Senior Accounting Specialist

Acara Solutions, Inc.; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Acara Solutions is seeking a Senior Accountant Specialist to maintain accurate financial records and support critical accounting operations. You will manage general ledger activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end close processes while ensuring compliance with accounting standards.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, support audits, and identify opportunities to improve financial processes and reporting efficiency, contributing to our clients' and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance required.
• 4+ years progressive accounting experience.
• 4+ years close, reconciliations, and journal entries.
• 4+ years with SAP ERP.
• Technical background in accounting.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the general ledger, journal entries, accruals, prepaids, revenue recognition, payroll and other accounting entries.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, analyze P&L activity, and explain variances.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities, management reporting, variance analysis, and audits.
• Identify and implement process improvements across accounting, costing, reconciliations, ERP systems, and automation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance financial reporting accuracy and policies.

Skills

Attention to detail

Business partnership

Ownership

Continuous improvement

Integrity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance

Tools

SAP

Job description

Industry:Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

Compensation:$40.00-$55.00/Hour

Schedule: 40 Hours/Week

About the Opportunity:

• We're seeking a detail-oriented Senior Accountant Specialist to maintain accurate financial records and support critical accounting operations. In this role, you'll manage general ledger activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end and year-end close processes while ensuring compliance with accounting standards. You'll also collaborate with cross-functional teams, support audits, and identify opportunities to improve financial processes and reporting efficiency.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritises both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

What You'll Do:

• Maintain the general ledger, prepare recurring and nonrecurring journal entries, and manage accruals, prepaids, revenue recognition, payroll, and other accounting entries.
• Perform balance sheet reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, analyze P&L activity, and explain account and financial variances.
• Support month-end and year-end close activities, management reporting, variance analysis, and internal and external audits.
• Identify and implement process improvements across accounting, costing, reconciliations, ERP systems, and automation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance financial reporting accuracy, improve accounting policies and procedures, and support annual financial statement audits.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance
• 4+ years of progressive accounting experience
• 4+ years of experience with month-end close, account reconciliations and journal entries in a deadline-driven setting.
• 4+ years of experience with an ERP system (SAP).
• Technical background in accounting.

What Sets You Apart:

• CPA or progress toward certification.
• Public accounting experience
• Experience in manufacturing environment
• Familiarity with SOX compliance and internal control testing.
• Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, particularly inventory (ASC 606) revenue recognition.
• Advanced Excel skills.
• Attention to detail: delivers accurate entries and reconciliations under tight close timelines.
• Business partnership: communicates financial results in plain terms to finance and other employees.
• Ownership: takes full responsibility for assigned accounts and processes, from close through audit.
• Continuous improvement: looks for ways to simplify, standardize and automate recurring work.
• Integrity: handles confidential financial information with discretion and upholds strong controls.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.