Senior Staff Accountant
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| Estimated Pay info | Based on similar jobs in your market$41 per hour |
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| Hours | Full-time |
| Location | Charlestown, Massachusetts |
About this job
Job Description
Job Description
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Responsibilities
- Prepare and post journal entries while maintaining the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger.
- Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations and investigate variances to ensure timely resolution.
- Own the inventory accounting and reconciliation process, including ensuring the accuracy of inventory balances across locations and entities.
- Work closely with operational teams to maintain accurate inventory records, investigate discrepancies, and ensure inventory transactions are properly recorded in the accounting and operational systems.
- Coordinate and support periodic physical inventory counts and reconcile physical inventory to system and general ledger balances.
- Analyze inventory variances, identify root causes, and work with operations to implement corrective actions and strengthen inventory controls.
- Monitor inventory adjustments, transfers, receipts, usage, and other inventory-related transactions to ensure they are properly authorized, recorded, and supported.
- Establish and maintain appropriate inventory controls and procedures to improve the accuracy and reliability of inventory reporting.
- Execute month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities in accordance with established deadlines.
- Prepare supporting schedules and assist with monthly financial reporting and analysis.
- Partner with marina, hospitality, and property operations teams to understand business activities and ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Analyze financial transactions and determine appropriate accounting treatment in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
- Prepare account analyses and explain financial results, trends, and variances to management and operational leaders.
- Support annual financial statement audits and other compliance requirements.
- Assist with budgeting, forecasting, and ad hoc financial analysis.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, strengthen internal controls, and increase operational efficiency.
- Support ERP optimization, system enhancements, and accounting process automation initiatives.
- Collaborate across departments to ensure accurate accounting for revenues, expenses, inventory, fixed assets, leases, intercompany transactions, and other balance sheet accounts.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 5+years of progressive accounting experience, preferably within hospitality, marina, real estate, property management, or other multi-location service organizations.
- Demonstrated experience managing or supporting inventory accounting, inventory reconciliation, physical inventory counts, and inventory controls.
- Strong understanding of inventory accounting principles, including inventory valuation, adjustments, transfers, and reconciliation of physical inventory to accounting records.
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting principles.
- Demonstrated experience preparing journal entries, reconciling balance sheet accounts, and managing the month-end close process.
- Experience working in a multi-entity environment is strongly preferred.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with ERP systems such as NetSuite, QuickBooks, or similar platforms is preferred.
- CPA designation is preferred but not required.
- Highly organized with exceptional attention to detail.
- Self-motivated and able to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment.
- Comfortable taking ownership and accountability for the accuracy of inventory balances and related processes.
- A proactive problem solver who continuously seeks opportunities to improve processes.
- A collaborative business partner capable of building strong relationships across finance and operations.
- Comfortable communicating financial information to non-financial stakeholders.
- Accountable, dependable, and committed to producing high-quality work.
- Professional, ethical, and committed to maintaining confidentiality.
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