Accountant
About The Position
Madden’s is an award-winning resort, located on more than 1,000 acres, that anticipates the wishes and desires of vacationers and offers them fantastic golf, upscale dining, lakeside spa, tennis, activity programs for children, biking, shopping, and art gallery with painting classes and almost every kind of on-the-water recreation possible in Minnesota, including fishing. Madden’s has distinguished itself by an emphasis on gracious hospitality, quality, and diversity. Our philosophy is simply to provide the best that Minnesota has to offer. Madden’s is seeking an Accountant to join our Finance team. This position plays a key role in supporting daily accounting operations while maintaining accurate financial records, preparing reports, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and internal controls. The ideal candidate is comfortable balancing hands-on transactional work with analytical thinking and enjoys identifying opportunities to improve processes while ensuring strong execution. This role is 100% onsite.
Requirements
- Strong time-management skills with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively with team members
- Analytical mindset with curiosity to dig into data and understand trends and variances
- High attention to detail and commitment to accuracy
- Solid understanding of accounting principles and financial fundamentals
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel (formulas, data cleanup; pivot tables a plus)
- Experience with accounting or financial systems (e.g., QuickBooks, SAP, Paycom, or similar), or demonstrated ability to learn systems quickly
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and documentation skills
- Clear written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with professionalism and discretion
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or a related field
- Early-career professionals with relevant experience, internships, or hands-on exposure encouraged to apply
Responsibilities
- Assist in the preparation of monthly and annual financial statements, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness
- Support basic variance and trend analysis to help explain financial results
- Maintain the general ledger, including preparing journal entries and performing account reconciliations
- Support month-end close activities and ensure clean, well-documented balances
- Support day-to-day AP and AR activities, including invoice processing, billing, payments, collections, and discrepancy resolution
- Assist with tracking fixed assets and depreciation in accordance with GAAP and internal accounting policies
- Maintain accurate schedules and supporting documentation
- Assist with annual reviews and audits by preparing schedules, documentation, and clear explanations
- Respond to follow-up requests in a timely and organized manner
- Ensure adherence to accounting standards, internal controls, and regulatory requirements
- Support documentation and consistency of accounting processes
- Identify and recommend improvements to workflows, controls, and systems to increase efficiency and accuracy
- Balance improvement initiatives with strong execution of daily accounting responsibilities
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
251-500 employees
