Senior Accountant

Job Description

Senior Accountant | Talently

The Tone:
This is a hybrid role at an established manufacturing company, located in the Greater Lansing Region, Michigan, requiring 3 days on-site. This Senior Accountant position is designed for an experienced professional who wants to take ownership of financial accuracy and compliance, driving strategic decisions rather than just executing tasks. The role offers direct visibility into leadership-level capital decisions and demands a deep technical understanding of accounting principles to shape how the company operates. This is an opportunity to move beyond routine reconciliations and influence how financial controls and processes operate.

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 that values process improvement and technical depth.
• Mission: Own the accuracy and compliance of financial reporting, influencing capital decisions and internal controls for an established manufacturing company.
• Tech Stack: SAP, US GAAP, SOX, Excel, Power BI

What You’ll Actually Do
• Close Management: Own monthly and annual close activities, ensuring accuracy across reconciliations and reporting deliverables.
• Strategic Partnership: Partner directly with business leaders to validate capital decisions and influence how spend gets tracked and approved.
• Financial Reporting: Build and refine dashboards and reporting tools that provide leadership with real visibility into financial trends.
• Audit Readiness: Lead audit readiness efforts, preparing documentation and disclosures that withstand both internal and external scrutiny.
• Process Improvement: Drive automation initiatives to cut manual effort and modernize legacy reporting processes across the accounting function.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Senior-level accounting professional with a focus on driving accuracy and compliance in a SOX-controlled environment.
• Experience: Five or more years of progressive accounting experience in an audit-ready setting.
• Skills: Strong working knowledge of SAP and US GAAP, including depreciation, capitalization, and impairment principles, alongside advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, data modeling).
• Bonus: CPA or CPA-eligible, experience with Power BI or other data visualization tools, and exposure to multiple ERP systems beyond SAP.