Part Time Senior Accounting Consultant

Part-Time Senior Accountant (Flexible Schedule High-Impact Role)

Join an early-stage, high-growth startup where you'll have a direct impact on building the accounting function from the ground up. This is a unique opportunity for a hands-on Senior Accountant who enjoys creating structure, improving processes, and partnering with leadership in a fast-moving environment.

In this role, you'll balance day-to-day accounting with meaningful process improvements-helping lay the foundation for scalable growth as the company evolves.

Own the Month-End Close

• Lead a streamlined, two-week monthly close process
• Prepare journal entries including payroll, allocations, and amortization
• Maintain prepaid and fixed asset schedules
• Support quarterly revenue recognition (government grant)
• Deliver accurate monthly and quarterly financial reporting
• Partner with external accountants, auditors, and tax advisors

Manage Accounts Payable & Procure-to-Pay

• Oversee 100 invoices/month, including PO matching (2- and 3-way)
• Manage the AP inbox, ensuring timely processing and coding
• Handle service and construction-related invoices
• Run weekly payment cycles and maintain strong vendor relationships
• Help bring consistency and efficiency to the P2P workflow

Drive Process Improvements & Systems Enhancements

• Evaluate and streamline current accounting and P2P processes
• Improve integrations between ADP and QuickBooks Online
• Strengthen controls, documentation, and SOPs
• Identify automation opportunities to reduce manual work
• Collaborate with leadership to build scalable systems and workflows

• Review and process invoices, ensuring proper coding and approvals
• Perform account reconciliations (bank, credit card, balance sheet)
• Maintain key schedules (prepaids, fixed assets, amortization)
• Support grant-related cost tracking and reporting
• Execute weekly AP runs and contribute to month-end close
• Continuously identify and implement process improvements

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting (or equivalent experience)
• Strong experience with procure-to-pay and contract-based accounting
• Hands-on experience with cloud-based accounting systems
• Process improvement and/or systems integration experience
• Advanced Excel skills

Preferred:

• Startup or high-growth company experience
• Experience with P2P tools
• Exposure to government grants, cost tracking, or contract billing (construction/services)

• Flexible, part-time schedule with meaningful ownership
• High visibility and direct partnership with leadership
• Opportunity to build and improve processes from the ground up
• A chance to make a lasting impact in a growing organization

You're someone who enjoys rolling up your sleeves and making things better. You're detail-oriented but also see the big picture, and you're energized by turning ambiguity into structure. If you like balancing execution with improvement-and want your work to truly matter-this role is for you.