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Sr. Accountant

Lexington, SC
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Permanent / Full Time
70000 - 100000 USD / Yearly
We are looking for a detail-oriented Sr. Accountant to join a privately held manufacturing company in Lexington, South Carolina. This position plays an important role in maintaining accurate financial records, supporting timely reporting, and strengthening controls that help protect the organization’s assets. The ideal candidate brings strong accounting knowledge, sound judgment, and the ability to partner effectively with leadership and operational teams. This is a hands-on opportunity for someone who enjoys balancing day-to-day accounting execution with broader financial analysis and process improvement. Responsibilities:• Manage core accounting operations, including cash activity, payables, invoicing, collections, inventory accounting, and cost-related transactions to ensure accurate financial records.• Prepare and review journal entries along with supporting documentation to support an efficient and accurate month-end close process.• Perform account and bank reconciliations on a regular schedule, investigate variances, and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.• Partner with operations teams during physical inventory counts, analyze differences, and help maintain reliable inventory balances.• Work closely with operational leadership to maintain bills of material, evaluate manufacturing costs, and provide analysis that supports pricing decisions.• Support cash planning, budgeting efforts, and financial risk awareness by delivering reliable data and actionable insights.• Maintain and improve internal accounting controls and review practices to promote compliance and accurate transaction processing across departments.• Present financial information clearly to leadership, offering practical recommendations through both written and verbal communication.• Provide backup support for selected human resources and administrative activities and contribute to special projects as business needs evolve.
2026-09-30T00:00:00Z

Staff Accountant

Lexington, SC
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Permanent / Full Time
45000 - 60000 USD / Yearly
We are looking for a detail-oriented Staff Accountant to join an established, privately-owned business in Lexington, South Carolina. This role supports the corporate accounting function by helping maintain accurate financial records, contributing to the monthly close cycle, and improving day-to-day accounting processes. The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in accounting principles, confidence working across multiple systems, and the communication skills to collaborate effectively with colleagues throughout the business. Responsibilities:• Support the monthly accounting close by preparing entries, reviewing account activity, and helping ensure deadlines are met.• Reconcile balance sheet and income statement accounts to maintain accuracy and resolve discrepancies in a timely manner.• Maintain the general ledger by recording financial transactions and verifying supporting documentation.• Assist with the preparation and review of internal financial reports and statements for management use.• Analyze financial data to identify variances, trends, and areas that may require follow-up or correction.• Contribute to process enhancement efforts that strengthen efficiency, consistency, and accuracy within the accounting function.• Partner with the Controller and cross-functional teams on assigned projects and ongoing departmental priorities.
2026-09-22T00:00:00Z

Accounting Manager/Supervisor

West Columbia, SC
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Permanent / Full Time
110000 - 125000 USD / Yearly
We are looking for an experienced accounting leader to oversee cash management operations within a financial services environment in West Columbia, South Carolina. This role is responsible for guiding daily department activity, strengthening controls, and ensuring cash transactions are recorded accurately and resolved promptly across key financial systems. The position works closely with senior leadership, compliance, and finance partners to improve procedures, support reporting accuracy, and maintain a well-controlled operating framework. Responsibilities:• Direct the day-to-day activities of the cash management function, setting priorities, guiding team performance, and ensuring consistent coverage for critical processes.• Oversee the full lifecycle of cash transactions, including receipts, disbursements, transfers, repayments, settlements, reversals, and related account activity, while confirming accurate posting across financial records and platforms.• Review bank, cash, and ledger reconciliations, investigate variances, and drive timely resolution of outstanding items to maintain complete and reliable records.• Monitor cash balances and exception items, leading research into unresolved, aged, residual, or unidentified amounts and ensuring appropriate corrective action is taken.• Approve account adjustments, fund movements, and closure activity only when documentation, authorization, and supporting records are complete and compliant with policy.• Build and maintain a strong internal control environment by enforcing approvals, separation of duties, access restrictions, independent review, and escalation of high-risk issues.• Identify workflow inefficiencies, develop improved procedures, document operating standards, and track performance measures to support continuous process improvement.• Partner with leadership, compliance, accounting, and finance stakeholders to address operational issues, support audit readiness, and improve the accuracy and transparency of cash-related reporting.• Coordinate with external banks, custodians, vendors, and internal system owners on operational matters, testing efforts, automation opportunities, and other departmental initiatives.
2026-10-07T00:00:00Z

Accounting Manager/Supervisor

Columbia, SC
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Permanent / Full Time
60000 - 75000 USD / Yearly
We are looking for an experienced Accounting Manager to lead core accounting activities and provide dependable financial insight for a commercial construction company in Columbia, South Carolina. This role is responsible for all daily accounting operations, payroll administration, and financial reporting while helping project and operational leaders understand cost performance, cash position, and areas of financial exposure. The ideal candidate brings a strong foundation in general accounting together with practical knowledge of construction job costing, work-in-progress reporting, and percentage-of-completion accounting. Experience using Sage 300 is especially valuable for success in this position. Responsibilities:• Direct daily accounting functions, including general ledger maintenance, journal entry review, accruals, and the completion of monthly, quarterly, and annual close cycles.• Prepare and validate reconciliations for bank accounts, balance sheet accounts, and supporting schedules to maintain accurate and complete financial records.• Oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable activities, ensuring proper invoice coding, timely disbursements, accurate cash application, and effective follow-up on outstanding balances.• Administer biweekly payroll processing, maintain payroll records, record related expenses and liabilities, and ensure payroll tax filings and payments are completed accurately and on schedule.• Produce financial reports in alignment with generally accepted accounting principles and established construction accounting practices, while supporting audits, cash flow planning, and related analysis.• Strengthen internal controls, refine accounting procedures, and identify opportunities to improve workflow efficiency and reporting accuracy.• Maintain fixed asset records by tracking acquisitions, disposals, depreciation, and related reconciliations.• Develop and analyze work-in-progress schedules, including project costs, billings, estimated costs to complete, and projected margins across active jobs.• Collaborate with project managers and operational leaders to review job performance, assess budget variances, evaluate cost-to-complete estimates, and flag potential overruns or financial risks.• Manage accounting activity within Sage 300 Construction and Real Estate across key modules such as general ledger, job cost, accounts payable, accounts receivable, and payroll, while supporting accurate revenue recognition and change order tracking.
2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

Accounting Clerk

Columbia, SC
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Temporary / Contract
22.8 - 26.4 USD / Hourly
We are looking for an Accounting Clerk to support billing and receivables activities for an IT hardware organization in Columbia, South Carolina. This Long-term Contract position is ideal for someone who thrives in a high-volume environment, maintains exceptional accuracy, and can manage detailed financial records across a large portfolio of customer agreements. The role focuses on invoice preparation, payment tracking, timesheet-related billing support, and coordination with internal teams to resolve account questions and adjustments. Responsibilities: • Process accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions with a strong focus on accuracy and timeliness. • Review client-submitted timesheets, enter related data, and prepare billing records for customer invoicing. • Generate weekly and monthly invoices for a large number of active contracts, including both recurring and usage-based billing arrangements. • Maintain organized documentation and tracking methods to manage multiple billing scenarios, including fixed charges, variable services, and event-based labor billing. • Follow up on outstanding balances and support collection efforts by communicating with customer contacts regarding open invoices. • Investigate billing discrepancies by partnering with payroll and contract management teams to confirm hours worked, payments issued, and approved invoice adjustments. • Update financial information in accounting systems and spreadsheets to ensure complete and reliable account records. • Participate in recurring accounts receivable review meetings by preparing account status details and aging information.
2026-10-08T00:00:00Z

Accounts Payable Clerk

West Columbia, SC
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Temporary / Contract
19 - 22 USD / Hourly
We are looking for an Accounts Payable Clerk to join a construction and contractor organization in West Columbia, South Carolina on a Contract basis. This position is best suited for someone who thrives in a fast-paced office setting and can manage a large volume of invoice activity with accuracy and consistency. The role supports daily payable operations, helps keep vendor payments on schedule, and contributes to improving overall workflow efficiency within the department. Responsibilities: • Review, enter, and process a high volume of vendor invoices each day while maintaining accuracy and meeting turnaround expectations. • Verify that invoices have the proper approvals and follow up as needed to keep payment activity moving on time. • Use accounting and industry-related software to record payable transactions and support day-to-day invoice management. • Help reduce outstanding payable items by organizing work efficiently and addressing aging invoices in a timely manner. • Maintain clear and accurate records of invoice details, coding, and supporting documentation for internal tracking. • Work closely with supervisors and internal teams to resolve discrepancies, missing information, or payment-related questions. • Support routine accounts payable activities in a fully office-based environment during standard business hours.
2026-10-20T00:00:00Z

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