Senior Corporate Accountant – Close & Consolidations

Job Title: Senior Corporate Accountant – Close & Consolidations

Location: San Jose, CA 95134 (Hybrid / Onsite)

Contract Duration: 6 Months Contract with possibility of Extension

Shift Structure: First Shift | Type 1 Shift (Standard Business Hours), Monday through Friday

Pay Rate: $43.00 - $48.00/hr on W2

Portfolio Requirement: N/A

Visa Sponsorship: Standard onshore onboarding requirements apply.

Job Description: Our client is a global innovator in semiconductor memory, NAND flash products, and solid-state storage solutions, is seeking an experienced Senior Corporate Accountant to join their Financial Reporting & Accounting team in San Jose, CA. In this high-visibility corporate close role, you will deliver critical hands-on general ledger, reconciliation, and financial statement support while the close and consolidation team executes a major company-wide Tagetik Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) implementation. You will manage monthly/quarterly close cycles, post complex journal entries, handle intercompany reconciliations, execute elimination entries, and assist with audit schedules.

Key Responsibilities:

• Month-End, Quarter-End & Year-End Close: Execute timely, accurate general ledger close activities, prepare standard and adjusting journal entries, and maintain clear audit-trail documentation under US GAAP.
• Balance Sheet Reconciliations: Prepare detailed balance sheet reconciliations, proactively investigate variances, and resolve reconciling items across complex accounts.
• Intercompany & Consolidations: Support multi-entity intercompany accounting, complete intercompany reconciliations, and assist with consolidation workflows including elimination entries and foreign currency considerations.
• Financial Reporting & Variance Analysis: Prepare variance explanations, supporting management reporting schedules, and financial statement draft packages.
• Audit & Compliance Support: Interface with internal and external audit teams to fulfill audit PBC (Provided by Client) requests and maintain strong internal controls.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with FP&A, Tax, Treasury, and global regional accounting teams to streamline accounting workflows during the EPM system transition.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Experience: 4+ years of progressive corporate accounting, financial reporting, or consolidation experience.
• Accounting Expertise: Strong working mastery of US GAAP, the full financial close lifecycle, complex journal entries, and account reconciliations.
• Multi-Entity / Intercompany: Hands-on experience with intercompany accounting, tie-outs, and multi-entity balance sheets.
• ERP Proficiency: Solid working experience with enterprise ERP software such as SAP (S/4HANA), Oracle, or comparable platforms.
• Advanced Excel: High proficiency with Microsoft Excel (advanced formulas, Pivot Tables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, multi-tab data modeling).

Stand-Out Skills (Preferred):

• Active CPA license or CPA candidate.
• Hands-on experience with consolidation and EPM tools (CCH Tagetik, SAP Group Reporting, Hyperion / HFM, or OneStream).
• Background working in a multinational, multi-entity technology or semiconductor enterprise with foreign currency transactions.
• Prior experience supporting accounting systems implementations or finance transformation projects.

Actual Skills Required:

1. Full-Cycle Month-End / Quarter-End Close & US GAAP Accounting
2. Balance Sheet Account Reconciliations & Journal Entries
3. Intercompany Accounting & Consolidation Elimination Entries
4. Enterprise ERP Systems (SAP / Oracle) &