Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Kelly Wearstler is looking for a Senior Accountant to join our Finance and Accounting team. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented and proactive professional who thrives in a dynamic, creative environment and can independently handle end-to-end accounting activities.

Position Overview

The Senior Accountant is responsible for customer invoicing, project billing, month-end close, and financial reporting, while collaborating with the Controller to ensure accuracy, efficiency, and continuous improvement in our accounting systems and workflows.

This role requires a proactive, highly organized accounting professional who can manage day-to-day finance functions independently while supporting a fast-paced, creative studio environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage customer invoicing, accounts receivable, accounts payable, and month-end close activities.
• Prepare and post journal entries; perform balance sheet reconciliations and support timely, accurate financial statements.
• Maintain general ledger integrity, including project costing and revenue recognition within NetSuite.
• Process vendor bills and payments through Tipalti, ensuring accuracy and proper coding.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with design, procurement, and operations teams to ensure billing accuracy and alignment with project scopes.
• Communicate with clients on invoicing, statements, and payment-related questions in a clear and professional manner.
• Support financial analysis, forecasting, budgeting, and explanations of variances to plan.
• Drive process automation and system improvements leveraging Excel, NetSuite saved searches, Notion, and AI tools.
• Support audit requests, compliance reviews, and year-end reporting, including coordination and document preparation for the annual review.
• Troubleshoot accounting and software issues in partnership with internal stakeholders and external vendors as needed.
• Lead and support initiatives to expand the use of AI and automation across Finance and Operations.
• Develop, refine, and document business processes and accounting policies to strengthen internal controls.
• Provide support for tax audits and tax return preparation as needed.

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Benefits Overview

Salary

Please send resumes to careers@kellywearstler.com