Staff Corporate Accountant

Job Description

Staff Corporate Accountant | Hemphill – Search • Consulting • Staffing

The Tone:
This is a full-time Staff Corporate Accountant role at a thriving, well-established, mid-sized company, located in West Omaha, NE. The organization boasts an inspiring history of steady growth and is actively expanding its footprint across the USA, consistently exceeding expectations. This newly created position is a pivotal addition to a supportive and collaborative accounting group, specifically designed for an early-career individual seeking significant mentorship and clear pathways for future professional advancement. The company fosters a vibrant culture, prioritizing its employees and their families, making it an ideal environment for learning, growing, and succeeding.

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

• Team: Reports to the Corporate Controller, collaborating with staff and senior accountants.
• Mission: This role supports the accurate and timely financial reporting and analysis, contributing to the company’s continued growth and success.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Build your financial accounting foundation: Work alongside experienced staff and senior accountants, gaining hands-on knowledge of the entire month-end close process. You will receive excellent training and benefit from well-documented procedures, designed to support your growth towards independence and mastery of core accounting functions.
• Own key general ledger responsibilities: Systematically review and reconcile various general ledger accounts to ensure accuracy and compliance. This includes meticulously maintaining journal entries and accruals, precisely calculating depreciation for fixed assets, preparing comprehensive trial balances, and taking full ownership of monthly close activities for your specifically assigned jurisdiction.
• Contextualize financial data through in-depth analysis: Following the completion of the monthly close, you will dive into detailed post-close analysis, applying data analytics techniques to interpret financial results. This involves comparing actual financial outcomes against budgetary targets, diligently investigating any identified variances, and providing clear, concise commentary to explain the underlying differences to management.
• Engage in diverse accounting and special projects: Beyond the routine monthly close, you will participate in a variety of seasonal accounting responsibilities, contribute to problem-solving initiatives across the department, and undertake special projects. These opportunities will provide valuable exposure to critical areas such as budgeting processes, in-depth variance analysis, and comprehensive reviews of inventory and fixed assets, accelerating your professional development.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An early-career professional with a solid academic foundation or practical understanding of financial accounting principles and practices.
• Experience: Direct experience or comprehensive academic exposure to general ledger accounting, preparing journal entries, and performing account reconciliations.
• Skills: Demonstrated proficiency in executing month-end close activities, conducting financial analysis, identifying and explaining data variances, and possessing strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Bonus: A genuine enthusiasm for being mentored and a proactive, collaborative approach to working within a supportive team environment.