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About the Role

Your core responsibility is delivering an accurate, on-time close every month for assigned operating companies within a division. You will join a Kelso accounting team that produces accurate, timely, and well-controlled results through a weekly continuous close in one NetSuite OneWorld environment, supported by AI-enabled tools.

As a Staff Accountant, you will own the general ledger for your assigned operating companies: closing on schedule, reconciling every balance sheet account, and preparing the journal entries that keep the ledger accurate. The transactional work you own, including cash application, bank reconciliations, and corporate card activity, feeds that close and is kept current each week so nothing waits until month-end. You will also apply Kelso home office policies, including as newly acquired companies join the team.

What You'll Own

MONTH-END CLOSE

Close on time, every month

Own the general ledger for your assigned operating companies so the close is complete, accurate, and on time each month
Meet the month-end close calendar for every task assigned to you, and communicate early when a deadline is at risk
Maintain weekly closes so the month-end close is smooth and efficient
Prepare journal entries for accruals, reclasses, and corrections, with support documented to audit standard
Review open AP and recent vendor activity at close, and accrue unrecorded liabilities so expenses land in the right period

Balance sheet reconciliations

Support month-end close reconciliations for all balance sheet accounts, with every balance tied to the general ledger and to source records
Investigate, document, and clear reconciling items, and escalate aged or unexplained balances
Keep account roll-forwards and supporting schedules current and consistent from month to month
Reconcile the AP subledger to the general ledger each month, and investigate aged open bills, debit balances, and duplicate or stale items with AP

FloQast

Use FloQast as the system of record for the close: complete each checklist task, attach support, and sign off as preparer on time
Route every reconciliation and task to an independent reviewer on the distributed team, and resolve review comments before sign-off
Keep FloQast balances tied to NetSuite so the close certification reflects the final general ledger

TRANSACTIONAL ACCOUNTING THAT FEEDS THE CLOSE

Bank reconciliations

Own the reconciliation of all bank accounts, working the exceptions surfaced by automated bank-to-GL matching
Clear reconciling items in the week they appear, and escalate unusual or unauthorized activity the same day
Reconcile intercompany and cash sweep activity between your assigned operating companies and Kelso Corporate
Investigate payments that clear the bank without a matching bill payment in NetSuite, and work with AP and Treasury to resolve them in the week they appear

Cash application and AR

Apply customer payments (checks, ACH, wires, card) against open invoices daily, so cash is current every week, not only at month-end
Resolve unapplied cash, short-pays, and overpayments with the credit team, and fix the root cause of recurring issues
Produce AR aging and unapplied cash reporting that management and credit use to take action
Work with OpCo teams to route receipts through lockbox and remote deposit capture, so payments received at any location are deposited and applied promptly
Identify aged customer credits and unapplied balances for unclaimed property review

Corporate card program (Ramp)

Review transaction coding weekly, confirm receipts are attached, and reconcile Ramp to the general ledger by close