Senior Staff Accountant
About The Position
The Senior Staff Accountant supports the month-end close, owns key reconciliations and journal entries, and drives automation of routine close activities using AI tools. This role partners across the business to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting, with additional focus with the Marketing team to support media accruals for the company’s wide-ranging investments in D2C advertising. The Senior Staff Accountant reports to the Accounting Manager and works closely with the broader finance team supporting MSRE's brokerage and title businesses. The position is located at the company's headquarters in Alpharetta, GA.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or similar required.
- Minimum of 3-5 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally including month-end close ownership.
- Strong working knowledge of GAAP.
- Proficiency with accounting systems (QuickBooks experience preferred) and advanced Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas).
- Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple deadlines.
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to explain accounting topics to non-finance partners (particularly Marketing).
Nice To Haves
- Experience using AI tools (ChatGPT, Claude, or similar) for accounting or analytical work strongly preferred.
- Experience with Ramp, Paylocity, or similar systems a plus.
- Real estate, brokerage, or title industry experience a plus.
- CPA or CPA candidate preferred but not required.
Responsibilities
- Executes assigned close tasks against the close calendar, including journal entry preparation, accrual booking, and subledger tie-outs. Identifies opportunities to compress the close timeline.
- Partners directly with the Marketing team each month to gather spend data, validate vendor invoices against committed campaigns, and book accurate media accruals across digital, brand, and lead-gen channels.
- Prepares monthly reconciliations for assigned balance sheet accounts, including bank, prepaid expenses, accrued liabilities, fixed assets, and intercompany. Researches and resolves reconciling items.
- Performs monthly P&L and balance sheet flux analysis against budget, prior month, and prior year. Documents drivers and escalates unusual variances to the Accounting Manager and CFO.
- Uses AI tools (primarily Gemini) to automate recurring close activities — reconciliation preparation, variance commentary drafting, journal entry templating, and supporting documentation. Identifies new automation opportunities across the close.
- Prepares and posts recurring and non-recurring journal entries, including accruals, prepaid amortization, allocations, capital asset entries, and reclassifications. Maintains supporting documentation.
- Supports accounting for Evergreen Settlement Services and Nine Street Insurance, including intercompany transactions and eliminations.
- Reviews coding on AP invoices and Ramp credit card transactions to ensure accurate GL classification.
- Prepares assigned PBC schedules and reconciliations for external audit and responds to auditor requests.
- Maintains written procedures for assigned close tasks and reconciliations. Updates documentation as processes change.
- Supports special projects, including operational analyses, system implementations, and process improvement initiatives.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- 401k with company match
- Paid time off and company holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
