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Senior Accounting Analyst / Process Improvement

LHH

Richmond · On-site Full-time Senior $90k – $120k/yr 1w ago

About the role

About

A Great Move for Public Accounting Seniors Ready for Your Next Career Step

If you’re a high‑performing Senior in public accounting — the kind who people rely on — this is your opportunity to take everything you’ve learned and put it to work inside the business. This role is more than a Senior — it’s a lead position for someone ready to connect the dots and elevate how accounting and reporting gets done.

What You’ll Do

Be an Analytical Leader

  • Go beyond “checked and approved” — analyze results, identify trends, and help explain what’s driving change
  • Bridge the analytical gap by connecting financial outcomes to operational activity
  • Support leadership with insights that improve understanding of underwriting and segment results

Champion Process & Technology Improvement

  • Identify workflow bottlenecks and design smarter, more efficient close processes
  • Leverage technology to improve reporting accuracy, speed, and scalability
  • Serve as a key liaison between accounting and IT for systems
  • Participate in system testing, implementations, and enhancements

Lead Others

  • Provide guidance, mentoring, and informal leadership to more junior accountants and analysts
  • Review work with intention — teaching the “why,” not just the “what”
  • Help develop the team’s technical skills and business understanding
  • Organize team priorities, projects, and deadlines in partnership with management

Own and Elevate the Close

  • Oversee assigned general ledger close and reporting activities across U.S. and
  • Review and approve journal entries and complex account reconciliations, identifying and resolving issues in compliance with audit requirements
  • Ensure underwriting system closes are completed accurately and on time
  • Assist with compilation and review of company financial statements

Partner Across the Business

  • Work closely with other departments to resolve issues and support business goals
  • Contribute to strategic accounting and business projects as they arise

What We’re Looking For

  • 3–7 years of accounting experience, with a strong preference for Big 4 or other public accounting firms
  • CPA or CPA eligibility preferred
  • Demonstrated leadership qualities — even if you don’t yet have direct reports
  • Strong GAAP foundation
  • Highly analytical mindset — able to connect transactions to outcomes
  • Comfort reviewing, approving, and challenging work
  • Strong communication skills; confident presenting ideas to leadership
  • Adaptable, proactive, and energized by improvement and change

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