Staff Accountant

Position Summary

Reporting directly to the Senior Accountant, the Staff Accountant plays a key role in TERREPOWER's monthly close process, balance sheet reconciliations, payroll accounting, financial reporting, and continuous process improvement initiatives. This role is ideal for an accounting professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys collaborating across departments, and takes ownership of their responsibilities.

The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, highly organized, possesses advanced Excel skills, and demonstrates excellent time management and communication abilities, with an eagerness to learn and grow alongside the organization.

Responsibilities

- Prepare and record monthly journal entries, accruals, and balance sheet account reconciliations, with a strong focus on completing timely and accurate bank reconciliations.
- Support the month-end and year-end close processes to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
- Perform payroll accounting activities, including payroll-related journal entries, reconciliations, and analysis.
- Reconcile general ledger accounts and investigate variances or discrepancies.
- Assist with administration of company credit cards, the expense management platform, and monthly expense journal entries.
- Assist with fixed assets, prepaid expenses, intercompany transactions, and sales tax filings.
- Partner with Human Resources, Operations, Purchasing, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and other departments to ensure accurate financial data and process alignment.
- Support external audit requests by preparing schedules and documentation.
- Analyze financial information and identify opportunities for process improvements and efficiencies.
- Maintain compliance with company policies, accounting standards, and internal controls.
- Contribute to special projects and system/process improvement initiatives as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
- 3+ years of accounting experience, preferably in a manufacturing, distribution, or growing company environment.
- Strong understanding of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
- Experience with month-end close processes, journal entries, accruals, and bank account reconciliations.
- Experience with payroll accounting and payroll-related reconciliations.
- Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP, formulas, and data analysis.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working in a rapidly growing organization.
- ERP system experience (NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, or similar).
- Experience supporting audits and financial reporting processes.
- Experience with electronic bank statement imports (BAI2 files) and bank reconciliation processes.
- Experience with inventory accounting and cost accounting methodologies in a manufacturing environment.
- CPA certification or CPA track a plus.