Job Description
Title: Corporate Accountant – Month-End Close
Location: Buffalo, NY
Hire Type: Long-Term Contract (12 Months)
Shift: Standard Business Hours
Compensation: $35–$45/hour
Benefits: As a contract employee of Sterling, you are eligible to receive a Full Employee Benefits Package that includes paid time off, paid holidays, 3 medical plans to choose from, dental & vision plans, 401(k), and an Employee Stock Ownership (ESOP) plan.
Must have Skill Set:
- General accounting and month-end close experience
- Journal entries and general ledger reconciliations
- Balance sheet account reconciliations
- Financial analysis and variance analysis
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills
- Financial reporting and close-related schedules
Overview:
Our client is seeking a temporary accounting professional to support its Corporate Accounting team with the monthly financial close and reporting process. This position will primarily support Global Markets while providing additional assistance across Corporate Accounting. The ideal candidate will have a strong general accounting background, excellent analytical skills, and the ability to collaborate with corporate and regional finance teams to ensure accurate and timely financial reporting. This is a hybrid opportunity based in Buffalo, NY, with three days onsite and two days remote per week.
Job Duties:
- Prepare and review journal entries to support the monthly financial close.
- Reconcile balance sheet and general ledger accounts and investigate discrepancies.
- Analyze financial results, identify variances, and assist with related reporting.
- Prepare close-related schedules, financial analyses, and reports.
- Research accounting activity and resolve discrepancies to ensure transactions are accurately recorded in accordance with company policies and U.S. GAAP.
- Review international subsidiary financial activity and month-end close submissions.
- Assist with trial balance reviews and account mapping.
- Support intercompany reconciliations and related financial reporting.
- Collaborate with Corporate Accounting and regional finance teams to support an accurate and timely monthly close.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
- Relevant general accounting experience, including month-end close activities.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Experience with SAP, Oracle Hyperion, or another major ERP or financial reporting system preferred.
- Experience with international accounting, intercompany reconciliations, or multi-entity reporting is a plus.
- CPA certification is highly preferred.
- Ability to work onsite three days per week in Buffalo, NY, and remotely two days per week.
- Ability to commit to a 12-month contract assignment.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Buffalo, NY |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $35–$45 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 500 to 999 employees |
| Year Founded | 1969 |
| Website | http://www.sterling-engineering.com |
About Company
Sterling Engineering has been a trusted partner for engineering, project management, and staffing solutions for over five decades. We provide exceptional engineering/technical recruitment and engineering project services to clients nationwide:
- Engineering & Technical Recruitment - With our focus on engineering, technical, and IT, Sterling has the in-depth knowledge, industry expertise, and robust employee pipeline it takes to rapidly find talent for even the most difficult to fill positions. Sterling’s extensive recruitment methodology allows us to engage the most talented employees in the marketplace. We offer exciting work and career-building opportunities for our candidates, along with expert support at every step of the process.
- Engineering Project Services – Our experienced, multi-disciplined team of project managers, engineers, and designers, led by licensed Professional Engineers (PE), provide project management, engineering, design, and Commissioning, Qualification, and Validation (CQV) to manufacturing, OEM, and R&D customers. We work on complex, highly technical projects across a number of industry sectors, and our ability to scale and seamlessly integrate at multiple levels of your organization is what differentiates us.
Sterling offers a unique combination of engineering solutions and Best of Staffing level service to help our clients and talent achieve their goals.
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