Senior Staff Accountant

Job Title: Senior Staff Accountant

Reports To: Chief Financial Officer

FLSA Status: Salary/Exempt

Approved By : Human Resources Department

Updated : 06/2025

Summary/Objective

Under direction of the Chief Financial Officer, the Senior Staff Accountant supports accurate financial reporting and compliance with GAAP and company standards. This role performs key general ledger functions, assists with audits, and drives process improvements. Ideal for a detail-oriented professional with 5+ years of experience and strong knowledge of accounting principles and ERP systems.

Essential Job Functions

• Lead and coordinate month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes: prepare journal entries, intercompany, accruals, prepaids, depreciation, and recurring entries.


• Maintain the general ledger: perform reconciliations (balance sheet, bank accounts, sub-ledgers).


• Support full financial reporting cycle, including internal management reports and variance analysis.


• Ensure compliance with GAAP, company policies, and internal controls.


• Prepare schedules and assist with external/internal audits.


• Drive process improvements: enhance efficiency, accuracy, and automation in accounting workflows.


• Support forecasting, budgeting, and ad hoc financial analysis.


• Collaborate cross-functionally with Procurement, Treasury, and Operations.


• Mentor junior staff and share best practices across the team.


• Assist CFO with bank covenant compliance and John Deere covenant compliance.


• Oversee John Deere settlement and reconciliation process.


• Execute journal entries and perform account reconciliations for payroll and benefits expenses in coordination with the Human Resources Department

· Maintain positive and professional working relationships with coworkers, management, and vendors with a constant commitment to teamwork and exemplary customer service.

· Perform all other duties as assigned by management in a professional and efficient manner.


· Follow all safety rules and regulations and adhere to all policies and procedures as specified in company manuals and the employee handbook.

• Participate in all company driven communication efforts including department meetings, electronic communications (email and text) and other related efforts.


• Proactively seek and participate in available company sponsored training to develop skills and knowledge.


• Maintain prompt and regular attendance according to department and company policies.

Supervisory Responsibility


This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Work Environment


While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works in an office setting.

Physical Demands


The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.


While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The ability to occasionally lift and/or carry objects weighing up to 10 pounds is required. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and color vision. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear at moderate noise levels.

Travel


Limited to no travel is expected for this position.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. ( Masters preferred )


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  Minimum 5 years of progressive accounting experience (public accounting, corporate, or within a manufacturing/industrial environment).


• Strong US GAAP knowledge; familiarity with IFRS a plus.


• CPA Preferred


• Advanced proficiency in ERP systems (SAP preferred) and Excel.


• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.


• Financial reporting and analysis


• High attention to detail, integrity, and ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.

Other Duties


Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,
national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other
characteristic protected by law.

Beard Equipment Company was founded in 1970 by William B. Beard Sr. as a John Deere Construction and Forestry dealer. The first dealership was located in Pensacola, Florida. Operations grew to include Panama City in 1972, Mobile, Alabama in 1982, Freeport in 2004, Jacksonville, Lake City and Palatka in 2011, Tallahassee and Perry in 2014, and Ocala in 2015. Mr. Beard believed in taking care of customers and having agreements based on handshakes. He felt that the two most important company assets are the relationship with our customers and having high quality employees. The company continues to operate with these values at the core of our philosophy. Three generations of the Beard family have operated the business over the last 40 years and the family approach to customers and employees is a key ingredient to our success. Today more than 300 hard working employees serve customers across all of our equipment divisions. They are all linked by one common goal: Focusing on our customer and their equipment needs.