Senior Auditor

Vaco; Fairfield (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Vaco is seeking an experienced Audit & Cost Accounting Specialist to provide immediate support in a manufacturing/aerospace environment. This indefinite temporary opportunity is expected to continue through key audit activities, with potential to transition to permanent. The ideal candidate brings audit and cost accounting experience, hands-on inventory accounting, and a solid understanding of U.S.

GAAP to support year-end audits and ongoing reporting. This role requires U.S.

Qualifications

• Audit experience in public, external, or internal audit.
• Hands-on cost accounting experience.
• Manufacturing industry experience required.
• Experience with inventory accounting and inventory audit support.
• Strong reconciliations and balance sheet analysis.
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP.
• Experience supporting year-end audits.
• Strong Excel skills.
• U.S. Citizenship required due to regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Provide audit support for year-end and other financial activities.
• Perform inventory reconciliations and support inventory audit procedures.
• Assist with cost accounting, costing analysis, and manufacturing-related financial analysis.
• Perform account reconciliations and balance sheet analysis.
• Research and resolve discrepancies between financial and operational records.
• Support preparation and documentation for external and internal audits.
• Ensure accounting activities and reporting are consistent with U.S. GAAP.
• Assist with additional accounting and audit projects as needed.

Skills

Audit experience

Cost accounting

Inventory accounting

Balance sheet analysis

U.S. GAAP

Excel

Public/internal audit

U.S. Citizenship

Tools

ERP (Epicor or similar)

Job description

Audit & Cost Accounting Specialist

Location: New Britain, CT

Job Type: Indefinite Temporary | Potential Temp-to-Perm

Start Date: ASAP

We are seeking an experienced Audit & Cost Accounting professional to provide immediate support within a manufacturing/aerospace environment. This is an indefinite temporary opportunity expected to continue through the completion of key audit support activities, with potential for the role to become permanent.

The ideal candidate will bring a combination of audit and cost accounting experience, along with hands‑on exposure to inventory accounting and manufacturing operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide audit support for year-end and other financial audit activities
• Perform inventory reconciliations and support inventory audit procedures
• Assist with cost accounting, costing analysis, and manufacturing‑related financial analysis
• Perform account reconciliations and balance sheet analysis
• Research and resolve discrepancies between financial and operational records
• Support preparation and documentation for external and internal audits
• Ensure accounting activities and reporting are consistent with U.S. GAAP
• Assist with additional accounting and audit projects as needed

Qualifications

• Audit experience in public accounting, external audit, or internal audit
• Hands‑on cost accounting experience
• Manufacturing industry experience required
• Experience with inventory accounting and inventory audit support
• Strong account reconciliation and balance sheet analysis skills
• Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP
• Experience supporting year-end audits
• Strong Excel skills
• U.S. Citizenship required due to aerospace/government regulatory requirements

Preferred Experience

• Aerospace or defense manufacturing experience
• Experience with Epicor ERP or another manufacturing ERP system
• Advanced Excel skills
• Experience working in a manufacturing environment where accounting is closely tied to inventory, costing, and operations

Opportunity

This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional who can hit the ground running and immediately contribute to audit and cost accounting activities. The assignment is indefinite in duration, with the potential to transition into a permanent position based on business needs and performance.

By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.

EEO Notice

Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.

Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [e-mail].

Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.

Representation Notice

By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.

For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring's discussions with its Client, Highspring's understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).

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Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring's use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client's use of AI products in hiring.

Pay Transparency Notice

Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:

• the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
• licensure and certification requirements;
• office location and other geographic considerations;
• other business and organizational needs.

With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.