Published: Mar 25, 2025 - The Financial Accountant analyzes complex accounting transactions, manages intercompany transactions, and ensures accurate financial reporting. Supports financial closing processes, tax preparation, and reconciliations while optimizing business processes. Collaborates with leadership to enhance reporting, data integrity, and financial analysis.

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1. Financial Accountant, Macquarie Group Limited, Jacksonville, FL
Job Summary:
- Be responsible for the completion of monthly management accounts within strict deadlines.
- Manage the AP/AR & payroll functions of the finance department.
- Ensuring that all statutory returns are made to the tax authorities in a timely and accurate manner.
- Ensuring the integrity of Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly and Year-End financial & operational data.
- Manage SAP data, Chart of Accounts, Journal bookings, final accounts filing.
- Supporting the ongoing financial forecasting cycles, e.g. Quarterly forecasts, Mid-Term Business
- Plan Long-Term Finance through engagement with key business partners, providing templates, data analysis and final consolidation of reports.
- Applying Financial and Business acumen to ensure data outputs are accurate and can be utilized in business discussions to drive key decision-making.
- Support initiatives across the European wide F&A community.
- Attend F&A community meetings in German HQ
- Develop, enhance and implement improvements to current processes in line with the culture of continuous improvement.
- Participate in process improvements, ranging from streamlining existing processes to initiatives that add value in the broader context.
- Develop an understanding of financial reports and tools provided within SAP and utilize this knowledge by providing management with financial information on an ad-hoc basis.
- Support and work collectively with the local finance team, particularly at month, quarter and Year-end workload.
- Fulfilling requests for ad-hoc financial & operational reporting solutions.
- Perform analysis, monitoring and reporting of financial and non-financial information
- Reconcile financial and non-financial transactions ensuring data integrity
- Provide Analysis and Reporting for month-end on agreed processes
- Build relationships with the Business Partnering team in multiple locations
- Investigate and resolve any queries in a professional and timely manner to ensure strong and effective relationships
Skills on Resume:
- Management Accounting (Hard Skills)
- AP/AR Management (Hard Skills)
- Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Financial Forecasting (Hard Skills)
- SAP Financial Management (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Business Acumen (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
2. Financial Accountant, Casella Construction, Inc., Pittsford, VT
Job Summary:
- Produce a high-quality monthly balance sheet pack, complete with insightful analysis
- Produce monthly balance sheet and forecast for use within external bank reporting
- Produce monthly management cashflow and annual statutory cashflow
- Review the monthly legal entity balance sheet, ensuring legal entity integrity is maintained for statutory reporting
- Complete monthly balance sheet supporting schedules, working with a range of stakeholders
- Own the integrity of the finance sub-systems
- Own group-wide intercompany including monthly matrix production and a weekly cash settlement process
- Coordinate the annual statutory accounts process, including preparation of both consolidated and a large number of subsidiary accounts
- Establish and document clear accounting policies and ensure both adherence and knowledge throughout the wider accounting teams
- Building strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders
- Prepare and conduct monthly, quarterly and annual financial statements and closings
- Perform investment appraisal calculations of large CAPEX projects
- Ensure that efficient processes are established in the Finance Department, automatize processes with IT tools
- Maintain excellent relationships with tax and other local authorities, banks and auditors
- Prepare annual income tax and VAT returns
- Work together with HR on executing the payroll process
- Assist the Finance Manager in various financial-related activities, projects, etc.
Skills on Resume:
- Balance Sheet Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Cash Flow Management (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Intercompany Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Statutory Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Process Automation (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Management (Soft Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
3. Financial Accountant, Hlavinka Equipment Company, East Bernard, TX
Job Summary:
- Perform journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations
- Process customer billing
- Preparing consolidated and stand-alone statutory financial statements for the company and liaising with auditors
- Preparing monthly reporting to the Executive Team and Board
- Organizing and maintaining corporate document directory
- Processing monthly payroll including leave accruals and superannuation
- Preparing sales commission calculations
- Providing financial analysis and ad hoc reporting to support the VP Finance and Chief Operating Officer
- Assisting with the preparation of R&D tax incentive applications and other grants
- Assisting with corporate income tax obligations
- Assisting with other global tax compliance (including payroll tax, fringe benefits tax, GST, VAT and sales and use tax)
- Assisting with the review of accounts payable and corporate credit card entries
- Be responsible for Financial and Cost Accounting
- Be responsible for financial reporting and statutory closing
- Support Internal and statutory audits
- Assist with various projects and tasks.
- Process Payroll and perform payroll duties
- Balance Sheet account reconciliations and perform general ledger entries
- Maintain the integrity of the general ledger
Skills on Resume:
- Journal Entries (Hard Skills)
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Financial Statement Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Payroll Processing (Hard Skills)
- Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
- Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
4. Financial Accountant, BlueOval SK, Stanton, TN
Job Summary:
- Preparing schedules required to complete month-end close and reporting processes
- Preparing monthly general ledger intercompany reconcilements for companies
- Preparing monthly ledger and bank statements reconcilements
- Preparing Travel and Entertainment / Expense card reconcilements
- Prepare monthly finance packages and deviation analysis
- Perform maintenance and effective execution of ICS in areas of responsibility
- Support the budget process
- Support regulatory compliance reporting requirements
- Support local CFA function as a backup
- Assist with special projects and additional tasks
- Be responsible for inter-company transactions
- Accounts payable vouchering, netting (payments) and intercompany balances reconciliation
- Prepare and report Sales tax
- Perform pricing cost roll-ups and credit issuance to internal customers
- Reconcile Daily Inventory and Tooling/N1
- Assist AP Specialist with external vendor invoices, issues, and payments
- Review and audit employee expense reports for compliance
- Assist with mid-month and month-end sales flash (forecast)
- Track scrap requests and cycle count variances
- Support various projects and reconcile weekly bank
Skills on Resume:
- Month-End Closing (Hard Skills)
- General Ledger Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Bank Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Expense Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Tax Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Accounts Payable Management (Hard Skills)
- Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
5. Financial Accountant, Prosperity Life Group, LLC., Remote, VA
Job Summary:
- Make daily registration of purchase invoices, payments, collections and any other Journal Entries as required in the company ERP
- Maintain the fixed assets register and depreciation
- Monitor client invoice payments
- Complete balance sheet accounts reconciliation as per company Minimum Control Standards
- Provide support in the VAT_SII submission and other tax preparation and liquidation (Mod 303, Mod 349, Intrastat, Banco de España … etc)
- Perform ad hoc reporting as requested by the local Managing Director
- Be responsible for the monthly accounting closes, prepare requested reports and information related to risk, intercompany, results from the analysis
- Register and reconcile forex contracts.
- Participate in or oversee external and Internal Audits
- Cooperate in the preparation of local statutory accounts, and local Gaap accounting
- Manage the company's Minimum Controls Standards, ensuring adherence at all times.
- Assist in the annual budget preparation, ensuring full accuracy and timely submission.
- Control the company risk limits and maintain the risk database
- Analyze counterparties’ (suppliers and clients) financial statements
- Perform risk management reporting payment and market risk
- Analyze and forecast weekly cash flow.
- Regularly communicate with the banks regarding credit lines
- Daily reconcile physical and hedge position
- Analyze monthly fair value and manage currency exposure
- Monitor the signing of purchase and sales contracts
- Monthly support in the generation and monitoring of financial reports summarizing business data
- Work with promissory notes, letter of credits, confirming, managing credit lines, bill of exchanges… etc
- Identify opportunities for improvement and resource optimization
Skills on Resume:
- Journal Entries (Hard Skills)
- Fixed Assets Management (Hard Skills)
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Tax Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Audit Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Risk Management (Hard Skills)
- Cash Flow Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
6. Financial Accountant, Department of General Services, Richmond, VA
Job Summary:
- Be responsible for accurate month-end reporting and financial commentary for Head Office, including foreign exchange translations.
- Prepare quarterly statutory financial statements in compliance with relevant accounting standards and submission.
- Be responsible for P&L, financial commentary, and balance sheet for South Australian spec operations.
- Be responsible for IT, HR, Customer Experience expenditure and budgets.
- Work closely with external tax advisers to ensure FBT returns are lodged promptly
- Be the lead contact for FBT queries in relation to a national vehicle fleet of over 200 vehicles.
- Be responsible for BAS, Payroll tax, Workcover monthly and annual lodgements.
- Assist with preparation for annual statutory reports, income tax returns for unit trusts and corporate entities.
- Assisting with annual JSOX Audit (Japan’s version of Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
- Play a significant role within the team to ensure a fast-close annual audit deadline is achieved.
- Liaise with business units and other departments to ensure compliance and provide technical advice
- Assist Group FC with special reporting requests.
- Drive key finance process improvements and risk mitigation
- Oversee the preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS or applicable local GAAP
- Drive processes to navigate the statutory recognition of complex GAAP transactions
- Review the work of outsourced partners
- Manage processes related to tax payments, statistical filings and other obligatory filings
Skills on Resume:
- Month-End Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Financial Statement Preparation (Hard Skills)
- P&L Management (Hard Skills)
- Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Audit Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Risk Mitigation (Soft Skills)
7. Financial Accountant, V2X, Remote, CO
Job Summary:
- Prepare monthly management accounts for the parent entity in line with agreed reporting timelines
- Prepare and submit the group consolidated management accounts and scheduled reports for the Group for review by the Financial Controller in line with agreed reporting timelines
- Prepare audit-related schedules and work papers, including liaising directly with the auditors including preparation and responsibility for the annual and half-year financial reports
- Prepare all annual tax return supporting schedules and liaising with external tax advisers
- Have overall responsibility for the collation, preparation and submission of daily and weekly cash flow forecasts
- Manage the banking function including maintenance of all bank accounts including credit card accounts, including user setup, credit limit assignment and management
- Manage all AP payments transacting and setup/approval of FX payments
- Assist with management of payments, ensuring appropriate internal controls where applicable and adherence to Group Delegation of Authority limits where relevant
- Prepare and submit the annual FBT Returns for the Veris Group
- Prepare monthly CFO report, including all supporting schedules for final review by Financial Controller
- Provide advice on general tax compliance matters including liaising as required with external advisers on various ad-hoc matters
- Mentor the operations teams on financial aspects of roles
- Review and evaluate the current systems to identify areas that could benefit from advances in technology
- Support the Statutory Audit process and ensure timely and accurate preparation of audit deliverables
- Promote strong business partnerships and manage service levels with third party service providers
- Support the Finance team in continuous improvement and innovation including design, testing and roll-out of financial reporting systems/tools/processes
- Responsible for managing multiple EMEA & APAC Infrastructure entities from a statutory perspective
Skills on Resume:
- Management Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Audit Preparation (Hard Skills)
- Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Cash Flow Management (Hard Skills)
- Banking & Payments (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
8. Financial Accountant, Wilmorite Management Group, Sacramento, CA
Job Summary:
- Financial support for the local management team which will include assistance with production of the annual budget
- Working with local teams to ensure cost control and accurate accounting of costs
- Working with local management and central credit control debt management
- Interpreting centrally provided financial data and KPIs including around billing and cash
- Production and analytics of commercial data for trends management
- Maintaining the local accounting records, processing transactions and journals
- Monitoring system of internal control and compliance with Group accounting policies on a range of issues
- Assistance in the maintenance of the local and financial risk logs
- Assisting with returns to LSOI and external Auditors/Regulators
- Assisting with the local tax and regulatory reporting, VAT and liaison with external auditors
- Bank cash postings includes documenting process (initially entering postings and performing reconciliations with objective to move to the shared service team within 3 months)
- Monthly, quarterly, and annual reporting (journals, prepayments, accruals, reconciliations)
- Lead contact for banking migration project in 2022
- Working alongside the Intercompany Accountant to improve the timely settlement of intercompany transactions
- Preparation and submission of quarterly National Statistic Office Survey’s
- Maintenance of signature authorities and payment practice reporting
- Assistance with ad hoc reporting and projects for the finance function
- Provide cover for other team members
Skills on Resume:
- Budgeting (Hard Skills)
- Cost Control (Hard Skills)
- Financial Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Accounting Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Tax & Regulatory Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
9. Financial Accountant, Burning Red Management LTD, San Antonio, TX
Job Summary:
- Developing and maintaining an internal checklist for month-end
- Reconciling all balance sheet accounts on a monthly basis and substantiate balances
- Reviewing every account for completeness and accuracy to maintain a strong financial control culture
- Liaising with the finance assistant regarding debtors and creditors
- Reconciling all PnL accounts on a monthly basis and providing insights into variances
- Ensuring books meet HGB standards
- Liaising with the legal and sales team to ensure invoices are sent to clients
- Managing the revenue rec module in Netsuite based on sales invoices and other input
- Managing deferred and accrued revenue schedules
- Reconciling all IC accounts, calculating amounts to be invoiced and issuing invoices as per agreed schedules
- Monthly checking and submitting of VAT returns
- Assisting in general German tax queries
- Assisting with the annual audit and preparation of quarterly VAT returns
- Maintaining financial records and filing systems, ensuring they are audit-ready
- Preparation of statutory accounts at both company and Group level, including consolidations
- Leading on all technical accounting matters and ensuring ongoing compliance with IFRS 102
- Helping to ensure that the internal systems and controls in place are appropriate for the scale and complexity of the business, driving improvement
- Overseeing the audit process with external auditors
- Taking responsibility for quarterly group reporting Responsible for all tax compliance within the business, liaising with Group accounting team to ensure all deadlines are met.
- Accurately account for FX contracts under both hedge and non-hedge accounting, determining the correct approach based on the contract type
- Reviewing balance sheet reconciliations monthly, ensuring that working papers are completed to a high standard
- Leading on new projects within the finance team to automate processes
Skills on Resume:
- Month-End Closing (Hard Skills)
- Balance Sheet Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Financial Controls (Hard Skills)
- Revenue Recognition (Hard Skills)
- Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
10. Financial Accountant, Penn State University, Hershey, PA
Job Summary:
- Manage day-to-day operation related to Accounts Receivables
- Prepare, calculate, post and review daily and monthly Accounts Receivable activity
- Clearing AR and bank clearing accounts
- Processing check and bill of exchange requests
- Investigating and cleansing open items on AR and bank clearing accounts
- Issue resolution for backlog items on AR and bank clearing accounts
- Weekly reconciliation between General Ledger and customer accounts
- Monitoring check and bill of exchange list
- Preparing reports on AR and bank clearing accounts for local Cash Manager
- Undertake technical accounting analysis for specific transactions or new accounting standards/interpretations impacting a large, diverse conglomerate
- End of month reconciliations and accounting, including preparation of recurring and general journals
- Maintain and reconcile RACQ's fixed asset and intangible asset register
- Complete all month-end and year-end accounting activities to set deadlines
- Provide high quality financial accounting advice and undertake analysis of department expenditure
- Contribute to the preparation of financial policies and procedures and ongoing process improvement
- Prepare financial statements for entities that perform various functions and contain varied businesses across the SIG enterprise.
- Assist and manage various accounting consolidations.
- Help manage external audits for the entities under responsibility
Skills on Resume:
- AR Management (Hard Skills)
- Bank Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- General Ledger (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Technical Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
- Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)
11. Financial Accountant, VSP Global, Remote, CA
Job Summary:
- Check and analyze financial information and prepare more complex financial reports and accounting statements so that senior management has accurate and timely information for making financial decisions.
- Coordinate the issuance of monthly reports and financial reports such as: Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Account Consolidation, T tables, Cash Flows, Consolidation of Tangible and Intangible Assets, Weekly and Monthly Margins, Inventories Reconciliations, Debtor and Creditor lists, Budget Reports, Investments Projects Control, Approvals according to DOA and Revisions of Payments to Suppliers.
- Prepare reports weekly, monthly, and annually.
- Assist in development of budget.
- Perform and review account reconciliations.
- Schedule monthly tax payments, VAT (with the monthly sales and purchases records), Income Tax withholdings, payments on account, and payment of the annual determination of the amount to be paid.
- Keep control of such legal books and records of accounts as: General Ledger, Sales Records, Purchases Records, Inventory, Annual affixing of the required tax stamps to books.
- Coordinate, monitor, and execute independent audits, provide all necessary information for compliance on deadlines.
- Work closely with independent auditors during and preparing schedules for the annual audit.
- Revise the computation of employment termination payments.
- Manages the accounts receivable, accounts payable and general accounting functions.
- Preparation of the Annual Financial Report including financial statements, notes, supporting schedules, transmittal letter and statistical information.
- Train, test and ensure the integrity of the financial system (controls and technology).
- Train, test and maintain the financial software system and ensure its integrity.
- Attend meetings and participate on behalf of finance
- Comply with company requirements and systems relating to SAPS, HSEC & Quality and other company policies.
Skills on Resume:
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Budgeting (Hard Skills)
- Tax Compliance (Hard Skills)
- Audit Coordination (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
12. Senior Financial Accountant, Mecklenburg County School District, Chase City, VA
Job Summary:
- Participate in the month end and quarter end close process and related responsibilities including reviewing other members' work.
- Record and summarise financial transactions and events in accordance with GAAP.
- Perform financial analysis and moderately complex financial modelling projects.
- Be responsible for compiling and interpreting financial information and support for the corporate finance department and implementing internal controls and compliance initiatives.
- Prepare monthly/quarterly/annual analytics to support accounting assumptions and approach.
- Support various projects with ad hoc analysis to support business decisions.
- Aid internal customers in compiling financial information, provide technical advice and analytical support.
- Review and ensure appropriate approvals are in place, operational and capital expenditures
- Assist in providing documentation for both internal and external audits
- Identify process and documentation improvements across the segment
- Assist with post ERP-implementation and optimization efforts
Skills on Resume:
- Month-End Closing (Hard Skills)
- GAAP Accounting (Hard Skills)
- Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Financial Modeling (Hard Skills)
- Internal Controls (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Analytical Thinking (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
13. Financial Accountant, The A Team Consulting, Remote, NY
Job Summary:
- Prepare month-end journal entries including routine transactions, sales and expense accruals, allocation entries, and crop cost transactions
- Review and post crop sales entries and cotton gin statements through harvest season
- Work closely with operations to review various monthly items including inventory, fixed asset, and expense transactions, among others
- Perform monthly account reconciliations
- Prepare monthly KPI analysis for review by management and executive team
- Compile monthly financial statements and variance analysis of crop cost reports, financial results, and periodic forecasts
- Prepare and distribute various month-end operational reports including inventory availability, sales detail, and capex spend
- Prepare monthly cash flow analysis and cash forecasts
- Assist in the preparation of annual budget packages and presentation materials
- Oversee accounts payable process, including coordination with corporate accounting for payment
- Work with team on receivables collection efforts across multiple commodities
- Prepare and maintain policy and procedure documentation applicable across the segment
- Prepare quarterly fixed asset rollforward
Skills on Resume:
- Month-End Closing (Hard Skills)
- Financial Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Account Reconciliation (Hard Skills)
- Variance Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Cash Flow Forecasting (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Attention to Detail (Soft Skills)
14. Financial Accountant, Unified Growth Partners Inc., Remote, IL
Job Summary:
- Report to the Financial Controller and is responsible for the analysis of complex accounting transactions, accounting and analysis related to inventory and general ledger.
- Participate in the financial closing processes across multiple ledgers and accounting teams.
- Producing accurate and timely financial information and analysis.
- Responsible for inter-company transactions including accounts payable vouchering, netting (payments) and intercompany balances reconciliation
- Sales tax preparation and reporting
- Pricing cost roll-ups and credit issuance to internal customers
- Daily Inventory and Tooling/N1 reconciliations
- Assist AP Specialist with external vendor invoices, issues, and payments
- Weekly bank reconciliations and support various projects
- Review and audit employee expense reports for compliance
- Assist with mid-month and month-end sales flash (forecast)
- Track scrap requests and cycle count variances
- Working closely with the business, responsible for developing, implementing and monitoring business processes, and accounting policies to maximize efficiencies, in addition to executing, and owning the month end process, the financial statements, SaaS revenue recognition, and AP/AR/payroll functions.
- Partner with the business to provide a white glove service and drive business improvements in reporting, data integrity, analysis, and projects with direct access to the Leadership Team.
- Assist with budgeting and variance analysis
- Account reconciliations and ensure overall health of financials
- Month end value add commentary and reporting
- Assist with implementation of new accounting software
- Assist with internal and external audits
Skills on Resume:
- Financial Analysis (Hard Skills)
- General Ledger (Hard Skills)
- Tax Reporting (Hard Skills)
- Month-End Closing (Hard Skills)
- Budgeting & Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Soft Skills)
- Communication (Soft Skills)
- Problem-Solving (Soft Skills)