Senior Accountant - audit preparation (remote)

We are growing our team at Cedar Lakeside Telecom Group and adding a Senior Accountant whose main responsibility will be audit preparation. Technicians and office staff share information daily. What you will do • Prepare journal entries and support the month-end close on a fixed calendar. • Track costs around outage reports against budget and explain variances to managers. • Reconcile bank and vendor accounts each month, including anything tied to field visits, and clear open items. • Work with purchasing and operations to fix recurring coding errors. • Build schedules for the annual audit and answer the auditors' questions. What we are looking for • A clear, patient way of explaining numbers to non-accountants. • Solid spreadsheet skills and comfort with an ERP or accounting system. • Careful attention to detail and a habit of checking your own work. • Two or more years of hands-on accounting experience. Nice to have • A degree or certificate in accounting. • Experience with field visits. Working arrangement • Contract for four months, with clear deliverables from the first week. • Fully remote, with an occasional day on site in Sacramento. • We will tell you what to expect at each step of the hiring process.