Senior Corporate Accountant

State Industrial - Recruiting•Cleveland, OH

4d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Corporate Accountant supports and executes monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes, maintains the integrity of financial records, prepares account reconciliations, and supports external financial audits. The role requires strong technical accounting knowledge and hands-on SAP ERP experience, including supporting accounting systems implementations, enhancements, and process improvements. The successful candidate will have 6–8 years of progressive corporate accounting experience and use SAP to improve financial reporting, strengthen internal controls, and increase accounting operations efficiency. The position collaborates with Finance, IT, and other business functions on accurate reporting and ongoing accounting and systems initiatives. The role offers a Monday–Friday, 8 a.m.–5 p.m. schedule and a hybrid work model, with employees able to work from home two days per week. The company describes career advancement opportunities and training and development programs.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
6–8 years of progressive corporate accounting experience.
Hands-on experience using SAP ERP in a corporate accounting environment.
Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and general ledger accounting.
Demonstrated experience with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
Extensive experience preparing and maintaining balance sheet account reconciliations.
Experience supporting external financial statement audits.
Experience using SAP to research financial transactions, analyze general ledger activity, and support financial reporting.
Strong Microsoft Excel skills and experience working with large financial data sets.
Excellent analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet tight financial reporting deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Experience with SAP ECC 6.0 and/or SAP S/4HANA.
Participation in an SAP implementation, upgrade, or ECC-to-S/4HANA conversion.
Experience with SAP FI/CO, including general ledger, accounts payable, cost centers, and financial reporting.
Familiarity with SAP Fiori and SAP reporting tools.
Experience with data migration, reconciliation, and user acceptance testing.
CPA preferred.
Experience in a multi-entity or multinational corporate environment.
Experience identifying opportunities to automate and improve accounting processes.

Responsibilities

Execute and coordinate assigned activities in monthly, quarterly, and annual financial close processes.
Prepare and post journal entries, accruals, account adjustments, and other period-end transactions in SAP.
Analyze general ledger activity and investigate significant account fluctuations and variances.
Complete close activities accurately and on time, and prepare financial schedules, supporting analyses, and management reporting.
Identify opportunities to streamline the financial close process and improve reporting accuracy.
Prepare and maintain balance sheet account reconciliations; research and resolve reconciling items, discrepancies, and unusual balances.
Reconcile general ledger accounts to subledgers, schedules, and source documentation, and maintain appropriate reconciliation documentation.
Use SAP reports and transactions to research journal entries, validate balances, analyze account activity, and document supporting details.
Support SAP configuration changes, enhancements, reporting improvements, implementations, upgrades, system conversions, and finance transformation initiatives in collaboration with IT and SAP functional teams.
Assist with requirements gathering, process design, system testing, user acceptance testing, implementation validation, and validation of financial data conversions and legacy balances.
Identify opportunities to automate accounting processes and improve SAP functionality; develop and maintain SAP-related procedures, process documentation, and user guidance.
Support annual financial statement audits and other external audit activities by preparing schedules, analyses, reconciliations, and supporting documentation.
Coordinate responses to auditor requests, resolve audit inquiries, research accounting issues, and assist with implementing audit recommendations.
Maintain compliance with U.S. GAAP, company accounting policies, and internal control requirements.
Evaluate accounting processes and recommend improvements to efficiency, accuracy, and internal controls.
Support standardization of accounting processes and reporting across business units and collaborate with Finance and IT to improve SAP reporting, data integrity, and workflows.
Assist with special projects, technical accounting research, and other initiatives as required.