Highlights
Job Title: Intercompany Accounting Consultant Location: Remote (must be able to work East Coast hours) Duration: 4–5 month contract, with potential for extension Pay Rate: $75–$85/hour Position Overview Our client, a global organization, is seeking an experienced Intercompany Accounting Consultant to support a critical accounting clean-up and process improvement initiative. Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: the individual’s skill sets, experience and training; licensure and certification requirements; office location and other geographic considerations; other business and organizational needs.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | New York, NY (Remote) |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $75–$85 Per Hour |
| Company Size | 2,500 to 4,999 employees |
| Year Founded | 2002 |
| Website | http://www.vaco.com/ |
Description
Job Title: Intercompany Accounting Consultant Location: Remote (must be able to work East Coast hours) Duration: 4–5 month contract, with potential for extension Pay Rate: $75–$85/hour Position Overview Our client, a global organization, is seeking an experienced Intercompany Accounting Consultant to support a critical accounting clean-up and process improvement initiative. This is a hands-on consulting assignment focused on investigating and resolving complex intercompany accounting issues across global entities. The ideal candidate will bring a forensic accounting mindset and be comfortable digging into historical transactions, identifying the root causes of reconciliation and consolidation issues, and developing sustainable solutions. This individual will help the organization understand why certain balances are not reconciling, why consolidation processes are not working as intended, and why plugging entries have historically been required. Key Responsibilities Perform detailed review and reconciliation of intercompany balances across global entities. Investigate aged differences, unmatched transactions, historical reconciling items, and unexplained balances. Perform root-cause analysis to understand why intercompany accounts and consolidations are not reconciling appropriately. Analyze historical journal entries and plugging entries to determine underlying accounting or process issues. Prepare and post adjusting journal entries as necessary. Assist with intercompany settlements, confirmations, and account certification activities. Partner with Accounting, Tax, Treasury, FP&A, and regional finance teams to validate balances and supporting documentation. Support month-end close and consolidation activities related to intercompany accounting. Develop standardized reconciliation templates and supporting schedules. Document existing workflows and accounting processes, identify control or process gaps, and recommend improvements. Prepare audit-ready documentation supporting intercompany balances and transactions. Help establish more sustainable processes and controls to reduce future reconciliation and consolidation issues. Qualifications Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field. 5+ years of progressive accounting experience, ideally within a complex or multinational organization. Strong hands-on experience with intercompany accounting, balance sheet reconciliations, and consolidations. Demonstrated ability to investigate complex or historical accounting issues and perform root-cause analysis. Strong understanding of journal entries, general ledger accounting, month-end close, and U.S. GAAP. Experience cleaning up aged or unreconciled balance sheet accounts strongly preferred. Experience documenting accounting workflows, processes, and controls. Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, and data analysis. Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle, NetSuite, SAP, or similar. Ability to work independently and navigate situations where historical accounting documentation may be incomplete. CPA or progress toward CPA preferred but not required. Ideal Profile This assignment is best suited for a hands-on, investigative accountant rather than someone whose experience is limited to processing routine intercompany activity. The successful consultant will be comfortable working through messy historical accounting data, tracing transactions across entities, challenging existing processes, and determining the underlying reasons balances and consolidations are not working as expected.By submitting to this position, you are agreeing to be included in our talent pool for future hiring for similarly qualified positions.
EEO Notice
Vaco by Highspring is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact
HR@vaco.com
.Vaco by Highspring also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
Representation Notice
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco by Highspring the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco by Highspring about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco by Highspring agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
For residents of Ontario, Canada: Based on Highspring’s discussions with its Client, Highspring’s understanding is that this position for employment is a current vacancy (either through Highspring as a contractor or with the client directly).
Privacy Notice
Vaco by Highspring and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco by Highspring”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco by Highspring HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Additionally, submissions to this position are subject to the use of AI to perform preliminary candidate screenings, focused on ensuring minimum job requirements noted in the position are satisfied. More details about Vaco by Highspring’s use of AI can be found here (https://www.highspring.com/ai-use-notices/). Further assessment of candidates beyond this initial phase will be conducted by recruiters and hiring managers. Vaco by Highspring does not know and cannot opine on if its client’s use of AI products in hiring.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
About Company
Vaco provides expert consulting, permanent placement, executive search and strategic staffing for companies around the world, in the areas of accounting, finance, technology, healthcare, operations, administration and more. As a premier talent solutions firm, Vaco connects people to their dream jobs and helps leading companies find talent to grow their business. Since its founding in 2002, Vaco has grown to more than 35 offices across the globe, 700+ employees, more than 3,000 consultants and $450M in revenue. Vaco has been named to Inc. magazine’s list of the fastest-growing private companies for past 11 years and is dedicated to developing long-term relationships, life-long careers and creative client solutions.