Senior Accountant

Analysis Prime Inc. • Philadelphia, PA

3d • $85,000 - $95,000 • Remote

About The Position

Analysis Prime LLC, a CENIT company, is hiring a full-time Senior Accountant for its Finance and Accounting team. The Senior Accountant owns the monthly accounting close cycle, processes payroll, and supports forecasting and financial reporting for the parent company. The role reviews and guides the work of a part-time Staff Accountant and partners with company leadership on process improvement, AI innovations, and project-profitability initiatives. The position is majority remote and requires occasional commuting within the Greater Philadelphia area, up to 10% of the time.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of progressive accounting experience, including at least 2 years owning a full month-end close cycle.
• Hands-on payroll processing experience.
• Experience reviewing and guiding the work of junior accounting staff.
• Proficiency with QuickBooks Online (QBO).
• Strong Excel skills.
• Proven success with bank reconciliations, accrual accounting, and GAAP-basis financial statements.
• High attention to detail; process-oriented and analytical, with the ability to manage deadline-driven monthly cycles.
• Ability to commute occasionally within the Greater Philadelphia area, up to 10% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• CPA.
• Experience with Zoho, SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC), or a similar FP&A/reporting tool.
• Experience with multi-entity or parent-company consolidated reporting.
• Experience supporting external audits/compilations and tax return preparation.

Responsibilities

• Manage the end-to-end monthly close cycle, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, payroll entries, banking, and other close items, to meet the Day 8 financial statements deadline.
• Review and approve journal entries, account reconciliations, and AP/AR work prepared by the Staff Accountant before close sign-off.
• Maintain the month-end close checklist and support reconciliation of workpapers for accrued expenses, prepaid expenses, deferred revenue, fixed assets and depreciation, unbilled invoices, bonus and commission accruals, and payroll tax liabilities.
• Reconcile bank, credit card, and line-of-credit accounts monthly.
• Prepare and/or review monthly financial statements.
• Partner with the People & Culture team to ensure accurate and timely processing of semi-monthly payroll for US employees.
• Prepare and post payroll journal entries, pay outstanding state payroll taxes, and complete payroll tax filings.
• Validate and process bonus and commission accruals and payouts, including reversal entries.
• Load actual data into SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and reconcile it to closed-book actuals.
• Update the company forecast in Working Copy and the SAC Excel Add-in on the biweekly cadence (Tuesdays, weeks 2 and 4 of each month).
• Run actual-versus-forecast-versus-budget variance analysis and collect variance commentary from ELT members.
• Review the forecast biweekly and submit it by the second-to-last business day of the month.
• Maintain the weekly/monthly cash flow forecast and cash flow planner.
• Apply the company's four-eyes risk-mitigation approach to outgoing payments and transfers.
• Support the annual budgeting process with organizational leadership.
• Prepare required financial reporting and group consolidation/reporting packages.
• Ensure revenue recognition practices align with ASC 606 and each engagement's SOW terms.
• Maintain current Accounting, Billing, and Finance Policy documentation and related procedures.
• Manage annual report renewals or similar filings with each state through a third-party provider.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external compilation/audit engagement partners and coordinate requested items.
• Lead annual tax return preparation and quarterly tax estimates.
• Partner across the organization on process initiatives, including project-profitability measurement, the PMO/Zoho project-planning rollout, and closing the Project ID linkage gap between Sales, Delivery, and Finance systems.
• Help design and implement process automation and reporting improvements as initiatives are prioritized.
• Mentor and perform quality review for the part-time Staff Accountant.
• Maintain cross-training and continuity documentation so core accounting functions have backup coverage.

What This Job Offers

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