Senior Accountant
Senior Accountant
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
Job Type: Onsite
Salary: $80-120k base + bonus
Client/Job Summary:
An established transportation company is seeking a Senior Accountant to support accounting, job costing, and financial reporting functions. This is a highly visible position and will support the Controller by supporting financial reporting, strengthening internal controls, analyzing operating performance, and providing financial information to senior management.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage general ledger activities, including journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and month-end close.
- Review financial results, identify trends and variances, and provide insights to management.
- Support revenue recognition, project accounting, and work-in-progress reporting.
- Maintain fixed asset records and assist with capital expenditure tracking.
- Track costs and profitability across large-scale operational and project-based work.
- Partner with AP, AR, payroll, and operations teams to ensure accurate financial reporting.
- Prepare audit schedules and assist with tax, banking, insurance, and compliance requests.
- Help strengthen accounting processes, controls, and reporting procedures as the company continues to grow.
- Participate in special projects and process improvement initiatives.
Key Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
- CPA required.
- 5+ years of accounting experience, 2-3 years of public accounting preferred.
- Advanced Excel skills, including lookup functions, conditional formulas, and pivot tables.
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