Senior Accountant

Job Description

Senior Accountant | NorthStar Memorial Group

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at NorthStar Memorial Group, located in Houston, TX. As a national organization dedicated to providing care, comfort, and planning services, the company seeks an experienced accounting professional for its Home Office. This position is crucial for ensuring financial accuracy and contributing strategically to process improvements, acquisitions, financial reporting, and overall business growth. Your expertise will directly impact a growing national organization within a collaborative environment.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Location: In-person, Houston, TX
• Mission: Owns the accuracy and completeness of financial details while contributing to strategic initiatives across the organization, including process improvements and acquisitions.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Manage General Ledger: Prepare, analyze, and reconcile assigned general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy, completeness, GAAP compliance, and conformance with company reporting standards.
• Optimize Processes: Develop, implement, modify, and document monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting tasks and associated systems using current computer technology.
• Perform Financial Analysis: Analyze business operations, trends, costs, revenues, and financial commitments to ensure accurate cost reporting, including analysis of monthly account fluctuations and budget-to-actual variances.
• Oversee Accounting Operations: Review journal entries and reconciliations prepared by the offshore accounting team, prepare non-routine journal entries, and calculate/record various expense allocations.
• Support Strategic Initiatives: Assist with special projects, critical assignments, interim and year-end audits, and the accounting integration related to acquisitions, while also providing guidance to team members and meeting month-end close deadlines.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting or equivalent, with a strong understanding of US GAAP application.
• Experience: 5+ years of accounting experience.
• Skills: Financial Analysis, GAAP Compliance, General Ledger Management, Communication, Problem-Solving.
• Bonus: CPA Designation.