Senior Accountant

Kforce Inc; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kforce Inc. in Saint Louis, MO is seeking a Senior Accountant to support accounting, reporting, forecasting, and analysis for payroll, employee benefits, compensation, and corporate cost centers. This role partners with HR, business leaders, and other accounting professionals to ensure accurate financial reporting and timely close.

We offer growth opportunities, comprehensive benefits, and a collaborative work environment focused on process improvement and strong internal controls.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3–5+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong journal-entry, reconciliations, financial reporting, and variance-analysis skills.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and formulas.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries, reconciliations, financial reports, forecasts, and trend analyses related to payroll, health and welfare benefits, retirement plans, and other compensation programs.
• Support department leaders with cost-center accounting, annual planning, forecasting, and monthly financial reviews.
• Analyze departmental spending, identify variances, and assist with presentations summarizing financial results.
• Provide backup support to other members of the Accounting and Treasury teams as needed.
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality when handling employee compensation, payroll, and benefits information.

Skills

Journal entries

Account reconciliations

Financial reporting

Variance analysis

Advanced Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Pivot tables

Lookup functions

Formulas

Job description

Responsibilities

Kforce's client, a well-established organization located in the Saint Louis, MO area is seeking a Senior Accountant to support accounting, reporting, forecasting, and analysis for payroll, employee benefits, compensation, and corporate cost centers. This position partners with Human Resources, business leaders, and other accounting professionals to ensure accurate financial reporting, resolve discrepancies, and strengthen accounting processes. The client offers salary and benefits, great work/life balance, growth opportunity and other benefits.

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, financial reports, forecasts, and trend analyses related to payroll, health and welfare benefits, retirement plans, and other compensation programs


• Perform general accounting activities involving prepaid expenses, relocation costs, tariffs, miscellaneous accruals, and other assigned accounts


• Support department leaders with cost-center accounting, annual planning, forecasting, and monthly financial reviews


• Analyze departmental spending, identify variances, and assist with presentations summarizing financial results


• Provide backup support to other members of the Accounting and Treasury teams as needed


• Maintain a high level of confidentiality when handling employee compensation, payroll, and benefits information

Requirements

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


• Three to five or more years of progressive accounting experience


• Strong journal-entry, account-reconciliation, financial-reporting, and variance-analysis skills


• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookup functions, and formulas

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.