Senior Accountant - On-Site in Kenai | GL, AP, AR & Payroll

Jobot; Kenai (AK); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

Jobot is partnering with a local organization in Kenai, AK to recruit a Senior Accountant for their team. The role will handle general ledger close, AP, fixed assets, AR, payroll accounting, and audit support in a multi-entity environment.

On-site position requiring local Kenai presence or willingness to relocate. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s in accounting and 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience, strong GAAP knowledge, ERP and advanced Excel skills, and demonstrates accurate,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field.
• 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience, including month-end close experience.
• Hands-on experience with AP, AR, and payroll processes and their GL interfaces.
• Experience supporting financial statement audits (internal or external) and preparing audit workpapers.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and internal control frameworks.
• Proficiency with ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.

Responsibilities

• Execute the month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close process in coordination with the Corporate Controller.
• Prepare and post journal entries (standard, accrual, reclass, and adjusting entries) with complete supporting documentation.
• Record period-end accruals for unbilled and unrecorded liabilities, including year-end cutoff procedures supporting the close.
• Perform general ledger account reconciliations and flag variances to the Corporate Controller for review.
• Pull period-over-period and budget-to-actual reports as requested to support management review.
• Process the AP cycle: invoice receipt, three-way match (PO, receipt, invoice), coding, and routing for approval.
• Process timely and accurate vendor payments following established approval and payment procedures.
• Maintain vendor master data; prepare and file annual 1099 forms by the required due date.
• Reconcile corporate credit card sub-ledgers to statements and the GL each period; confirm receipts, approvals, and coding are complete for all card transactions.
• Record asset additions, disposals, and transfers; apply established capitalization thresholds and useful-life classifications.
• Calculate and post depreciation and amortization entries.
• Perform periodic physical asset verification/count and report discrepancies between the register and GL to the Corporate Controller.
• Maintain CIP (construction-in-progress) roll-forward schedules.
• Process customer invoicing and apply incoming cash receipts.
• Prepare AR aging reports and flag past-due accounts to the Corporate Controller for follow-up.
• Reconcile AR subledger to GL and record the allowance for doubtful accounts / bad debt reserve.
• Review payroll registers for accuracy prior to processing; post payroll journal entries to the GL.
• Reconcile payroll liability accounts (withholdings, employer taxes, benefits) each period.
• Prepare files, schedules, and supporting documentation requested for internal and external audits.
• Compile responses to the auditor’s PBC (prepared-by-client) request list by the assigned due dates, routing completed items to the Corporate Controller for review and submission.
• Compile supporting schedules for GL, AP, Fixed Assets, AR, and payroll balances used in audit testing.

Skills

Excel proficiency

GAAP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting/Finance

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Jobot is partnering with a local organization in Kenai, AK to recruit a Senior Accountant for their team. The role will handle general ledger close, AP, fixed assets, AR, payroll accounting, and audit support in a multi-entity environment.

On-site position requiring local Kenai presence or willingness to relocate. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s in accounting and 3–5 years of progressive accounting experience, strong GAAP knowledge, ERP and advanced Excel skills, and demonstrates accurate,