Senior Accountant

The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing advanced accounting and financial reporting activities while supporting the unique operational and job- costing needs of the Company’s manufacturing, shipyard, machine shop, and maritime operations. This position helps ensure the accuracy of financial records, strengthens internal controls, analyzes operating performance, and provides reliable financial information to support management decision-making. Primary Duties and Responsibilities:  Manage general ledger activities, including journal entries, account reconciliations, accruals, prepaid expenses, fixed assets, and month-end adjustments.  Lead or support monthly, quarterly, and year-end financial close processes, ensuring transactions are recorded accurately and on time.  Analyze actual financial results against budgets, forecasts, and prior periods; investigate and explain significant variances.  Maintain accurate accounting records for manufacturing, shipyard, vessel, repair, and other operational projects.  Monitor job costs, work-in-process, project expenses, labor charges, material usage, overhead allocations, and project profitability.  Support percentage-of-completion, completed-contract, or other applicable revenue-recognition calculations for long-term projects.  Maintain fixed-asset records for vessels, machinery, equipment, vehicles, leasehold improvements, and major capital projects.  Support accounts payable and accounts receivable functions, including invoice review, customer billing, payment processing, aging analysis, and issue resolution.  Perform bank, credit card, intercompany, payroll, benefit, and other balance sheet account reconciliations.  Support payroll accounting, including labor distribution, payroll accruals, benefit expenses, payroll taxes, and union-related costs, when applicable.  Prepare schedules and supporting documentation for external audits, tax filings, insurance reviews, banking requirements, and regulatory reporting.  Maintain effective internal controls and recommend improvements to accounting procedures, documentation, and financial workflows.  Perform special projects, financial research, and other accounting duties as assigned. QUALIFICATIONS: Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree in accounting  CPA required  5+ years of work experience (2 – 3 years public accounting preferred)  Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including lookup functions, conditional formulas, and pivot tables  Detail oriented; teamwork skills to accomplish goals and meet deadlines  Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain financial concepts to non-finance colleagues  Experience working in a small and/or lean accounting