Senior Staff Accountant

PALMETTO EXTERMINATORS LLC • North Charleston, SC

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About The Position

Entomo Brands is seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to support accounting and financial reporting across a growing, multi-state business with more than 22 branches providing residential and commercial pest, termite, and mosquito control services. The role owns key general ledger activities, reconciliations, cash and payroll accounting, and month-end close deliverables, partnering with the Accounting Manager and teams across the business to maintain accurate GAAP reporting and improve accounting processes.

The position is responsible for journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, close workpapers, cash and payroll accounting, expense review, revenue and deferred revenue reconciliations, fixed-asset schedules, and support for reporting, audits, and process improvements. Success includes completing assigned close work accurately and on schedule, investigating and escalating exceptions, maintaining consistent branch-level reporting, and providing reliable audit support.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or a related field.
• 3–6+ years of hands-on accounting experience.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP, journal entries, general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close.
• Experience reconciling bank accounts and recording payroll and operating expenses.
• Ability to investigate discrepancies independently.
• Strong Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and reconciliation models.
• Experience using an ERP such as NetSuite.
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with the ability to meet deadlines in a multi-location environment.

Nice To Haves

• CPA or CPA-eligible.
• Prior experience with NetSuite, Ramp, or ADP.
• Experience in a service business, private equity-backed company, or multi-branch operating environment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and post recurring and adjusting journal entries, accruals, and reclassifications in NetSuite.
• Own assigned balance sheet reconciliations and supporting schedules, including cash, prepaids, accrued liabilities, payroll liabilities, fixed assets, and other general ledger accounts.
• Complete assigned monthly close deliverables on schedule, investigate reconciling items, and prepare workpapers for Accounting Manager review.
• Assist with GAAP financial reporting and maintain consistent branch and location classifications.
• Prepare daily cash reports and reconcile bank and merchant settlement activity to the general ledger, escalating exceptions for resolution.
• Reconcile bank accounts, credit card activity, Ramp transactions, vendor disbursements, and related clearing accounts.
• Prepare biweekly ADP payroll journal entries and reconcile wages, payroll taxes, benefits, and other payroll liabilities by branch.
• Review accounting treatment and expense allocation for fleet, fuel, chemical and supply, insurance, and operating costs; identify errors and missing accruals.
• Reconcile summarized CRM/PestPac revenue, cash, and deferred revenue reporting to NetSuite, working with Central Billing on customer-level exceptions.
• Maintain assigned fixed-asset and depreciation schedules and support lease and prepaid-expense accounting.
• Assist with branch-level P&L analysis, budget-to-actual variances, cash forecasting inputs, and management reporting.
• Prepare audit support, improve reconciliation SOPs, and assist with special accounting projects and process improvements.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Competitive compensation based on experience.
• Opportunity to grow with a scaling finance organization.

What This Job Offers

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