The Senior Accountant plays a pivotal role in ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of financial reporting and accounting activities for their assigned business units. This hands-on accounting role is ideal for a professional who is interested in responsibilities beyond the month-end close process, including partnering with operational leaders, translating financial results into meaningful insights, and supporting business decisions across multiple companies and lines of business.
This role is ideal for a CPA accounting professional seeking exposure to operations, opportunities to solve business challenges, and the ability to contribute to a respected organization in the railroad industry. This is a high-visbility role based at our headquarters office in Nicholasville, KY.
Why Join R.J. Corman:
- Be part of a privately held, multi-entity organization with diverse railroad operations.
- Expand beyond transactional accounting by working closely with operational leaders and developing a deeper understanding of business performance.
- Own meaningful accounting and reporting responsibilities while contributing to process improvement, financial analysis, and strategic projects.
- Work in a collaborative, in-person environment with Accounting, Operations, and Corporate teams located at our Nicholasville headquarters.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead monthly, quarterly, and annual close activities for assigned business units and legal entities.
- Prepare and review reconciliations, journal entries, financial schedules, and workpapers that support accurate reporting.
- Analyze financial results, investigate variances, identify trends, and share practical recommendations with management.
- Serve as a trusted accounting partner to operational leaders by supporting profitability analysis, capital investment decisions, and business initiatives.
- Monitor balance sheet activity and help ensure compliance with internal controls, U.S. GAAP, and company policies.
- Learn the operational drivers, contract structures, and key metrics that influence business performance.
- Identify opportunities to improve accounting processes, reporting, internal controls, and system utilization.
- Support audits, compliance reviews, accounting research, special projects, acquisitions, integrations, and other strategic initiatives.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting.
- CPA license required.
- At least 3 years of progressive accounting experience.
- Strong understanding of journal entries, reconciliations, financial statements, and month-end close.
- Ability to analyze financial information, solve problems, manage details, and communicate clearly with financial and non-financial stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Public accounting experience.
- Experience with ERP systems, Microsoft Excel, and financial reporting tools.
- Experience interpreting U.S. GAAP, maintaining internal controls, or partnering with operational leaders on financial analysis.
Work Environment:
- This role is based on-site at R.J. Corman's headquarters in Nicholasville, Kentucky.
- Duties are performed in a professional office environment and require regular in-person collaboration with Accounting, Operations, and Corporate teams.
- Physical requirements are limited to standard office work, including keyboard use and occasionally lifting office materials up to 20 pounds.
Environmental Conditions: Performs duties in an indoor administrative office environment.
Job Dimensions: Performs Financial Reporting functions for an organization with multiple legal entities operating in different lines of business. Position interfaces with and supports all levels of management and personnel across companies. Responsibilities are performed with moderate degree of independence under general supervision.
Benefits: R. J. Corman Railroad Group, LLC is committed to providing its employees and their families with quality benefits.
R. J. Corman offers the following:
Full-Time Team Members:
- Immediate Eligibility Starting Day One of Employment:
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Voluntary Supplemental Life Insurance
- Voluntary Short and Long-Term Disability
- Voluntary Accident Insurance
- PTO (Paid Time Off) Accrual
- 8 Paid Holidays Per Year
- Veteran's Day is a Paid Holiday for US Veterans
- FSA and HSA Options
- 401K Employer Match
- Paid Maternity Leave
- Group Life Insurance
All Team Members:
- 401K Retirement Savings Plan
- Referral Bonuses
- Employee Discounts from Various Suppliers
- Employee Assistance Program
- Annual Boot Voucher
- Company Provided PPE
- Prescription Safety Glasses Allowance
R.J. Corman Railroad is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) that is committed to a safe and drug free workplace. R.J. Corman performs pre-employment criminal background checks and substance abuse testing which includes a urine drug test to detect the presence of illegal drugs. We appreciate your cooperation in keeping R.J. Corman a safe and drug free company.