Accountant - Corporate Accounting

Our SelectLeaders team is partnering with a well-established client looking for a Corporate Accountant to support their growing team. This is a hands-on role with a strong focus on GL accounting, month-end close, and payroll processing, along with an opportunity to help drive company-wide transitions to new accounting systems.

You’ll work closely with the CFO and internal teams, getting into the details each month to reconcile accounts, solve issues, analyze data, and keep the accounting function running accurately and efficiently. This is a role for someone who enjoys rolling up their sleeves, finding the answer, and making things work.

Beyond the day-to-day accounting, this person will play an important role in ERP implementation, process improvement, and change management, helping the organization adopt new systems and ways of working.

Responsibilities

Corporate Accounting & Month-End Close

Own and support month-end close activities across multiple entities

Prepare and post monthly journal entries, accruals, and adjustments

Perform detailed balance sheet, bank, and intercompany reconciliations

Analyze account activity and investigate and resolve variances

Prepare management, development, and construction fee invoices

Prepare reimbursable expense invoices and supporting schedules

Provide financial analysis and support special projects as needed

Work directly in the accounting details and systems throughout the monthly close process

Payroll & Benefits

Process payroll and maintain accurate payroll-related accounting

Prepare payroll journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and related invoices

Analyze payroll and benefits accounts and resolve discrepancies

Partner with HR on payroll, benefits, and accounting-related matters

Ensure payroll activity is accurately reflected in the general ledger

Serve as a key point of contact for payroll-related accounting questions

Accounts Payable & Cash Management

Review corporate A/P coding and ensure expenses are properly classified

Partner with Accounts Payable on coding, reconciliations, and issue resolution

Manage corporate cash activity and prepare bank reconciliations

Administer corporate credit card and expense reporting processes

ERP Implementation, Systems & Change Management

Participate in the implementation of new ERP and accounting software systems across the company

Help translate existing accounting processes into new systems and workflows

Test system functionality, identify issues, and support troubleshooting

Assist with data validation, system configuration, reporting, and process documentation

Help train and support employees through system and process changes

Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, controls, and reporting

Serve as a hands-on resource during system implementation and ongoing optimization

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

• 5+ years of corporate/general ledger accounting experience

• Strong experience with payroll processing and payroll accounting

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, reconciliations, financial analysis, and large data sets

• Experience participating in an ERP, accounting software, or company-wide system implementation

• Strong understanding of change management and the ability to help teams adapt to new systems and processes

• Experience with month-end close, reconciliations, journal entries, and intercompany accounting

• Experience with MRI, Yardi, or similar accounting platforms is a plus

• Experience with Concur or similar expense management systems is a plus

• CPA or progress toward CPA is a plus

• Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational and problem-solving skills

• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with employees across the organization