Jobs · Accounting · Alabama

Sr. Accountant

Robert Half · Birmingham, AL · 3 mo ago
On-siteAccountingTemporary

Responsibilities

  • Lead detailed cash reconciliation efforts for accounts associated with acquired businesses and bring outstanding balances into alignment.
  • Examine historical discrepancies, identify root causes, and resolve unreconciled items that have accumulated over multiple accounting periods.
  • Use BlackLine to strengthen reconciliation workflows, increase matching efficiency, and support greater process consistency.
  • Review activity across key cash-related accounts and complete adjustments needed to ensure accurate financial reporting.
  • Prepare and post journal entries as needed to correct variances uncovered during reconciliation analysis.
  • Partner with accounting and acquisition-related stakeholders to gather support, clarify transaction history, and close open issues.
  • Maintain organized documentation of findings, resolutions, and account support for audit readiness and future reference.
  • Contribute to month-end close activities by ensuring reconciliations and general ledger balances are current and properly supported.

Requirements

  • Proven experience working as a Senior Accountant in a complex accounting environment.
  • Strong background in cash reconciliations, bank reconciliations, and account reconciliation activities.
  • Hands-on experience with BlackLine, including reconciliation and matching-related functionality.
  • Working knowledge of general ledger processes, journal entries, and month-end close responsibilities.
  • Ability to investigate historical accounting issues and independently drive issues through resolution.
  • Experience using PeopleSoft or a comparable enterprise accounting system.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage large volumes of detailed financial data accurately.

Qualifications

  • Experience working in a manufacturing environment.
  • Hands-on experience with BlackLine, including reconciliation and matching-related functionality.
  • Working knowledge of general ledger processes, journal entries, and month-end close responsibilities.
  • Ability to investigate historical accounting issues and independently drive issues through resolution.
  • Experience using PeopleSoft or a comparable enterprise accounting system.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to manage large volumes of detailed financial data accurately.

Skills

  • BlackLine
  • Cash Reconciliation
  • Account Cleanup
  • Investigative Reconciliation Work
  • Process Enhancement
  • PeopleSoft

Benefits

  • Medical Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Lifetime Life Insurance
  • Disability Insurance
  • 401(k) Plan

Pay

  • Competitive Compensation

Schedule

  • Long-term Contract Engagement

About the Role

This position will concentrate on resolving complex cash reconciliation matters connected to acquired entities, with a strong emphasis on improving accuracy across critical accounts.

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