This role requires candidates who are currently authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship, and C2C arrangements are not accepted. This role is hybrid near Irvine, CA.

Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical and detail-oriented Project Accountant to support accounting cleanup, reconciliation improvement, fixed asset review, journal entry corrections, and process documentation. This role is ideal for someone with a strong accounting foundation who enjoys digging into complex issues, researching discrepancies, identifying root causes, and helping improve accounting processes.

The Project Accountant will work on special accounting projects rather than owning the full month-end close cycle. This person should be comfortable reviewing general ledger detail, preparing and correcting journal entries, cleaning up reconciliations, analyzing accounting treatment, and documenting standard operating procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Review and clean up account reconciliations to ensure they properly support balances, identify errors, and provide meaningful accounting insight.
• Research general ledger activity to determine the source of discrepancies, misclassifications, or incorrect accounting treatment.
• Analyze fixed asset activity and determine whether transactions were properly capitalized or should have been expensed.
• Prepare correcting and adjusting journal entries as needed to resolve accounting errors.
• Evaluate amortization or depreciation activity and assist with reversing or correcting improperly recorded transactions.
• Research rebate activity, accrual balances, and related accounting entries to determine whether balances are accurate.
• Review historical accounting activity and supporting schedules to identify gaps, missing balances, or incorrect rollforwards.
• Partner with accounting team members to understand current processes and identify opportunities for cleanup or improvement.
• Create and update standard operating procedures, including documenting workflows, screenshots, key steps, and review points.
• Support accounting process improvement efforts by identifying inefficiencies, control gaps, or recurring issues.
• Work independently on assigned accounting projects with limited hand-holding while escalating questions appropriately.
• Follow existing workpapers, schedules, and accounting logic to continue projects in a consistent and organized manner.
• Assist with special projects related to reconciliations, journal entries, fixed assets, accruals, rebates, and accounting process cleanup.

Required Qualifications

• Strong understanding of GAAP accounting principles.
• Solid knowledge of debits, credits, journal entries, accruals, reconciliations, and account analysis.
• Experience researching accounting discrepancies and determining proper accounting treatment.
• Hands-on experience preparing or reviewing journal entries and account reconciliations.
• Experience working within an ERP or larger accounting system such as NetSuite, Oracle, SAP, Microsoft Dynamics 365, or a similar platform.
• Ability to analyze general ledger detail and trace transactions back to supporting documentation.
• Strong Excel skills, including working with large data sets, schedules, reconciliations, and rollforward files.
• Excellent organizational skills with strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently, ask thoughtful questions, and take ownership of assigned projects.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to dig into messy or incomplete accounting records.

Preferred Qualifications

• CPA or CPA-track background preferred, but not required.
• Prior consulting, project accounting, accounting cleanup, or interim accounting experience.
• Experience supporting process improvement, system cleanup, or accounting transformation projects.
• Experience documenting SOPs or formal accounting procedures.
• Experience mentoring or guiding accounting staff is a plus.
• NetSuite experience is helpful but not required.

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is someone who can be handed a reconciliation, account issue, or accounting cleanup project and independently work through the details. This person should be able to research the general ledger, understand what was recorded, determine whether it was correct, and recommend or prepare the appropriate adjustment.

This role requires someone who is organized, thoughtful, and comfortable working through ambiguity. The right person will not simply update schedules or refresh reports; they will understand the purpose behind the reconciliation, identify whether the balance makes sense, and help improve the process going forward.