Senior Accountant

Duke Corporate Education • Durham, NC

3d • Onsite

About The Position

We are seeking a Senior Accountant to join our Finance team. This is a hands-on role for a proactive, detail-oriented accounting professional who enjoys bringing structure, accuracy, and process discipline to a dynamic global environment. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for day-to-day general accounting, reporting, and analysis across multiple global entities. The role will take ownership of key general ledger activities, support accurate and timely financial reporting, contribute to budget and presentation materials, and help improve financial systems, processes, controls, and workflows. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys both technical accounting and systems/process improvement, and who can partner effectively with Finance, IT, external partners, and other internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required; CPA or CPA candidate preferred.
• Minimum of 5+ years of experience in corporate accounting and/or public accounting.
• Experience working with ERP systems required; experience with Microsoft D365 preferred.
• Experience creating and maintaining financial reports.
• Strong technical accounting skills, including a strong understanding of debits, credits, reconciliations, accruals, and account analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to improve processes, bring structure to complex environments, and strengthen controls and workflows.
• Must be able to work on-site in our Durham office, if required by the business.

Nice To Haves

• Professional services industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day and period-end general ledger activities, including journal entries, trial balance adjustments, accruals, deferrals, reconciliations, and account analysis.
• Take ownership of general ledger accuracy and maintain strong supporting documentation for journal entries, adjustments, accruals, and account balances.
• Manage accounting operations across areas such as cash and banking, fixed assets, accounts payable, accounts receivable, travel expenses, corporate credit cards, and taxes.
• Create and maintain mandatory and statutory financial reports, ensuring accuracy and compliance with domestic and international regulations.
• Analyze monthly financial results and contribute to internal reporting, management updates, and presentation materials.
• Prepare materials for Management, Boards of Directors, Town Halls, and other internal Duke CE events.
• Provide data to support entity-level and consolidated operating budget development.
• Collaborate with IT and external partners to support continuous improvement of financial systems and processes, including cloud-based ERP systems.
• Lead or support ERP implementation, optimization, and systems improvement projects.
• Maintain documentation of current controls, processes, practices, and workflows.
• Lead or support internal and external audit engagements, including preparing audit materials, responding to inquiries, and monitoring progress.
• Troubleshoot and resolve accounting and reporting issues in partnership with internal and external stakeholders.
• Recommend and implement improvements to accounting processes, workflows, automation, efficiency, and performance.

Benefits

• Collaborative, intellectually stimulating environment
• Opportunity to work across cultures and functions
• Contribute to meaningful improvements in financial operations
• Support better decision-making through accurate, timely, and thoughtful financial insight

What This Job Offers

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