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Lead Corporate Accountant


Job Location:

St. Louis, MO - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 11 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 8 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Overview

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Lead Corporate Accountant will help strengthen Roesleins corporate accounting foundation by owning the corporate books improving close discipline maintaining accurate schedules and supporting stronger monthly reporting. This role is expected to help raise the standard for monthly financial accuracy. The successful candidate will be someone who takes ownership drives close discipline improves account reconciliation quality and helps create a more reliable and repeatable monthly close process. Ideal candidates will be practical detail-oriented accountable and comfortable working in a growing business where the accounting function is continuing to scale.

Responsibilities

Corporate General Ledger & Close Execution

  • Own the preparation and execution of corporate general ledger accounting activities.
  • Prepare and review recurring and non-recurring journal entries.
  • Ensure accruals are complete supportable and recorded in the appropriate period.
  • Support the monthly quarterly and annual close process.
  • Help establish and maintain a disciplined corporate close calendar.
  • Identify close issues early and communicate status risks and required follow-up.

Balance Sheet Reconciliations & Account Ownership

  • Prepare and maintain balance sheet reconciliations for assigned corporate accounts.
  • Ensure reconciliations are completed timely accurately and with appropriate support.
  • Identify investigate and resolve reconciling items.
  • Improve account ownership documentation standards and review readiness.
  • Help reduce recurring clean-up items unsupported balances and post-close adjustments.

Corporate Accounting Schedules

  • Own and maintain key corporate accounting schedules including prepaids fixed assets allocations accrued expenses corporate accrual schedules insurance accounting and related schedules and other corporate balance sheet and expense schedules as assigned.
  • Ensure schedules are current accurate and tied to the general ledger.
  • Support management financial reporting treasury tax and audit needs with reliable accounting schedules.

Insurance Accounting

  • Maintain insurance-related accounting schedules and supporting documentation.
  • Support accounting for Roesleins self-insured health insurance program including related accruals expense recognition claims activity reconciliations and reporting support.
  • Support captive insurance accounting for general liability auto and workers compensation programs including premiums claims activity reserves allocations and related balance sheet accounts.
  • Track prepaid insurance insurance expense recognition related accruals and other insurance-related accounting activity.
  • Coordinate with treasury risk management HR external advisors insurance brokers third-party administrators and other internal stakeholders as needed.
  • Ensure insurance-related accounting is properly reflected in the monthly close and supported with clear documentation.

Audit Tax Treasury & Reporting Support

  • Support audit requests with accurate schedules reconciliations and documentation.
  • Assist with tax support schedules and information requests.
  • Support treasury-related accounting needs including cash debt banking and other related schedules as assigned.
  • Coordinate with the Director of Financial Reporting on corporate accounting support for GAAP reporting consolidated reporting and audit readiness.
  • Provide accurate and timely information to internal and external stakeholders.

Process Improvement & Documentation

  • Identify legacy workflow issues and recommend practical improvements.
  • Support implementation of stronger controls reconciliations review processes and close discipline.
  • Partner with the Enterprise Controller to build a more scalable corporate accounting function.

Cross-Functional Coordination

  • Work closely with AP AR Payroll FP&A Treasury Tax Financial Reporting Global Subsidiary Accounting Project Accounting and business leaders as needed.
  • Ensure transaction activity is properly reflected in the corporate general ledger.
  • Coordinate with shared services and other accounting teams where activities impact corporate close.
  • Escalate incomplete unsupported or unusual items before close deadlines.
Qualifications

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree in Accounting Finance or related field.
  • 5 years of progressive accounting experience.
  • Strong general ledger accounting experience.
  • Strong monthly close journal entry accrual and balance sheet reconciliation experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to own accounting schedules and meet close deadlines.
  • Strong understanding of GAAP accounting principles.
  • High attention to detail and strong documentation habits.
  • Ability to work independently and take ownership without needing heavy day-to-day direction.
  • Strong Excel skills and comfort working with ERP systems.
  • High integrity sound judgment and ability to handle confidential information.

Preferred Qualifications

  • CPA or CPA candidate.
  • Public accounting experience or audit support experience.
  • Experience in a multi-entity project-based construction EPC manufacturing industrial services or energy business.
  • Experience with fixed assets prepaids allocations insurance schedules and corporate accruals.
  • Experience with self-insured health plans captive insurance accounting workers compensation general liability auto insurance claims accruals or related insurance accounting schedules.
  • Experience supporting GAAP reporting financial audits tax requests or treasury schedules.
  • Oracle experience or experience working through ERP implementation/cleanup efforts.
  • Experience in a growing or changing organization where processes are being improved or standardized.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a strong corporate accountant who is hands-on detail-oriented organized and comfortable owning the nuts and bolts of monthly corporate accounting. This person does not need to be a people manager but must be able to lead through ownership credibility follow-through and accounting discipline.


About Company

Roeslein & Associates proudly provides innovative EPC solutions for can making, renewables, energy and industrial manufacturing worldwide.

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