Staff Accountant - Hybrid

Vaco by Highspring; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco by Highspring in Birmingham, AL is seeking a Staff Accountant to join its accounting team. This role offers broad exposure across month-end close, reconciliations, accounts payable, payroll support, reporting, and process improvement initiatives in a collaborative, team-oriented culture.

You will assist with month-end close, journal entries, reconciliations, asset schedules, and internal management reports, with strong emphasis on controls and continuous process improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting is required.
• 3+ years of accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting and month-end close.
• Advanced Excel skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.
• Collaborative mindset with a desire to learn and grow.

Responsibilities

• Assist with month-end close, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
• Support accounts payable and employee expense reporting processes.
• Assist with payroll accounting and related reconciliations.
• Maintain fixed asset and prepaid expense schedules.
• Prepare internal management reports and support audit requests.
• Research and resolve reconciling items while maintaining strong financial controls.
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and drive efficiencies.

Skills

Advanced Excel

General ledger

Month-end close

Attention to detail

Time management

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting

Job description

Our client is seeking a Staff Accountant to join its accounting team. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional looking for broad exposure across month-end close, reconciliations, accounts payable, payroll support, reporting, and process improvement initiatives. The role offers strong leadership, long-term growth potential, and a collaborative, team-oriented culture.

Job Description

• Assist with month-end close, journal entries, and account reconciliations
• Support accounts payable and employee expense reporting processes
• Assist with payroll accounting and related reconciliations
• Maintain fixed asset and prepaid expense schedules
• Prepare internal management reports and support audit requests
• Research and resolve reconciling items while maintaining strong financial controls
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and drive efficiencies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 3+ years of accounting experience
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting and month-end close
• Advanced Excel skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Collaborative mindset with a desire to learn and grow

Staff Accountant

Our client is seeking a Staff Accountant to join its accounting team. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional looking for broad exposure across month-end close, reconciliations, accounts payable, payroll support, reporting, and process improvement initiatives. The role offers strong leadership, long-term growth potential, and a collaborative, team-oriented culture.

Job Description

• Assist with month-end close, journal entries, and account reconciliations
• Support accounts payable and employee expense reporting processes
• Assist with payroll accounting and related reconciliations
• Maintain fixed asset and prepaid expense schedules
• Prepare internal management reports and support audit requests
• Research and resolve reconciling items while maintaining strong financial controls
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and drive efficiencies

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• 3+ years of accounting experience
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting and month-end close
• Advanced Excel skills and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
• Collaborative mindset with a desire to learn and grow

Equal Opportunity Notice

Highspring LLC (d/b/a Vaco by Highspring) and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco by Highspring") are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals 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 applicable law. The company is also committed to ensuring that persons who need them are provided with reasonable accommodations; if an accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, 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. Additionally, you agree to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. Lastly, you 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 only: to the extent the position for employment is not with Highspring or not otherwise noted as vacant above, candidate should be informed that this role is to replace a presently employed person at Vaco by Highspring's client.

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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: