Senior Accountant Financial Reporting

International Search Consultants; Maryland; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

International Search Consultants partners with a leading retirement communities developer to recruit a Senior Reporting Accountant for their Baltimore, MD area home office. You will lead preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements, including standalone and consolidated reports, with audit issuance oversight.

The role requires 3+ years of public accounting experience, strong GAAP knowledge, Excel proficiency, and CPA eligibility within one year of hire.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of progressive public accounting experience reporting, auditing, or consulting.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis capabilities required during significant reporting work.
• Strong GAAP knowledge, including FASB ASC guidance.
• CPA exam eligibility within 1 year of hire is required.
• Experience with Workiva and BlackLine is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and review monthly standalone, consolidating, and consolidated financial statements.
• Develop and review quarterly compliance deliverables and debt covenant calculations.
• Manage the annual audit process and coordinate PBC documentation.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance with GAAP across multiple entities.

Skills

Public accounting

Excel proficiency

GAAP knowledge

CPA eligible within 1 year

Workiva/BlackLine

Communication skills

Technical accounting research

Tools

Excel

Word

Outlook

Workiva

BlackLine

Job description

ISC's team of Hospitality Recruiters is partnering with a leading developer of retirement communities on a Senior Reporting Accountant opportunity in their home office. This rapidly growing company is not only well known for developing, owning and managing campus-style communities across 10+ states, but also providing a positive and supportive workplace for their internal employees. In this role you will be responsible forpreparation of the monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements as well as bank compliance packages of the company, subsidiaries, and affiliates. The Senior Reporting Accountant will report onsite in the Baltimore, MD area during onboarding and then WFH 2 days a week thereafter.

In this engaging Senior Reporting Accountant opportunity, you will play a key role by leading preparation and updates from draft through audit issuance of standalone and consolidated financial statements, in a complex/multi/entity environment for profit, nonprofit, joint ventures, holdings and entities. The ideal Senior Reporting Accountant is an emerging leader who supports other staff members with training, development, and reviewing work for necessary corrections or revisions. A sharp, detail-driven communicator coming out of public accounting reporting, auditing, or consulting, including directly preparing statements would be a strong fit.

SeniorReporting Accountant Requirements- To qualify, you should have the following:

• 3+ years of progressive public accounting experience reporting, auditing, or consulting, including directly performing account analysis, drafting disclosures and preparing supporting schedules
• Transitioning out of old ERP over the next year, strong command of Excel required as most work done in Excel currently.
• Ability to efficiently read and provide detail-oriented statements, utilize correct grammar on reporting, managing version control, and data controls.
• Capacity to read and apply a technical accounting standard or memo.
• Command of conducting research with tools at hand.
• Solid understanding of US GAAP, including FASB Standards and Accounting Standards Codification.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Outlook) required.
• Must be eligible to sit for the CPA exam within 1-year of hire.
• Excellent computer skills, including experience with Workiva and Black Line, strongly desired.
• Previous experience with real estate or CCRC industry exposure, preferred.

SeniorReporting Accountant Rewards- If you qualify, the companies offers:

• High visibility to executive leadership, with opportunities to expand the role laterally and vertically, with continued professional development.
• Make a key impact on an established (50 years) and rapidly expanding company.
• Align with a company well known for excellence in the senior living space.
• Rewarding/Collaborative culture, allowing you to be a change agent by making recommendations, implementing efficiencies, improving processes.

SeniorReporting Accountant Responsibilities- Duties for this role are:

• Prepare and review monthly standalone, consolidating, and consolidated financial statements for management and investor reporting.
• Develop and review quarterly compliance deliverables, including financial statements, supporting schedules, and debt covenant calculations.
• Prepare and finalize audited financial statements, managing the reporting process from initial draft through final issuance.
• Conduct variance analyses and risk assessments while ensuring technical accuracy and compliance with GAAP. Identify and resolve reporting discrepancies to maintain adherence to accounting standards and internal controls.
• Manage the annual audit process, including rolling forward prior-year financial statement drafts, validating comparative data, and preparing and reviewing supporting schedules and Prepared by Client (PBC) documentation for financial statements and related disclosures.
• Complete GAAP disclosure checklists for multiple reporting entities, coordinate draft revisions, and maintain version control through final issuance.
• Facilitate management reviews and provide status updates on financial reporting deliverables. Respond to audit and management inquiries, research and resolve outstanding issues, and address audit comments promptly and professionally.
• Ensure the mathematical, logical, and grammatical accuracy of all financial statements, disclosures, and supporting documentation.
• Prepare and review financial statement tie-outs to validate the accuracy, consistency, and completeness of reported data across financial statements and supporting schedules.
• Contribute to design, development, and implementation of financial reporting processes and internal controls to strengthen operational efficiency and compliance.
• Conduct technical accounting research and evaluate financial reporting implications of new accounting pronouncements and significant company transactions.
• Support documentation, assessment, and evaluation of internal controls related to financial reporting and disclosures.
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments and community finance teams to promote effective communication, consistent reporting practices, and alignment across the organization.
• Provide guidance, oversight, and training to team members to support accurate and timely execution of responsibilities.
• Foster culture of accountability, professional development, and continuous improvement.
• Lead or contribute to special projects and cross-functional initiatives and provide backup support for team members during absences or periods of limited staffing.