Sr. Accountant

Nefco•East Hartford, CT

About The Position

NEFCO is seeking a Senior Accountant to own the accuracy of the balance sheet and general ledger and help build the controls, processes, and discipline needed to support the company’s growth. The role works with the Assistant Controller, Corporate Controller, Senior Financial Analyst, CFO, and department managers to improve profitability and business processes. The successful candidate takes ownership, investigates root causes rather than addressing symptoms, develops scalable processes, and establishes strong controls.

Requirements

Bachelor of Science degree with a major in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.
Strong knowledge of GAAP, accounting principles, and procedures.
Demonstrated root-cause problem-solving ability, including examples of identifying the underlying cause of a recurring issue and permanently fixing it.
Experience designing, implementing, or strengthening internal controls and reconciliation processes, and gaining stakeholder adoption.
Track record of building or improving scalable processes, including documentation and SOPs.
Mastery of VLOOKUPs, SUMIFs, pivot tables, and other advanced Excel formulas, with the ability to work through large data sets.
Excellent accounting software user and administration skills.
Grit, determination, and resilience, including a history of taking on difficult problems, pushing through setbacks, and completing work.
Self-motivated and self-directed, with sound judgment and the confidence to respectfully challenge the status quo.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to influence others and hold them accountable.
Impeccable analytical and organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

Senior Accountant experience is preferred, ideally in a growing, multi-entity, or acquisition-driven environment.
ERP experience; Epicor Eclipse is a plus.

Responsibilities

Own assigned balance sheet accounts and the general ledger, ensuring accurate completion each period with minimal oversight.
Analyze the general ledger and trial balance, review reconciliations in depth, and reconstruct books and records where legacy practices have left gaps.
Investigate recurring issues, trace them to their originating process, system setup, or behavior, implement permanent fixes, document root causes and corrective actions, and follow through to prevent recurrence.
Work through ambiguity, competing deadlines, and difficult data; escalate early with options and a recommendation.
Design, implement, and maintain internal controls over accounting and financial reporting in coordination with the Assistant Controller and Corporate Controller.
Establish controls over balance sheet accounts, including clear ownership, review, approval, and evidence standards.
Reengineer and standardize balance sheet reconciliations across companies so they are consistent, repeatable, and not reliant on individual knowledge.
Introduce and maintain guardrails, partner with process owners to adopt them, and uphold controls when exceptions are requested.
Automate financial and operational processes where possible to reduce manual work and risk as transaction volume grows.
Produce and maintain company procedures and SOPs so processes are documented, trainable, and auditable.
Partner with the Inventory Cost Accounting Manager to understand inventory creation, maintenance, and flow to the general ledger in Epicor Eclipse, and trace inventory variances to their source.
Coordinate with business and process owners to understand existing processes, challenge them where needed, and recommend improvements.
Assist with acquisition integrations by identifying account, data, and process gaps and helping standardize practices to NEFCO procedures.
Support annual financial, 401k, sales tax, and lending partner audits.
Develop and execute internal audit processes.
Identify opportunities to shorten the close, improve accuracy, and strengthen controls.
Reconcile balance sheet accounts completely, accurately, and on time, with clear ownership and supporting documentation.
Reduce recurring reconciliation items and close issues by identifying and fixing root causes.
Ensure controls are documented, followed, and tested, and help meet audit requests with minimal scrambling.
Standardize processes and SOPs to support onboarding new locations and acquired companies.
Bring forward process improvements proactively and build understanding and support for controls among process owners.