Senior Accountant – Complex Transactions & Reporting

High Country Search Group; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

High Country Search Group partners with a Colorado-headquartered technology company to hire a Senior Accountant focused on financial reporting and technical accounting.

This role is diverse beyond a traditional month‑end close: researching transactions, drafting memos, preparing owner reporting packages, supporting acquisitions, reviewing valuations, and documenting conclusions with clarity for senior leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting is required.
• Three to five-plus years of relevant accounting experience.
• Public accounting experience is preferred.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with financial reporting and technical memo writing.
• Ability to trace how transactions flow through the balance sheet, income statement and cash flow.
• Strong Excel skills and experience with financial systems.
• Ability to travel up to 10% annually.

Responsibilities

• Research accounting matters including acquisitions, leases, revenue and equity transactions.
• Draft technical accounting memos and position papers with clear conclusions.
• Help evaluate new accounting guidance and translate it into practical policies and disclosures.
• Prepare monthly internal financial statements, cash-flow information and quarterly reporting packages.
• Support annual audited financial statements and disclosures.
• Prepare balance-sheet and income-statement tie-outs and explanations of material activity.
• Own reconciliations involving debt, derivatives, goodwill, intangible assets and intercompany activity.
• Coordinate with auditors and respond to audit requests.
• Maintain reports in OneStream and reconcile financial-reporting data to Oracle.
• Collaborate with Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Legal and other teams to reach conclusions.
• Balance recurring reporting with acquisitions, audit work and time-sensitive requests.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

CPA (preferred)

Tools

OneStream

Oracle ERP

Excel

Job description

We are partnering with a Colorado-headquartered, technology company to hire a Senior Accountant focused on financial reporting and technical accounting.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys the research and problem-solving side of accounting. The work is varied and extends well beyond a traditional month-end close role. One week may involve researching a new transaction and drafting an accounting memo; the next may include preparing an owner reporting package, supporting an acquisition, reviewing a valuation or investigating an unusual balance.

The Senior Accountant will work closely with Senior Leadership as a thought partner. The right person will be comfortable taking an unfamiliar accounting question, researching the guidance, developing an initial point of view and clearly documenting the conclusion.

Responsibilities

• Research routine and complex accounting matters involving acquisitions, business combinations, leases, revenue, equity and other material transactions.
• Draft technical accounting memos and position papers with clear, well-supported conclusions.
• Help evaluate new accounting guidance and translate it into practical policies, procedures and financial-statement disclosures.
• Prepare monthly internal financial statements, cash-flow information and quarterly reporting packages for institutional investors and lenders.
• Support annual audited financial statements and related footnote disclosures.
• Prepare balance-sheet and income-statement tie-outs, flux analysis and explanations of unusual or material activity.
• Own reconciliations involving debt, derivatives, goodwill, intangible assets, equity, intercompany activity and other assigned accounts.
• Review debt terms and PIK elections, calculate intercompany interest and support transfer-pricing entries.
• Support acquisitions, goodwill and intangible-asset valuations, stock-based compensation work and other third-party valuation processes.
• Coordinate with auditors, prepare supporting schedules and respond to audit requests.
• Maintain reports and mappings within OneStream and reconcile financial-reporting data to Oracle.
• Partner with Accounting, FP&A, Tax, Legal, Facilities and other teams to understand transactions and gather the information needed to reach an accounting conclusion.
• Balance recurring reporting responsibilities with acquisitions, audit work and time-sensitive requests from leadership.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting accuracy, documentation and efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
• Three to five-plus years of relevant accounting experience.
• Public accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience with financial reporting, accounting research and technical memo writing.
• Ability to understand how transactions flow through the balance sheet, income statement and cash-flow statement.
• Strong critical-thinking skills and the ability to develop an initial approach without step-by-step direction.
• Clear and concise written and verbal communication.
• Flexibility to reprioritize when an urgent or unexpected request arises.
• Strong Excel skills and experience working with financial systems.
• Ability to travel up to 10% annually.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA.
• Big Four or other national public accounting experience.
• Experience preparing or reviewing financial statements, footnotes and disclosures.
• Exposure to acquisitions, business combinations and complex transactions.
• Experience with lease accounting, stock-based compensation, debt or valuation work.
• SaaS or technology-company experience.
• OneStream or a similar financial-reporting platform.
• Oracle or a comparable ERP.
• Located in Colorado and able to participate in periodic in-person collaboration.

Why Consider It?

This role offers a strong combination of technical accounting, financial reporting and hands-on business exposure. You'll work directly with an experienced leader, contribute to acquisition and valuation projects, interact with auditors and key stakeholders, and continue building your technical capabilities through a steady variety of accounting questions and transactions.

The company offers a flexible work environment with no required weekly office schedule, although the Colorado-based team generally gets together periodically for collaboration, audit work and team events.