Senior Accountant

Ascendo Resources

📍New Hyde Park, NY
💰 $95,000 - $105,000
Posted May 19, 2026

Job Overview

Position

Senior Accountant

Company

Ascendo Resources

Location

New Hyde Park, NY

Work Type

On-site

Salary Range

$95,000 - $105,000

Job ID

li-4416676255

Job Description

Senior Accountant

New Hyde Park, NY (Hybrid – 3 Days On-Site)

$95,000 – $105,000 + Discretionary Year-End Bonus

A rapidly growing national distribution company is seeking a
Senior Accountant
to join its expanding accounting team in Long Island, NY. This is an excellent opportunity for an accounting professional looking to join a fast-paced organization with strong growth through both organic expansion and acquisitions.

The ideal candidate is organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and thrives in a collaborative environment. This position offers strong exposure across the business and the opportunity to work closely with leadership and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities:

  • Review general ledger activity and prepare month-end closing journal entries and analyses

  • Perform monthly and quarterly account reconciliations

  • Research and resolve account discrepancies

  • Partner with AP, Payroll, FP&A, and Operations teams during close processes

  • Assist with process improvements and implementation of accounting best practices

  • Analyze financial reports, trends, and material variances

  • Support interim and annual audits by preparing schedules and providing documentation

  • Prepare financial statement footnotes for bank reporting

  • Assist with accounting process and internal control documentation

  • Participate in system implementations, special projects, and ad hoc analyses

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Accounting

  • 3+ years of accounting experience

  • Public accounting, corporate accounting, or a mix of both backgrounds welcomed

  • CPA or CPA-eligible preferred

  • Strong understanding of GAAP

  • Advanced Excel skills with experience handling large data sets

  • Experience with reconciliations, flux analysis, and building schedules/processes

  • Strong communication, analytical, and organizational skills

  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, changing environment

  • Knowledge of AS/400 and Sage is a plus

Why Join?

  • Hybrid flexibility (3 days on-site)

  • Stable and growing organization with over $1B in revenue

  • Opportunity to join a collaborative accounting team with strong mentorship

  • Company continues to grow through acquisitions and expansion initiatives

  • Excellent exposure and career growth potential

Benefits Include:

  • 80 hours PTO after 1 year (flexibility offered during first year)

  • 56 hours sick time annually

  • 6 company holidays + 3 floating holidays

  • 2 additional floating holidays after year-end audit

  • Sick and vacation time are interchangeable

*For a quicker response, please send your resume to [email protected]*

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Practice Questions

💡Technical Questions (3)
  • 1.Can you walk me through your process for performing a flux analysis on large data sets during the month-end close?
  • 2.How do you approach researching and resolving a complex account discrepancy you've uncovered during a quarterly reconciliation?
  • 3.This role involves supporting interim and annual audits and preparing financial statement footnotes for bank reporting. How do you ensure your audit schedules and footnotes are accurate and compliant with GAAP?
🎯Behavioral Questions (3)
  • 1.Tell me about a time you partnered with a non-financial team, like Operations, to resolve an issue during the close process.
  • 2.Describe a situation where you identified an opportunity for process improvement or to implement an accounting best practice in a fast-paced environment.
  • 3.Give me an example of a time you had to manage multiple high-priority deadlines, such as an audit request and a month-end close, in a rapidly changing environment.
🧩Situational Questions (2)
  • 1.You are reviewing the general ledger and notice a significant, unexpected variance in an operating expense account right before the close deadline. You reach out to the Operations team, but they haven't responded. What do you do?
  • 2.The company is preparing to integrate a newly acquired business into your accounting system. You are asked to assist with the system implementation and align their processes with your internal controls. How would you tackle this?

Resume Keywords

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Month-end closeAccount reconciliationGAAPFlux analysisAudit supportProcess improvementInternal controlsCross-functional collaborationFinancial statementsAdvanced Excel

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