Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant is responsible for the more complex accounting activities of the company and is a key contributor to the month-end closing, financial reporting, and reconciliation processes across all operating entities. Building on the Staff Accountant function, this role owns higher-level journal entries, account analysis, and reconciliations, reviews the work of junior accounting staff, and helps strengthen internal controls and accounting processes. The Senior Accountant also supports financial planning and analysis, including budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis.

• Lead assigned areas of the monthly, quarterly, and year-end close, ensuring accurate and timely completion.
• Prepare and post complex journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, and allocations, with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Prepare account analyses and assist in preparing financial statements (P&L, balance sheet, and cash flow) in accordance with GAAP.
• Reconcile recurring unlimited-wash membership and subscription revenue between the point-of-sale (POS) system and the general ledger, ensuring accurate and timely revenue recognition.

• Perform and review balance-sheet, bank, and intercompany reconciliations across all entities, researching and resolving discrepancies.
• Reconcile daily cash-drawer drops, pay-station collections, across all sites to safeguard against revenue leakage.
• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger and chart of accounts.
• Support fixed-asset, lease, and other subledger accounting as assigned.
• Record and reconcile payroll journal entries, accruals, and related payroll-tax and benefit liabilities across all entities.

• Review the work of the Staff Accountant and accounting clerks, including journal entries, reconciliations, and AP/AR entries, for accuracy and completeness.
• Help maintain and improve internal controls, accounting policies, and procedures.
• Verify that physical inventory of chemicals, retail items, and gift cards reconciles to system records as part of site-level control reviews.
• Support the external audit and review process by preparing schedules and responding to requests.
• Prepare and support sales, use, and other regulatory tax filings across all entities, coordinating with the Accounting Manager, and external tax advisors as needed.

• Analyze financial information, identify trends and variances, and communicate findings to management.
• Prepare and evaluate site-level P&L and EBITDA reporting, including retail-to-membership conversion and regional performance trends.
• Provide ad hoc financial analysis and decision support for operations and leadership.
• Partner with regional and site operations leaders to explain financial variances and provide analysis supporting throughput and cost optimization.
• Contribute to process improvements and ERP system enhancements across Sage Intacct and NetSuite.

• Prepare monthly and quarterly variance analysis of actual results against the current forecast, annual budget, and prior year, with written commentary on key drivers.
• Perform variance analysis on site operating costs, including water, utilities, and chemical usage, against budget benchmarks.
• Develop, maintain, and update the annual operating budget and periodic reforecasts in partnership with the VP Finance and department leaders.
• Build and maintain financial models, reports, and dashboards that translate operating and financial trends into forward-looking projections.
• Support cash flow forecasting and treasury activities, including monitoring liquidity and cash positioning across all entities.

• Provide day-to-day guidance, training, and mentorship to junior accounting staff.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Or 7+ years of progressive accounting experience.
• Strong knowledge of GAAP and general accounting principles and practices.
• Working knowledge of multi-entity consolidations, intercompany transactions, and ASC 842 lease accounting.
• Experience with month-end close, journal entries, and account reconciliations.
• Ability to analyze financial information and resolve discrepancies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.

• Experience with Sage Intacct and/or NetSuite, or similar ERP.
• Experience in integrating point-of-sale (POS) data with back-office accounting systems.
• Experience in a multi-entity or high-volume accounting environment.
• Familiarity with high-volume retail or car wash operating metrics (e.g., capture rate, membership churn, and chemical cost per car).
• Prior experience mentoring or reviewing the work of junior accounting staff.
• CPA or CMA designation, or active progress toward one.