Senior Accountant

EarthKind • Mooresville, NC

1d • Onsite

About The Position

You'll own the day-to-day and middle-management accounting that keeps this company's finances running. Our company is positioned for growth, and this role comes with an opportunity for advancement within 1 to 3 years; you’ll increasingly be involved in budgeting, forecasting, and financial planning. You'll report to the Director of Finance and serve as a key part of a small financial team. About 70% of this job is highly detailed accounting routines, some of which are tedious data processing. The remaining 30% is dealing with time-sensitive or priority-driven responsibilities that come up without warning. You’ll need to be flexible enough to shift gears when something urgent hits and then get back to your routine work.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field
• Solid knowledge of GAAP, sales tax, ERISA, and applicable compliance requirements
• Advanced Excel (e.g., VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, Pivot Tables, Macros)
• Detail orientation, critical thinking, and analytical reasoning
• Comfort with repetitive tasks and resourcefulness in problem-solving
• Reliable time management and the ability to reprioritize on the fly

Nice To Haves

• CPA (strongly preferred). Actively pursuing a CPA is also great.
• NetSuite experience (strongly preferred)
• Paycor experience
• Project management, budgeting, forecasting, or financial planning experience
• Experience improving financial processes or workflows

Responsibilities

• Execute and reconcile working papers for month-end close
• Reconcile balance sheet accounts using NetSuite and advanced Excel
• Manage payroll, accruals, and biweekly processing; renew and reconcile tax filings; prepare journal entries
• Analyze budgets vs. actuals
• Report and manage cash accurately and in a timely manner
• Report sales tax and maintain compliance across all states
• Analyze time and efficiency (FTE reporting)
• Manage 401(k) plans, Section 125 plans, ERISA, and unemployment reporting
• Troubleshoot an issue where sales tax may be miscalculated
• Reconcile a customer’s payment order issue
• Process emergency paperwork for a worker’s comp claim
• Facilitate required steps for an employee termination, transfer hire, or leave of absence

Benefits

• 100% company-paid medical, short-term disability, and life insurance for employees
• Dental, vision, long-term disability, additional life insurance, and critical illness coverage also offered (employee-paid)
• 401(k) with dollar-for-dollar match up to 4% (eligible after 30 days)
• PTO that starts accruing your first full month
• 9 paid holidays
• Seasonal closure(s) to support true work life balance
• Continuing education reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (available to you and family members in your household)

What This Job Offers

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