We are looking for a Senior Accountant to join a growing finance team in Massachusetts. This role is ideal for an organized candidate who can manage core accounting activities, support a timely close process, and investigate variances with a high degree of independence. The position offers the opportunity to contribute across general ledger operations, reconciliations, reporting, and financial review activities while helping maintain accurate and reliable records.
Responsibilities:
- Record and post journal entries with thorough backup documentation to support accuracy and audit readiness.
- Perform reconciliations for bank accounts, balance sheet accounts, clearing accounts, and other ledger balances, resolving discrepancies in a timely manner.
- Contribute to monthly and annual close activities by preparing schedules, reviewing transactions, and completing period-end adjustments.
- Examine general ledger activity to identify unusual items, missing entries, duplicate postings, or coding errors and follow through on corrective action.
- Support intercompany accounting by tracking activity between related entities and reconciling balances across organizations.
- Prepare and maintain schedules for accruals, prepaid items, deferred revenue, fixed assets, and depreciation.
- Verify that financial transactions are assigned to the appropriate entity, location, department, account, and reporting period.
- Assist with financial reporting, audit support, tax-related documentation, cash planning, and reconciliations tied to receivables, payroll, commissions, sales tax, and customer payments.