Senior Accountant - External Reporting

Solenis; Wilmington (DE); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Solenis is seeking a Senior Accountant – External Reporting based in Wilmington, Delaware. You will prepare quarterly and annual filings, consolidate financial statements, and coordinate with investors and auditors.

The role requires 3–5 years of progressive accounting, strong U.S. GAAP knowledge, and CPA or active pursuit of CPA license. This hybrid role is based at our Wilmington headquarters with a focus on deadlines and data integrity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance is required.
• 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting.
• CPA license or active pursuit of CPA license.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and support quarterly and annual filings.
• Prepare consolidated financial statements and footnotes.
• Draft MD&A and coordinate with investor relations/FP&A.
• Own the trial balance refresh process and Workiva publishing.
• Assist in internal controls and audit requests.
• Perform monthly management reporting to private equity ownership.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Data analysis

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

Workiva

Intelligize

OneStream

SAP

Job description

Solenis is a leading global provider of water and hygiene solutions. The company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, cleaners, disinfectants, and state-of-the-art monitoring, control and delivery systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments. Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 78 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over ~23000 professionals in >160 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2025 Best Managed Company Gold Standard honoree.

For additional information about Solenis, please visit www.solenis.com or follow us on social media.

As Senior Accountant – External Reporting, you will report directly to Senior Manager of External Reporting, combines strong accounting fundamentals with the ability to work efficiently in spreadsheets, perform data analysis, and manage deadlines. You should be comfortable reading, analyzing and preparing financial statements and footnotes, and should have a general understanding of the impact of our disclosures to investors. Additionally, you should have strong communication skills, be able to articulate accounting concepts to non-technical people.

Financial Reporting

• Prepare and support the completion of quarterly and annual filings
• Prepare consolidated financial statements and full set of footnote disclosures, including maintaining disclosure checklist
• Draft MD&A and work with investor relations/FP&A to coordinate congruence to earnings materials
• Own the trial balance refresh process and Workiva link publishing
• Lead and organize process for gathering required support for disclosures
• Detail review of financial statements including tick & tie, footing, and disclosure proofreading
• Own quarterly flux process with management (internal control process) and auditors (quarterly reviews)
• Main point of contact for audit requests, ensure items are furnished to auditors timely and that tasks are assigned to the correct Solenis employees.
• Clear financial statement comments from auditors and management
• Perform monthly management reporting to private equity ownership

Debt Accounting & Capital Markets Support

• Support accounting and financial reporting related to debt instruments, including term loans, revolving credit facilities, notes, and other financing arrangements.
• Prepare accounting analyses for complex debt modifications, debt extinguishments, refinancings, and other financing transactions.
• Support accounting team and external counsel in preparation of proformas, disclosures, and financials to be included offering documents for refinancing activities and other securities offerings
• Maintain debt amortization schedules and support related footnote disclosures.
• Prepare journal entries for our debt accounting and interest accruals, and perform associated balance sheet reconciliations

Other

• Use Intelligize to perform initial technical accounting research for unique transactions and disclosure benchmarking
• Draft technical accounting memos as needed
• Equity Accounting: Work with HR to monitor equity activity, prepare monthly entries for stock compensation, and prepare diluted earnings per share (EPS) calculations
• Work with internal counsel to manage legal accruals and disclosures
• Serve as administrator for Workiva platform, which includes the operation of internal controls
• Assist in design and implementation of internal controls
• Operate various internal controls surrounding main responsibilities, including management certifications
• Support continuous improvement of the financial reporting control environment.
• Coordinate, take notes, and participate in disclosure committee meetings, material events review, and other meetings with accounting/tax/finance leadership
• Support the implementation of new accounting standards and disclosure requirements.
• Identify opportunities to improve reporting processes via Workiva, Excel, OneStream, SAP, and other tools
• Assist with ad hoc projects with accounting leadership: e.g. regional cash flow review

Qualifications/Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience
• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP, financial reporting, and accounting research
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills
  • Data analysis
  • Spreadsheet optimization
  • Clean presentation and logical organization
  • Lookups, sumifs, pivot tables, and other data summarization formulas
• Strong communication, organizational, and project management skills.
• CPA License or active pursuit of CPA license

This role will be based Hybrid out of our Wilmington Delaware headquarters. #LI-hybrid #LI-DS1

At Solenis, we understand that our greatest asset is our people. That is why we offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits which include medical, dental, vision & 401K, and numerous opportunities for professional growth and development. So, if you are interested in working for a world-class company and enjoy solving complex challenges, whether in the lab or the field, consider joining our team.

Solenis is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affir­mative Action Employer, including Minorities / Women/ Veterans / Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.