Senior Accountant

About the Role

This Contract Senior Accountant position is based in the Memphis, TN office and reports to the Director of Accounting. The role plays a critical part in overseeing daily accounting operations, ensuring accuracy, and maintaining compliance with accounting principles and company policies. The position requires a high level of professionalism, analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate across functions within a leading provider of components and solutions for the vertical transportation industry.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the fixed asset register and depreciation schedules.
• Review and post the daily AR cash receipts batch entries.
• Review and post the daily AP and PO invoices batch entries.
• Review inventory adjustments and cost variances, and propose recommendations or resolution actions.
• Participate in month-end reporting discussions and support leadership with financial inquiries or ad-hoc requests.
• Prepare journal entries and ensure adherence to the monthly close schedule.
• Complete month-end bank reconciliations.
• Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations.
• Ensure general and subledgers are closed and cut-off procedures are completed.
• Communicate and escalate critical financial matters to management.
• Coordinate with the Controller and FP&A team to ensure proper upstream and consolidated reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with a specialization in Accounting.
• 2 to 7 years of related experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong understanding of inventory-related matters.