Staff Accountant

Job Description

Staff Accountant | Accountants One

The Tone:
This is a full-time, in-office Staff Accountant role with Accountants One, supporting one of their most forward-thinking clients located in Duluth. The client is seeking a detail-oriented and motivated individual to join their growing team. This high-ownership position is central to leading month-end close activities, ensuring the accuracy and cleanliness of financial books. The role is ideal for someone who thrives on bringing order to complexity and aims to grow within a collaborative finance function, working closely with a Senior Controller.

The TL;DR
• Role: Early Career
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person, Duluth

• Team: Reports to the Senior Controller
• Mission: This person owns the timely and accurate completion of month-end close activities, ensuring clean books and supporting financial analysis and structuring.
• Tech Stack: Large ERP experience required, NetSuite preferred

What You’ll Actually Do
• Month-end Close Ownership: Drive the entire month-end close process, taking responsibility for the timely and accurate completion of all related close activities.
• Journal Entry Management: Prepare and post a variety of crucial journal entries, including detailed accruals, prepaid amortization, necessary deferrals, and reclassifications.
• Account Reconciliation and Resolution: Reconcile all assigned balance sheet accounts thoroughly, promptly identifying and resolving any reconciling items to maintain financial integrity.
• Financial Reporting and Analysis: Produce and meticulously review month-end financial reports, identifying and clearly explaining any material variances from expectations.
• Collaborative Financial Analysis: Partner closely with the Senior Controller on in-depth account analysis, which includes conducting trend analysis, providing flux explanations, and performing balance sheet reviews.
• Process Improvement Initiatives: Continuously identify and propose process improvements aimed at streamlining the close cycle and enhancing overall accuracy of financial data.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Hold an undergraduate degree in Accounting, providing a foundational understanding of accounting principles and practices.
• Experience: Possess a minimum of two years of dedicated accounting experience, specifically involving month-end close processes. Demonstrated experience with large ERP systems is required.
• Skills: Proven ability to prepare and post complex journal entries, accurately reconcile balance sheet accounts, produce and review financial reports, identify and implement process improvements, and support audit preparations effectively.
• Bonus: Experience working with PE-owned companies is preferred. Candidates who hold a CPA certification or are actively tracking towards one, along with proficiency in NetSuite, are highly desirable.