Senior Accounting & Systems Consultant

SustainableHR; Madison (WI); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

SustainableHR is seeking a Senior Accounting & Systems Consultant in Madison, WI (Hybrid) to blend accounting expertise with technology. You will optimize financial systems, automate workflows, and support multiple client accounts using NetSuite.

You will partner with business owners to understand challenges, implement scalable solutions, and maintain documentation for accounting systems, while contributing to month-end close and reporting efforts.

Qualifications

• Experience blending traditional accounting with technology and automation.
• Strong knowledge of NetSuite accounting operations and reporting.
• Ability to partner with business owners and client teams to translate needs into solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage month-end close activities and account reconciliations for multiple clients.
• Work extensively within NetSuite to support accounting operations and dashboards.
• Identify inefficient accounting processes and develop scalable templates, imports, and workflows.
• Standardize NetSuite usage across client environments.
• Lead the systems and technology components of new client implementations and process transitions.
• Partner with client teams to understand challenges and recommend practical financial solutions.

Skills

Systems development

Automation

Integrations

Workflow improvement

Month-end close

Tools

NetSuite

Job description

Senior Accounting & Systems Consultant

Location: Madison, WI – Hybrid
Salary: $95,000–$115,000 annually
Schedule: Full-Time

About the Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Senior Accounting & Systems Consultant to join a growing, technology-focused accounting team in the Madison area. This position is ideal for an accounting professional who enjoys combining traditional accounting expertise with technology, automation, process improvement, and direct client interaction.

Rather than focusing solely on transactional accounting, this role will have the opportunity to evaluate how work gets done, identify inefficiencies, and build better systems and processes. You will work closely with business owners and internal client teams, helping them understand their financial information while improving the technology and workflows supporting their accounting operations.

Typical Focus of the Role

• Approximately 50% systems development, automation, integrations, and workflow improvement

• Approximately 25% hands-on accounting and month-end close support

• Approximately 15% client-facing systems implementations, cleanups, and process improvement

• Approximately 10% internal collaboration, training, and documentation

What You’ll Do

• Manage month-end close activities, account reconciliations, accruals, and other accrual-basis accounting responsibilities for multiple clients.

• Work extensively within NetSuite to support accounting operations, reporting, dashboards, and financial processes.

• Identify repetitive or inefficient accounting processes and develop scalable solutions through templates, imports, saved searches, workflows, integrations, and automation.

• Improve and standardize the team's use of NetSuite across multiple client environments.

• Lead the systems and technology components of new client implementations, accounting cleanups, and process transitions.

• Partner directly with business owners and client teams to understand challenges, explain financial information, and recommend practical solutions.

• Develop and maintain documentation for accounting systems