KellyOCG Hiring! Full Time Senior Account - Payroll - Benefit in Federal Territory - Ricebowl

About Kelly Outsourcing & Consulting Group (KellyOCG)

Kelly Outsourcing & Consulting Group (KellyOCG) is a leading global provider of talent management solutions, specializing in Managed Service Provider (MSP) and Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) services.

We are proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work and take pride in doing things differently — through the services we deliver and the people we attract. At KellyOCG, we empower our clients to hire smarter and our people to grow faster. If you are passionate about recruitment, technology, and making an impact, we would love to have you join our team.

Position Overview

The Senior Accountant – Operational Accounting is a permanent individual contributor role within Kelly's Controllership organization. The position sits within the Operational Accounting team and reports to an Operational Accounting Manager.

The role is responsible for supporting the end-to-end period-end close process across one or more operational accounting domains, including Balance Sheet, SG&A, and Payroll & Benefits accounting.

Key responsibilities include preparing journal entries, performing account reconciliations, supporting variance analysis, maintaining general ledger accuracy, and ensuring compliance with accounting policies and SOX requirements for North American legal entities.

The Senior Accountant will work closely with onshore managers, peer accountants, and Kelly's Global Finance Business Services (GFBS) shared services organization to execute an accurate, timely, and well-controlled monthly close.

This role also offers an opportunity to contribute to Kelly's ongoing finance transformation, including the implementation of Workday, expanded adoption of BlackLine, and the development of a more automated and efficient close process.

Key Responsibilities

1. Accounting & Month-End Close

• Prepare and post journal entries across assigned operational accounting areas, including:
• Accruals
• Reclassifications
• Allocations
• Intercompany entries
• Ensure journal entries are accurate, properly supported, approved, and posted within established close deadlines.
• Perform account reconciliations for assigned balance sheet and income statement accounts.
• Investigate and resolve reconciling items within established timelines.
• Maintain BlackLine reconciliation tasks in accordance with corporate policies and SOX requirements.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities across assigned accounting areas, including:
• Cash and bank operations
• Accounts receivable and accounts payable
• Prepaid expenses and deferrals
• Fixed assets
• Lease accounting
• SG&A expense accruals
• Payroll and benefits accounting
• Maintain the accuracy and integrity of the general ledger for assigned accounts.
• Verify and document subsystem-to-general-ledger alignment during each close cycle.
• Coordinate with GFBS, Kelly's shared services organization responsible for AP, AR, and Payroll transaction processing, to obtain accurate and timely transactional inputs.
• Resolve discrepancies and ensure close entries are based on complete and validated source data.
• Escalate unresolved reconciliation items, data quality issues, and close risks to the onshore Manager with clear documentation and recommended resolution paths.

2. Analysis & Reporting

• Investigate and explain material balance sheet and income statement fluctuations within assigned accounts.
• Prepare variance commentary to support management review and BPR flux analysis deliverables.
• Prepare supporting schedules, rollforwards, and analytical outputs for assigned accounts, including:
• Fixed asset rollforwards
• Prepaid amortization schedules
• Balance sheet tie-out packages
• Ensure analytical outputs are accurate, complete, well documented, and delivered within agreed timelines.
• Support management reporting packages and ad hoc financial analysis requested by the onshore Manager or Director.
• Assist the External Reporting team with supporting schedules and balance sheet inputs for SEC filings as required.
• Ensure Controllership deliverables meet required disclosure quality standards and filing deadlines.

3. Compliance, Controls & Audit

• Maintain compliance with Kelly's accounting policies, internal controls, and SOX requirements.
• Ensure journal entry approvals, reconciliation sign-offs, and supporting documentation requirements are consistently met.
• Maintain BlackLine close tasks and reconciliation documentation to audit-ready standards.
• Ensure supporting evidence is complete, organized, and readily accessible for internal and external audits.
• Support internal and external audit activities by preparing:
• Audit schedules
• Reconciliation documentation
• Responses to auditor inquiries
• Identify and escalate potential control gaps and compliance risks to the onshore Manager.
• Provide factual documentation and analysis to support timely resolution of control issues.

4. Process Improvement & Finance Transformation

• Actively support Kelly's Workday ERP implementation across assigned accounting domains.
• Participate in:
• Data validation
• Transaction testing
• Process mapping
• Accounting workflow testing
• System sign-off activities
• Support stabilization of Workday accounting processes following implementation.
• Validate that journal entry workflows, reconciliation outputs, and BlackLine integrations operate correctly before transitioning processes into formal close cycles.
• Identify opportunities to improve:
• Close cycle efficiency
• Reconciliation quality
• Data accuracy
• Process standardization
• Document current-state processes and identify manual activities that may be suitable for automation.
• Raise process improvement opportunities through the onshore Manager and Continuous Improvement CoE.
• Adopt new tools and automation capabilities as they are introduced to the Operational Accounting team.
• Support the use of AI-enabled journal entry and reconciliation tools and demonstrate a proactive approach to technology-enabled change.