Senior GL Accountant
Location: Oklahoma City, OK, 73108
Position Summary
The Senior GL Accountant is responsible for complex general ledger accounting, full-cycle month-end and year-end close activities, account reconciliations, financial analysis, and accurate financial reporting. This position independently manages higher-risk accounts, reviews selected accounting work, researches and resolves complex issues, and serves as a technical resource to the accounting team. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, able to manage competing priorities under strict deadlines, and committed to improving accounting processes and controls.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Prepare and post journal entries, perform account analysis, and complete assigned month-end and year-end closing activities.
- Lead assigned portions of the close process, monitor deadlines, identify issues, and ensure accurate and timely completion.
- Perform and review bank, balance sheet, and other complex account reconciliations; investigate and resolve variances.
- Prepare, reconcile, and validate general ledger uploads, account roll forwards, and supporting schedules.
- Prepare and review financial statements, reporting packages, and supporting schedules for management and external auditors.
- Analyze financial results and explain significant balance sheet, income statement, and budget variances.
- Research complex accounting issues, document conclusions, and recommend appropriate treatment in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
- Maintain fixed asset and intercompany accounting, including capitalization, depreciation, transfers, disposals, reconciliations, and eliminations.
- Maintain accounting procedures and internal controls; identify gaps and recommend process or control improvements.
- Coordinate audit requests and provide complete, accurate, and timely supporting documentation.
- Support transportation-industry regulatory reporting requirements.
- Participate in ERP enhancements, system implementations, data validation, automation, and process-improvement initiatives.
- Communicate with accounting, operations, and management to resolve accounting issues and support business needs.
- Provide guidance and technical support to less-experienced accounting staff and review assigned work as needed.
- Lead or support special accounting projects and perform other duties as assigned.
Required Skills and Abilities
- Strong knowledge of general ledger accounting, financial statement preparation, reconciliations, accruals, and month-end close.
- Working knowledge of U.S. GAAP and the ability to research and document accounting conclusions.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work independently in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to review accounting work, provide constructive guidance, and collaborate effectively across departments.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP or financial-reporting systems.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise sound judgment with sensitive financial information.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field required.
- Minimum of five (5) years of progressive general ledger, financial reporting, audit, or corporate accounting experience required; seven (7) or more years preferred.
- Advanced experience with month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, accruals, financial reporting, and variance analysis required.
- Experience with ERP systems required; implementation, integration, or process-optimization experience preferred.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk, working on a computer, and talking on the phone.
- Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds occasionally.