Job Title: Senior Accountant

Job Description

Job Summary:

As a Senior Accountant, you will prepare financial reports, perform research and analysis, maintain the general ledger, perform account reconciliations, assist with audit preparations, and support the Assistant in leading the accounting team.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Produce and document all journal entries required for the close process, including prepaid expense amortization, inventory entries, and other scheduled journal entries.

• Responsible for bank reconciliations and account reconciliation schedules.

• Assist in producing error-free accounting reports and presenting their results.

• Analyze financial information and summarize financial status.

• Spot errors and suggest ways to improve efficiency and spending.

• Review and recommend modifications to accounting systems and procedures.

• Participate in financial standards setting and the forecast process.

• Provide input into the department’s goal-setting process.

• Support the preparation of financial statements and the production of the budget according to schedule.

• Responsible for filing sales tax returns and property tax returns.

• Assist with sales tax audits and property tax audits.

• Support month-end and year-end close processes.

• Develop and document business processes and accounting policies to maintain and strengthen internal controls.

• Ensure compliance with GAAP principles.

• Participate in periodic physical inventory counts and reconciliations.

• Assist accounts payable with the preparation and approval of annual 1099’s for vendors.

• Provide oversight over the accounts receivable and accounts payable close processes, verifying, ensuring all allocations are up to date, posting, and reconciling accounts receivables and payables.

• Liaise with the Assistant and the team to improve financial procedures.

• Other duties as assigned.

This role is characterized by 30% accounts payable support, 50% journal entry preparation and reconciliations, and 20% process improvements. The Senior Accountant will drive the close process, oversee two accounts payable specialists, and provide guidance and coaching. Supervisory experience is ideal but not mandatory. There is no immediate plan to transition this role into a managerial position.

Hard Skills

• accounting
• accounts payable
• general ledger
• journal entry
• reconciliation
• bank reconciliation
• month-end close
• financial reporting
• GAAP
• cash reconciliation

Job Type

This is a permanent position.

Work Site

This is a fully on-site position in Vista, California.