Senior Accountant – Financial Compliance and Strategy

Job Description

Senior Accountant | Talently

The Tone:
This is a hybrid role at Talently’s client, located in the Greater Lansing Region, Michigan, requiring 3 days on-site. The client is an established manufacturing company. This role is crucial for driving financial accuracy and compliance, offering direct visibility into how capital decisions are made at the leadership level. The Senior Accountant will shape how the company operates through their SOX and GAAP expertise, moving beyond transactional tasks to provide meaningful input.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Hybrid, 3 days on-site
• Location: Hybrid, Lansing, MI
• Pay: $85000–$115000 yearly
• Team: Reports into a team focused on process improvement.
• Mission: Owns ensuring financial accuracy and compliance while influencing strategic capital decisions and operational processes.
• Tech Stack: SAP, GAAP, SOX, Excel, Power BI

What You’ll Actually Do
• Own: Lead monthly and annual close activities, ensuring accuracy in all reconciliations and reporting deliverables.
• Partner: Collaborate directly with business leaders to validate capital decisions and influence spending tracking and approval processes.
• Build: Develop and refine dashboards and reporting tools to provide leadership with clear visibility into financial trends.
• Lead: Guide audit readiness efforts, preparing comprehensive documentation and disclosures for internal and external scrutiny.
• Design: Create and strengthen internal controls to proactively ensure compliance and minimize reactive measures.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Senior accounting professional with deep domain knowledge in US GAAP, including depreciation, capitalization, and impairment principles.
• Experience: Five or more years of progressive accounting experience gained in a SOX-controlled, audit-ready environment, with strong working knowledge of SAP.
• Skills: Advanced Excel proficiency, including pivot tables and data modeling; demonstrated expertise in US GAAP application; leadership in SOX compliance.
• Bonus: CPA or CPA-eligible; experience with Power BI or other data visualization tools; exposure to multiple ERP systems beyond SAP.