Job Description
Title: Accountant II
Hiring Organization: Connexion Systems & Engineering
Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type
Description:
Were seeking an experienced Accountant II to join a growing finance organization in Lexington, MA. This contract opportunity is ideal for an accounting professional with strong general ledger, month-end close, account reconciliation, and revenue recognition experience who enjoys working cross-functionally in a dynamic environment.
What Youll Do
What You Bring
Nice to Have
Why This Opportunity?
Hiring Organization: Connexion Systems & Engineering
Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Type
- Duration: 8+ month contract
- Pay rate: up to $40/hr, based on experience
- Job Location: Lexington, MA
- Work Model: 100% onsite
- Schedule: Monday Friday, 9am 5pm
- Job#: bh19602
Description:
Were seeking an experienced Accountant II to join a growing finance organization in Lexington, MA. This contract opportunity is ideal for an accounting professional with strong general ledger, month-end close, account reconciliation, and revenue recognition experience who enjoys working cross-functionally in a dynamic environment.
What Youll Do
- Support day-to-day accounting activities across multiple legal entities.
- Coordinate the monthly general ledger close, including journal entries, financial statement review, adjusting entries, and account reconciliations.
- Support revenue recognition under ASC 606, including complex, multiple-element arrangements.
- Oversee accounting activities performed by an external consulting team.
- Assist with NetSuite integration related to newly acquired businesses, including system and process changes.
- Oversee A/R activities and support collections.
- Prepare and review monthly, quarterly, and annual financial and revenue reports.
- Perform monthly and quarterly SOX control testing.
- Partner with Operations, FP&A, Tax, Corporate Consolidation, and other internal teams to resolve accounting issues and improve processes.
- Assist with royalty calculations and reporting.
- Participate in special projects and process improvement initiatives.
What You Bring
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
- 5+ years of accounting experience.
- Strong understanding of general ledger accounting, reconciliations, and month-end close.
- Experience with U.S. GAAP and ASC 606.
- Experience with revenue recognition in Software, SaaS, or Professional Services environments is highly preferred.
- Proficiency with NetSuite and Microsoft Excel.
- Understanding of SOX controls in a public-company environment.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with both accounting and non-accounting stakeholders.
Nice to Have
- Prior Big 4 accounting experience.
- Experience supporting acquisitions or integrating newly acquired businesses.
- Experience working with globally distributed accounting teams.
Why This Opportunity?
- Long-term contract opportunity through June 2027
- MondayFriday, 9:00 AM5:00 PM schedule
- Exposure to ASC 606, SOX, NetSuite, M&A integration, and global accounting operations
- Opportunity to work cross-functionally on both day-to-day accounting and special projects
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Lexington, MA |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1999 |
| Website | https://www.csetalent.com/ |
About Company
Connexion is an award-winning professional staffing firm that strives to be the unrivaled staffing solution for job seekers by expertly connecting talent with opportunity. Over the last 20 years Connexion has built the most admired team of staffing experts in the industry. We give back, change lives and offer unconditional support to the candidates we represent.
Put Connexion's 20 years of experience to work for you! Our professionals have unrivaled relationships and contacts with the hiring managers, human resources team and decision makers at the most desirable companies to work for.
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