Senior Accountant

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Wisconsin.

📋 Description

• Prepare financial statements for the community and support the external reporting of the company's financial outcomes.

• Ensure the integrity of the general ledger by adhering to generally accepted accounting principles.

• Assist and mentor junior accountants.

• Complete and resolve reconciliations for balance sheets and bank accounts.

• Assess cost center and chart of account frameworks, providing recommendations for enhancements.

• Prepare, verify, and oversee journal entries.

• Evaluate subsidiary journals, rectify errors, and perform monthly closing entries.

• Review monthly balance sheets and profit-and-loss statements to ensure accuracy.

• Coordinate the monthly closing process and ensure timely production of statements.

• Analyze, redesign, and improve online financial statements.

• Update and refine monthly closing procedures.

• Examine subsidiary schedules and suggest improvements.

• Document accounting processes, policies, and procedures.

• Prepare audit schedules and address requests related to financial, SOX, and other audits.

• Monitor and track cash outflows, providing management with updates.

• Collaborate with field personnel to explain operational activities, investigate discrepancies, provide charge details, and record reclassification entries.

• Communicate with third-party financial institutions and regulatory agencies.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree (BA) from an accredited four-year college or university.

• Three to five years of relevant experience.

• No specific certifications, licenses, or additional requirements are necessary.

• Extensive expertise in a specific skill or function.

• Comprehensive understanding of the organization and its work environment.

• Working knowledge of relevant functional disciplines.

• Ability to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and hear.

• Capability to lift up to 25 pounds.

• Requires interaction with coworkers, residents, or vendors.

• Candidates must reside within 2.5 hours of the greater Milwaukee area.

🏝️ Benefits

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Continuous health and wellness programs.

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.

• 401(k) retirement plan.

• Associate assistance program.

• Employee discounts available.

• Referral program incentives.

• Early access to earned wages for hourly employees (excluding CA).

• Optional identity theft protection and pet insurance.

• Paid time off benefits.

• Paid holidays.

• Company-sponsored life insurance.

• Adoption assistance benefits.

• Short- and long-term disability coverage.

• Flexible Spending Accounts available.

• Health Savings Account options.

• Optional life insurance and dependent life insurance plans.

• Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan.

• Tuition reimbursement program.

• Qualified associates may receive reimbursement for naturalization application fees up to $725.

• Temporary associates can participate in the company’s 401(k) plan.