• Support ERP and R2R tool implementation activities.
• Assist audits, ad hoc requests, and special projects.
• Contribute to standardization of end-state global, regional, and country-specific R2R processes.
• Capture performance metrics at functional, team, and individual levels.
• Participate in rotating assignments across service centers, business lines, legal entities, and geographies.

Experience Requirements:

• Experience across the full accounting cycle from transaction through consolidation, close, and financial reporting.
• Accounting experience in financial services preferred.
• Public accounting experience in the United States preferred.
• Proficiency with accounting applications such as PeopleSoft.
• Experience with direct customer contact and responding to business inquiries.
• Strong written and oral communication skills in English.

Education Requirements:

Bachelor's degree, preferably in accounting or finance, or equivalent work experience.