Brookdale

Senior Accountant

Brookdale
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeRemote • Wisconsin • United StatesSeniorWebsite
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Demonstrates expertise in financial statement preparation, general ledger integrity, and balance sheet reconciliations while ensuring compliance with generally accepted accounting principles. Capable of training junior accountants and enhancing financial reporting processes.

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Financial Statement PreparationGeneral Ledger IntegrityBalance Sheet ReconciliationAudit Schedule PreparationCost Center Review

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Prepare community financial statements and assist with external reporting of company financial results
  • Maintain general ledger integrity using generally accepted accounting principles
  • Assist and train less experienced accountants
  • Complete and resolve balance sheet and bank account reconciliations
  • Review cost center and chart of account structures and recommend improvements
  • Prepare, verify, and control journal entries
  • Evaluate subsidiary journals, correct errors, and execute monthly closing entries
  • Review monthly balance sheet and profit-and-loss statements for accuracy
  • Coordinate monthly closing and timely statement production
  • Review, redesign, and enhance online financial statements
  • Review and update monthly closing procedures
  • Review subsidiary schedules and recommend improvements
  • Document accounting processes, policies, and procedures
  • Prepare audit schedules and respond to financial, SOX, and other audit requests
  • Monitor and track cash outflows and provide updates to management
  • Interact with field personnel to explain operating activity, investigate variances, provide charge details, and book reclassification entries
  • Correspond with third-party financial institutions and regulatory bodies

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor's degree (BA) from a four-year college or university
  • Three to five years of related experience
  • No certifications, licenses, or other special requirements
  • Extensive knowledge of a distinct skill or function
  • Thorough understanding of the organization and work environment
  • Working knowledge of a functional discipline
  • Ability to stand, walk, sit, use hands and fingers, reach, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and hear
  • Ability to lift up to 25 pounds
  • Requires interaction with co-workers, residents, or vendors
  • Must live within 2.5 hours of the greater Milwaukee area

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Professional development opportunities
  • Ongoing programs focused on health and wellness
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • 401(k)
  • Associate assistance program
  • Employee discounts
  • Referral program
  • Early access to earned wages for hourly associates (outside of CA)
  • Optional ID theft protection and pet insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Company-provided life insurance
  • Adoption benefit
  • Short- and long-term disability
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Health Savings Account
  • Optional life and dependent life insurance
  • Optional accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, and legal plan
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Qualified associates may receive advancement of naturalization application fees up to $725
  • Temporary associates may participate in the company’s 401(k) program

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Hard Skills
Journal Entry ControlMonthly Closing ProceduresSubsidiary Journal EvaluationFinancial ReportingAccounting Process Documentation
Soft Skills
Interpersonal CommunicationTraining and MentoringProblem Solving
Industry Keywords
Generally Accepted Accounting PrinciplesSOX ComplianceFinancial AuditsCash Flow MonitoringOperational Variance Investigation