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Senior Accounting Specialist

Aleron
United States, Michigan, Grand Rapids
Oct 12, 2026
Description Job Title: Senior Accounting Specialist Location: Grand Rapids, MI Employment Type: Temp to Hire Industry: Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing Compensation: $40.00-$55.00/Hour Schedule: 40 Hours/Week About the Opportunity: We're seeking a detail-oriented Senior Accountant Specialist to maintain accurate financial records and support critical accounting operations. In this role, you'll manage general ledger activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and month-end and year-end close processes while ensuring compliance with accounting standards. You'll also collaborate with cross-functional teams, support audits, and identify opportunities to improve financial processes and reporting efficiency. Why You'll Love Working Here: Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability. Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries. People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work. Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates. Why This Opportunity is Exciting: This role offers the chance to join a company that prioritises both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while giving you room to grow and develop professionally. About Acara Solutions Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider-we help companies compete for talent. With a legacy of experience in various industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and customize visionary talent solutions that drive desired business outcomes. We leverage decades of experience to deliver contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide. Sound like a good fit? APPLY TODAY What You'll Do: Maintain the general ledger, prepare recurring and nonrecurring journal entries, and manage accruals, prepaids, revenue recognition, payroll, and other accounting entries. Perform balance sheet reconciliations, investigate discrepancies, analyze P&L activity, and explain account and financial variances. Support month-end and year-end close activities, management reporting, variance analysis, and internal and external audits. Identify and implement process improvements across accounting, costing, reconciliations, ERP systems, and automation. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance financial reporting accuracy, improve accounting policies and procedures, and support annual financial statement audits. Job Requirements What You'll Bring: Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or Finance 4+ years of progressive accounting experience 4+ years of experience with month-end close, account reconciliations and journal entries in a deadline-driven setting. 4+ years of experience with an ERP system (SAP). What Sets You Apart: CPA or progress toward certification. Experience in manufacturing environment Familiarity with SOX compliance and internal control testing. Strong working knowledge of U.S. GAAP, particularly inventory (ASC 606) revenue recognition. Proficiency Advanced Excel skills. Attention to detail: delivers accurate entries and reconciliations under tight close timelines. Business partnership: communicates financial results in plain terms to finance and other employees. Ownership: takes full responsibility for assigned accounts and processes, from close through audit. Continuous improvement: looks for ways to simplify, standardize and automate recurring work. Integrity: handles confidential financial information with discretion and upholds strong controls. Additional Information: Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check. After you apply, you may receive a call or message from our AI Talent Scout about this role or other opportunities that match your skills and preferences. AI agent role is to help speed up your hiring process by answering questions, confirming basic information, and identifying whether there's a mutual fit. The call or chat may be recorded so that our recruiting team can review it - they make all final hiring decisions, while AI agent simply helps move you forward faster. The best part? They are available 24/7, so you can connect whenever it's convenient for you. By applying for this job, you agree to receive calls, AI-generated calls, text messages, or emails from Acara Solutions and its affiliates, and contracted partners. Frequency varies for text messages. Message and data rates may apply. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can reply STOP to cancel and HELP for help. You can access our privacy policy at Website Privacy Policy \| Acara Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran. Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status. Apply