Accountant

About the role

You are not just balancing accounts. You are helping make sure every transaction tells the right financial story. The Accountant role at Whistle Express is responsible for supporting recurring accounting activities, reconciliations, journal entries, and analysis that help ensure accurate and timely financial reporting. This role works across lease accounting, fixed assets, revenue, and general ledger processes. At this level, success is measured by consistent execution, accurate account support, timely close deliverables, clear documentation, and the ability to resolve routine accounting issues with ownership and follow-through.

Responsibilities

• Prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, rollforwards, and schedules as part of the monthly close process.
• Review assigned account activity, investigate variances, and ensure balances are supported and complete.
• Maintain organized support for recurring entries, reconciliations, and schedules so close work is repeatable and audit-ready.
• Support audit requests, process documentation, issue resolution, and continuous improvement across assigned accounting areas.
• Support lease accounting activities by tracking lease information, preparing monthly entries, and reconciling lease-related balances.
• Maintain fixed asset records, support asset additions and disposals, record depreciation, and reconcile fixed asset accounts.
• Assist with revenue accounting, including revenue review, reconciliation, entry preparation, and follow-up on unusual or incomplete activity.
• Partner with Accounting teammates to keep lease, asset, and revenue records accurate, supported, and ready for review.
• Lead assigned reconciliations, journal entries, close tasks, supporting schedules, lease accounting support, fixed asset activity, revenue accounting support, and account research.
• Shape recurring accounting routines, reconciliation quality, documentation standards, close support processes, lease and asset tracking, revenue review support, and issue resolution practices.
• Escalate unreconciled balances, missing support, unusual account activity, lease or fixed asset discrepancies, revenue exceptions, system issues, or deadlines that may affect close accuracy.

Requirements

• 2 to 4 or more years of accounting, general ledger, reconciliations, fixed assets, lease accounting, revenue accounting, or related experience.
• Working knowledge of journal entries, accruals, account reconciliations, supporting schedules, and monthly close routines.
• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field required.

Skills

• Strong Excel, organization, documentation, communication, and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with lease accounting, fixed assets, revenue accounting, ERP systems, or multi‑site businesses preferred.

Pay

Base Pay Range $75,000.00 - $100,000.00