Staff Accountant
ChemTreat · Glen Allen, VA · 3 days ago
On-siteAccounting$70k–$80k/yrFull-time
About the role
We Offer:
- Competitive vacation and time-off benefits
- Professional onboarding and training programs
- Career coaching and development opportunities
- Comprehensive health benefits
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Work-from-home flexibility one day per week
Responsibilities
Reporting to the Accounting Manager, the Staff Accountant is responsible for general accounting functions for our domestic and international operations.
- Playing a supporting role in the monthly, quarterly, and yearly close process, ensuring all financial reporting deadlines are met.
- Preparing journal entries and monthly account reconciliations with a high standard of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Compiling and analyzing financial information to prepare and/or review journal entries for properly stated financial statements in accordance with GAAP and company policy.
- Performing balance sheet and income statement fluctuation analysis—identifying financial drivers, investigating variances, and preparing clear supporting explanations for management.
- Preparing audit-ready schedules, account reconciliations, rollforwards, and supporting documentation for internal and external audit requests.
- Gaining international experience through consolidation activities, FX revaluations, and general support to our Latin American entities.
- Ensuring compliance of assigned SOX and audit areas for general accounting.
- Preparing reporting packages and schedules per corporate requirements.
- Analyzing financial statements to determine trends, estimates, and significant changes, and communicating findings to management in clear business terms.
- Serving as a resource for accounting questions from other departments and the senior leadership team, backing up the Accounting Manager and Senior Accountants.
- Developing and implementing process improvements to standardize processes, strengthen reconciliations, and improve audit readiness.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or a related field.
- Minimum of 2 years of accounting experience (3–4 years preferred), in industry accounting or public accounting.
- Strong balance sheet and income statement fluctuation analysis skills, with the ability to identify drivers, investigate variances, and prepare supporting explanations.
- Experience preparing journal entries and account reconciliations, or equivalent public accounting/audit experience.
- Comfort working in ERP and reporting environments, with strong Excel skills for data analysis, reconciliations, trend review, and variance support.
- Ability to thrive in a high-demand finance function with competing priorities, recurring close deadlines, and frequent audit and compliance deliverables.
- Strong organizational skills, follow-through on commitments, and clear, professional communication with finance leadership, auditors, and cross-functional partners.