GHJ Search & Staffing is partnering with an established international organization to identify a Senior Accountant for its growing accounting team in Cypress, CA.
This is an excellent opportunity for a hands-on accounting professional who enjoys working across the full accounting cycle and wants exposure to a product/inventory-driven environment. The Senior Accountant will play an important role in month-end close, general ledger accounting, account reconciliations, AP/AR, tax compliance, financial reporting, and process improvement.
The organization offers a stable, collaborative environment with significant opportunity for professional growth.
What You'll Do:
- Perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities, including journal entries, accruals, and account reconciliations
- Reconcile general ledger and balance sheet accounts and investigate discrepancies
- Support and review Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable activities
- Assist with sales/use tax and property tax reporting and reconciliations
- Maintain fixed asset records, depreciation schedules, and related reconciliations
- Support financial reporting, variance analysis, and management reporting
- Assist with inventory accounting, including inventory reconciliations, cycle/physical counts, and related analysis
- Partner with operations and other departments to resolve accounting issues and improve reporting accuracy
- Support external audits and provide schedules and supporting documentation
- Identify opportunities to streamline, automate, and improve accounting processes
- Assist with ERP enhancements and other accounting projects
What We're Looking For:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Approximately 5+ years of progressive corporate accounting experience
- Strong hands-on experience with month-end close, general ledger accounting, journal entries, and account reconciliations
- Experience working with AP and AR
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP
- Strong Excel skills
- Detail-oriented with the ability to investigate discrepancies and independently solve accounting issues
- Comfortable working in a hands-on, deadline-driven accounting environment
Highly Preferred:
- Experience within manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, inventory, or another product-based environment
- Sales/use tax and/or property tax experience
- Inventory or cost accounting exposure
- ERP experience, particularly JDE or Oracle
- Experience improving or automating accounting processes
- CPA or prior public accounting experience
- Multi-currency or international accounting exposure
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field
- Approximately 5+ years of progressive corporate accounting experience
- Hands-on experience with month-end close, general ledger accounting, journal entries, and account reconciliations
- Experience working with Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable
- Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP
- Strong Excel skills
- Ability to investigate discrepancies and independently solve accounting issues
- Ability to work in a hands-on, deadline-driven accounting environment
- Experience in manufacturing, distribution, consumer products, inventory, or another product-based environment
- Sales/use tax and/or property tax experience
- Inventory or cost accounting experience
- ERP experience, particularly JDE or Oracle
- Experience improving or automating accounting processes
- CPA or prior public accounting experience
- Multi-currency or international accounting experience
What We Do
GHJ is an accounting and advisory firm that specializes in nonprofit, food and beverage, entertainment and media and health and wellness companies. Previous recipient of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Employee Champion For Life Work Harmony Award and named a “Best Places to Work” by the Los Angeles Business Journal eight times since 2008, GHJ is passionate about helping clients and its people #BeMore by focusing on building thriving businesses and creating a better future. GHJ works as a business advocate for its clients — providing personalized service and building long-term relationships to help position our clients for growth. Through its affiliation with HLB International, a global network of independent professional accounting firms and business advisers, GHJ is able to partner with other top firms across major cities throughout the U.S. and the world. GHJ’s audit, tax and advisory teams leverage the HLB network to better serve its clients and give clients access to member firms in over 158 countries across the globe and over 775 offices worldwide. Also ranked as a top-20 largest accounting firm on the Los Angeles Business Journal’s Book of Lists, GHJ has 15 partners and more than 160 staff members that serve over 3,000 clients. GHJ is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), the AICPA Governmental Audit Quality Center (GAQC), the California Society of CPAs and the California Association of Nonprofits (CalNonprofit).
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