Sr. Accountant

Sr. Accountant

Overview

Remote opportunity with a requirement that candidates be local to the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area. The role supports a growing Portland-area manufacturing company following acquisition of a new manufacturing facility and creation of a new accounting position.

Responsibilities

• Own the full standalone monthly/quarterly close for a new manufacturing entity, including:
  • Inventory accounting
  • COGS
  • Standard costing and variance analysis
  • Fixed assets
• Drive intercompany consolidation and eliminations, including building and maintaining elimination entries across the entity structure and ensuring balances tie out each period.
• Support monthly consolidated GAAP financial statements used for lender reporting, partnering closely with the Controller on treatment and review.
• Lead financial reporting preparation and variance analysis:
  • Budget-to-actual
  • Month-over-month comparisons
  • Provide commentary on key drivers to the Controller
• Complete GL reconciliations for the manufacturing entity, ensuring balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled and supported each period.
• Apply percentage-of-completion (POC) accounting for contract manufacturing arrangements to ensure revenue and cost recognition align with GAAP.
• Design and document the close calendar, elimination templates, and reconciliation processes for a consolidation function being built from scratch.
• Implement new financial reporting tools, including:
  • A tool for intercompany eliminations
  • A fixed asset management system
• Partner with the Controller on process decisions as the company scales its entity structure.

Requirements

• 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, including multi-entity or consolidation work.
• Advanced Excel skills (required).
• Strong GAAP understanding, especially for intercompany transactions and consolidation.
• Manufacturing/cost accounting exposure preferred; percentage-of-completion experience is a plus.
• Ability to operate effectively in early-stage, still-developing processes.
• Collaborative mindset; willingness to learn and contribute ideas.
• CPA preferred but not required.

Location / Work Setup

• Remote, but must be local to the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area; occasional team meetups.