Senior Accountant

About this role

FLANDERS is a world leader in renewing machines for heavy industry, specializing in the largest and most intricate applications. Our expertise encompasses distributing, servicing, repairing, designing, and manufacturing electric rotating machines. Additionally, we take pride in offering cutting-edge AI-powered condition-based monitoring, customized controls, seamless systems integration, and advanced automation solutions.

The Senior Accountant is a highly accountable, technically strong finance professional who owns the integrity of assigned accounting areas from end to end. This role serves as a subject matter expert (SME) in general ledger accounting, consolidations, and GAAP compliance, ensuring accurate, timely, and well-supported financial reporting across all entities.

The Senior Accountant does not simply execute tasks — they proactively identify risks, resolve issues before they escalate, strengthen internal controls, and continuously improve processes to support the scalability of the business. This role partners cross-functionally to ensure financial accuracy, operational alignment, and audit readiness.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Ownership of Month-End Close

• Lead and fully own assigned components of the month-end close process, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timeliness.
• Prepare and review complex journal entries with thorough supporting documentation.
• Perform and review balance sheet reconciliations, ensuring all reconciling items are timely resolved.
• Identify unusual variances, investigate root causes, and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure compliance with internal controls, policies, and GAAP requirements.

Technical Accounting & Consolidations

• Serve as SME for assigned accounting areas, including multi-entity consolidations.
• Execute consolidation entries and ensure accurate intercompany eliminations.
• Maintain technical accounting compliance and stay current on GAAP developments.
• Support the preparation of financial statements and related disclosures.

Controls & Process Improvement

• Evaluate and strengthen accounting controls within assigned areas.
• Proactively identify process inefficiencies and implement improvements to drive scalability and reduce risk.
• Document processes and continuously update procedures to reflect best practices.
• Support the development and enhancement of ERP utilization.

Financial Analysis & Reporting

• Provide meaningful analysis and commentary on financial results.
• Support management with ad-hoc reporting and balance sheet analytics.
• Partner with operational teams to ensure financial accuracy and alignment with business activity.

Audit & Compliance

• Lead preparation of audit schedules and serve as a primary contact for external auditors in assigned areas.
• Ensure audit readiness throughout the year, not just at year-end.
• Support internal and external audit requirements.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Act as a trusted financial resource to key departments.
• Drive accountability and resolution when discrepancies or issues arise.
• Promote collaboration and alignment across the organization.