Senior Accountant

Position Summary

The Senior Accountant supports the accounting and financial reporting operations of Winners Circle Group of Texas, including WC Operations and all of its subsidiaries. This role manages journal entries and general ledger postings, supports an accurate and timely month-end close, and helps ensure that financial records are complete, reconciled, and compliant across multiple entities.

The Senior Accountant reports to the VP of Finance and works closely with payroll, human resources, operations, and administrative teams to support accurate payroll accounting, intercompany activity, financial reporting, audit readiness, and sound internal controls.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and post journal entries, including accruals, prepaids, reclassifications, and adjustments, for WC Operations and all subsidiaries.
• Maintain the integrity of the general ledger and chart of accounts across all entities.
• Record and reconcile intercompany transactions, balances, and eliminations.
• Manage assigned month-end and year-end close tasks to meet established deadlines.
• Perform balance sheet account reconciliations and research and resolve discrepancies promptly.
• Prepare monthly financial statements, supporting schedules, and analyses for review by the VP of Finance.
• Record payroll journal entries using ADP payroll reports and reconcile payroll, payroll tax, and benefit accounts to the general ledger.
• Partner with payroll and human resources to resolve variances and ensure accurate cost allocation across entities and departments.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, and variance analysis activities.
• Prepare schedules, reconciliations, and documentation for external audits and tax filings.
• Maintain organized accounting records, supporting documentation, and workpapers in accordance with company standards and retention requirements.
• Identify and implement improvements to accounting workflows, documentation, and internal controls.
• Perform all duties in accordance with GAAP, organizational policies, and applicable federal, state, and local regulations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, or a related field required.
• Minimum of 5 to 7 years of progressive accounting experience, including ownership of journal entries and general ledger postings.
• Hands-on experience using ADP, including working with payroll reports to record and reconcile payroll entries.
• Experience with month-end and year-end close and account reconciliations in a multi-entity environment.
• Strong working knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, lookups, and reconciliations, and working proficiency with Word and Google applications.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy in journal entries, reconciliations, and financial reporting.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced close cycle.
• Effective communication skills for interacting with finance leadership, payroll, human resources, and operations.
• Problem-solving skills with the ability to research variances, identify root causes, and recommend process improvements.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and handle sensitive financial and payroll information with professionalism.
• Dependable, organized, and able to work independently while contributing to team goals.

Preferred Qualifications

 Experience with intercompany accounting and consolidations.

• Experience with an ERP or accounting system such as NetSuite, Sage Intacct, QuickBooks, or Microsoft Dynamics.
• Prior experience supporting external audits.
• Experience in healthcare services, behavioral health, or another regulated service environment a plus.

Reporting Relationship

This position reports to the VP of Finance and supports WC Operations and all subsidiaries of Winners Circle Group of Texas.

Work Environment, Expectations, and Physical Requirements

• Works in the Houston office a minimum of 3 days per week, consistent with company hybrid work expectations.
• Maintains regular attendance and punctuality consistent with company expectations.
• Available for additional hours as needed during month-end, quarter-end, year-end close, and audit periods.
• Works collaboratively with cross-functional teams to support accurate financial reporting and efficient finance operations.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support the goals of Winners Circle Group and the finance department.
• Ability to sit for extended periods while working at a computer, using accounting systems, and reviewing financial documentation.
• Ability to use a keyboard, mouse, telephone, copier, scanner, and other standard office equipment for routine work activities.
• Ability to read information on computer screens, reports, and written correspondence with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Ability to occasionally stand, walk, bend, reach, and lift or carry office files, records, or supplies weighing up to 15 pounds.
• Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the role.

 

This job description is not intended to create an employment contract, express or implied, and employment with Winners Circle Group of Texas remains at-will, meaning either the employee or the company may end the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause or notice, in accordance with applicable law.  Winners Circle Group of Texas is an equal opportunity employer.