Senior Accountant

Trueline • Wilmington, NC

2d • $80,000 - $100,000 • Remote

About The Position

A growing live entertainment company operating venues and producing large-scale events is seeking a Senior Accountant to join its finance team. Wilmington, NC is preferred, but the company is open to candidates anywhere in the U.S. This is a broad, hands-on opportunity to own accounting across multiple entities while working directly with senior finance leadership to strengthen close, reporting, controls, and systems as the business scales.

Requirements

• 5+ years of full-cycle accounting experience
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
• Hands-on multi-entity accounting experience
• Experience managing intercompany transactions and allocations
• Hands-on experience preparing and filing multi-state sales and use tax returns
• Strong general ledger and month-end close experience
• Hands-on experience with a multi-entity cloud ERP such as Sage Intacct, NetSuite, Acumatica, Dynamics 365 Business Central, or a comparable platform
• Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and high-volume reconciliation work
• Strong understanding of reconciliations, journal entries, accruals, and supporting schedules
• High attention to detail and strong accounting judgment
• Ability to independently investigate discrepancies and follow issues through resolution
• Ability to manage recurring deadlines and competing priorities in a fast-moving environment
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with finance and operational stakeholders

Nice To Haves

• Strong Sage Intacct experience, particularly with dimensions and multi-entity functionality
• Accounting experience within live entertainment, venues, festivals, hospitality, sports, or another multi-site or event-driven organization
• Familiarity with event settlements
• Experience with venue-level P&Ls
• Experience with per-event revenue recognition
• Understanding of seasonal or event-driven cash cycles
• Experience documenting accounting SOPs
• ERP implementation, optimization, or systems-improvement experience
• Experience supporting external tax preparers or auditors with organized schedules and documentation
• Experience helping strengthen internal controls and approval workflows
• Interest and capability to grow into an Accounting Manager role as the organization expands

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle accounts payable and accounts receivable across multiple business entities
• Prepare customer invoices, monitor collections, and resolve discrepancies
• Perform bank, credit card, and balance sheet reconciliations
• Prepare journal entries, accruals, intercompany transactions, and allocations
• Maintain accurate general ledger activity across a growing portfolio of entities
• Prepare and file monthly sales and use tax returns across multiple states
• Maintain vendor records, W-9s, contracts, and documentation supporting 1099 compliance
• Take meaningful ownership of month-end close, including reconciliations, accruals, schedules, and GL accuracy
• Prepare monthly and ad hoc financial reporting packages
• Partner directly with the SVP of Finance & Operations to improve close timing, reporting quality, and financial accuracy
• Support continued optimization of Sage Intacct and related accounting workflows
• Help strengthen a multi-entity accounting environment as the company's portfolio expands
• Document and improve accounting SOPs
• Help develop stronger internal controls, including segregation of duties and approval workflows
• Maintain organized schedules and supporting documentation for external tax and audit partners
• Coordinate with venue and operations teams on payments, vendor compliance, and financial workflows
• Identify opportunities to make accounting processes more efficient, scalable, and reliable

Benefits

• Base salary of $80,000-$100,000, commensurate with experience
• Remote flexibility from any U.S. state, with Wilmington, NC preferred
• 401(k) with a company match of 100% on the first 3% contributed and 50% on the next 2%, providing a 4% company contribution when the employee contributes 5%
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• 15 days of paid time off
• 8 paid holidays
• Separate paid office closure from Christmas Eve through New Year's Eve, which does not reduce the employee's PTO balance
• Event access and staff ticket allocations

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior