<p>We are looking for a Senior Accountant to support core accounting operations for a Contract position based in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This role will play a key part in maintaining accurate financial records, overseeing close activities, and ensuring balance sheet accounts are properly supported. The ideal candidate brings strong accounting experience, sound judgment, and the ability to manage detailed financial work in a deadline-driven environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead monthly closing activities by preparing schedules, reviewing financial data, and helping ensure timely completion of reporting deadlines.</p><p>• Maintain the general ledger by recording and validating financial activity with a high degree of accuracy.</p><p>• Prepare and post journal entries while verifying that supporting documentation is complete and appropriate.</p><p>• Perform detailed reconciliations for accounts and resolve discrepancies by researching underlying transactions.</p><p>• Complete bank reconciliations and investigate variances to keep cash records aligned with financial statements.</p><p>• Support governmental accounting processes, including work tied to public-sector reporting requirements and compliance needs.</p><p>• Assist with property tax accounting by tracking related activity, preparing analyses, and maintaining accurate records.</p><p>• Monitor revenue-related transactions to help ensure proper recognition, classification, and reporting of incoming funds.</p>
We are looking for a Financial Analyst to support manufacturing operations by delivering accurate cost analysis, performance reporting, and financial insight for the plant in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This role partners closely with plant leadership and business unit stakeholders to evaluate operating results, strengthen cost controls, and support forecasting and budgeting activities. The position also contributes to month-end close, standard cost maintenance, and financial analysis that helps guide production and profitability decisions.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Build, update, and monitor standard cost data for materials and labor, including the setup and maintenance of bills of materials and production routings.<br>• Investigate differences between actual and standard results by identifying cost drivers and providing clear variance analysis for plant leadership.<br>• Support month-end activities by preparing inventory-related journal entries, assisting with close processes, and validating production and cost reporting.<br>• Review labor and payroll data each week to ensure employee hours are accurately reconciled across plant and payroll records.<br>• Analyze manufacturing capacity, line utilization, and operational performance to help improve efficiency and financial outcomes.<br>• Produce recurring daily, weekly, and monthly reports that compare production results, material usage, labor performance, and key plant metrics.<br>• Track customer-owned inventory balances and usage patterns, and explain changes that affect consumption and cost performance.<br>• Identify and calculate special billing opportunities by compiling material and labor cost details tied to plant activity.<br>• Assist with annual budget preparation, forecasting, cost savings analysis, and financial support for new product costing across one or more sites.
We are looking for an experienced Sr Accounts Payable Analyst to support high-volume vendor payment operations for our team in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This role is ideal for someone who can balance accuracy, responsiveness, and strong follow-through while working across multiple priorities. You will play a key part in keeping invoice workflows moving efficiently, resolving payables issues, and partnering with internal stakeholders and external processing resources to maintain smooth operations.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage end-to-end vendor invoice processing in Tipalti while ensuring adherence to established financial policies and internal controls.<br>• Examine incoming bills for proper account coding, required backup, completeness, and approval readiness before submission for payment.<br>• Coordinate approval workflows by directing invoices to the appropriate reviewers, tracking pending items, and following up to prevent delays.<br>• Investigate and resolve discrepancies related to invoices, payments, documentation, and vendor questions in a timely manner.<br>• Communicate with agency contacts regarding invoice status, payment timing, approval needs, and submission expectations.<br>• Assist newly acquired agencies as they align with company accounts payable procedures and supporting systems.<br>• Maintain well-organized payables records and documentation to support audit readiness and operational consistency.<br>• Contribute to month-end close tasks and provide support for outsourced processing activities by clarifying procedures, reviewing work quality, and escalating recurring issues when needed.
We are looking for an experienced Sr. Cost Accountant to support a premium furniture manufacturer in Comstock Park, Michigan through a Long-term Contract engagement. This role will help maintain continuity across core accounting operations while bringing stronger visibility to product costing, inventory accuracy, and margin performance in a mixed-model manufacturing environment. The position will also provide practical insight into costing methods, forecasting opportunities, and process improvements that can strengthen financial decision-making across the business.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Oversee product and job costing activities for custom and standard manufacturing work, ensuring cost data supports accurate pricing and profitability analysis.<br>• Perform period-end inventory review activities, including count validation, reconciliation, and follow-up on discrepancies that affect financial results.<br>• Lead annual cost updates for existing and newly introduced products, refining assumptions for labor, materials, and machine-related inputs.<br>• Analyze manufacturing and inventory variances to identify unusual cost patterns, margin leakage, and areas where standards may no longer reflect actual operations.<br>• Partner with finance, operations, sales, and product teams to improve cost visibility for new products, commodity-driven inputs, and customer-specific work.<br>• Evaluate current costing practices and recommend practical enhancements that simplify workflows while improving reliability and consistency.<br>• Support month-end close and recurring forecasting cycles by delivering accurate cost-related reporting and financial insights.<br>• Provide informed guidance on business system usage and cost accounting controls, including support for process changes or future platform-related adjustments when needed.<br>• Document key cost accounting procedures and highlight operational or reporting gaps to reduce dependency on individual knowledge and strengthen business continuity.
We are looking for a detail-oriented Sr. Accountant to support core accounting operations for a long-term contract opportunity based in Norton Shores, Michigan. This position will play a key role in maintaining accurate financial records, managing daily transactional activity, and supporting period-end reporting. The ideal candidate brings strong experience across reconciliations, general ledger activity, and financial close processes while working effectively with both internal teams and external customers.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Manage daily cash activity by recording deposits, applying incoming payments to customer accounts, and handling credit card transactions with accuracy.<br>• Communicate with customers regarding outstanding balances, provide account statements upon request, and help maintain timely collections follow-up.<br>• Create and distribute invoices each day, update shipment-related tracking details, and maintain organized supporting documentation.<br>• Submit required invoices through customer portal systems and ensure billing records remain current and complete.<br>• Process assigned vendor invoices, review account statements, and resolve discrepancies to support accurate accounts payable records.<br>• Prepare monthly commission reporting for external representatives and circulate finalized reports on schedule.<br>• Support accounting operations through journal entry preparation, account reconciliations, month-end close activities, and bank reconciliation work.<br>• Assist with financial statement preparation, audit support, daily mail distribution, and other accounting or administrative duties assigned by leadership.
<p>We are looking for an experienced accountant to support core accounting operations and help ensure accurate, timely financial reporting for our service organization in Grand Rapids NW. The Sr. Accountant is well suited for an organized individual who thrives in a deadline-driven environment and enjoys balancing routine close activities with process improvement work. The ideal candidate will contribute across general ledger accounting, reconciliations, cash activity, and audit support while helping strengthen the reliability of accounting processes.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead key portions of the monthly close cycle, including preparing financial entries, reviewing inventory-related calculations, evaluating gross margin results, and supporting the completion of monthly statements.</p><p>• Analyze general ledger activity and perform account reconciliations to confirm balances are accurate, complete, and properly documented.</p><p>• Prepare revenue-related reporting and record journal entries that support compliant and timely financial reporting.</p><p>• Complete monthly bank reconciliations, investigate variances, and process necessary banking adjustments.</p><p>• Maintain lien documentation for customer purchases in accordance with company policies and recordkeeping standards.</p><p>• Support annual audit preparation by assembling schedules, organizing requested documentation, and assisting leadership with auditor inquiries.</p><p>• Manage cash tracking activities by recording transactions, assisting with banking approvals, and processing online banking actions such as uploads or voids when authorized.</p><p>• Maintain fixed asset records within Epicor and external asset management software, and keep intercompany billing activity current between related entities.</p><p>• Update quarterly tax support schedules with eligible project revenue, cost details, and international shipping documentation, while also contributing to special projects and accounting process improvements.</p>
Robert Half is seeking an experienced Senior Accountant for a contract assignment with a growing manufacturing organization in the Grand Rapids area. This role will support the accounting and finance team through period-end close, financial reporting, account reconciliations, fixed asset accounting, and day-to-day accounting operations. The ideal candidate will be a hands-on accounting detail oriented who is comfortable working in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and can quickly contribute to month-end close and financial analysis activities. Responsibilities Develop and maintain reports used for financial analysis, forecasting, and business results reporting. Record costs associated with newly acquired fixed assets and maintain fixed asset records. Calculate and record depreciation expense and account for fixed asset retirements and disposals. Manage incoming accounts receivable payments and accurately post cash receipts. Reconcile bank statements and prepare related cash journal entries. Record, classify, and summarize financial transactions in accordance with GAAP. Maintain and reconcile subsidiary ledgers, investigating and resolving discrepancies as needed. Prepare and post month-end close journal entries. Reconcile general ledger accounts and research variances. Support financial statement preparation and reporting activities. Maintain organized accounting records, documentation, and filing systems. Collaborate with accounting leadership on special projects and process improvement initiatives.
We are looking for a Sales Analyst to join a high-volume sales organization on a Contract basis in Michigan. In this contract assignment, you will partner closely with senior sales leadership to deliver forecasting, reporting, and data-driven recommendations that support major retail business activity during a critical year-end period. This role is well suited for someone with strong consumer packaged goods experience who can balance analytical depth with accuracy, speed, and cross-functional collaboration.<br><br>Responsibilities:<br>• Develop and maintain sales forecasts, performance tracking, and trend evaluations to help guide account-level planning and decision-making.<br>• Review promotional results and translate sales data into actionable insights for business partners and leadership.<br>• Oversee item maintenance activities, confirm pricing accuracy, and support agreement documentation and related sales administration.<br>• Contribute to holiday planning cycles and year-end reporting by preparing timely analyses and organized reporting packages.<br>• Work closely with Finance, Supply Chain, Customer Service, and trade support teams to align reporting outputs and business priorities.<br>• Maintain data quality and reporting accuracy across internal and external sales-related platforms and vendor systems.<br>• Provide ad hoc analysis to identify risks, opportunities, and performance drivers across key retail accounts.<br>• Support a fast-moving business environment by managing multiple priorities and responding quickly during peak seasonal periods.
<p>We are looking for an accomplished finance executive to provide steady leadership for a manufacturing organization on the Michigan Lakeshore. This Long-term Contract position is designed for a hands-on leader who can strengthen financial planning, improve forecast accuracy, and bring greater structure to accounting and compliance activities. The role will guide a sizable finance team, support executive decision-making with reliable analysis, and help create a more disciplined operating rhythm within a defense-focused environment.</p><p><br></p><p>Responsibilities:</p><p>• Lead the finance organization by setting direction, building accountability, and supporting the development of a team of approximately 20 professionals.</p><p>• Strengthen financial planning and analysis processes by improving budgeting, forecasting, and performance reporting to deliver more dependable business insights.</p><p>• Oversee core accounting operations, including month-end close and financial reporting, while reinforcing consistency, accuracy, and timeliness.</p><p>• Direct compliance activities in a defense industry setting, ensuring readiness for audits and alignment with applicable regulatory and internal control expectations.</p><p>• Evaluate current team capabilities, identify organizational gaps, and recommend restructuring or skill development plans to improve effectiveness.</p><p>• Partner with senior leadership to translate financial results into actionable recommendations that support operational and strategic decisions.</p><p>• Manage financial consolidation and reporting requirements for a global parent organization, including disciplined support for control-oriented reporting practices.</p><p>• Use tools such as Infor Visual ERP, financial consolidation platforms, Power BI, and Excel to enhance reporting visibility and analytical rigor.</p><p>• Bring stability to the finance function during the contract period by refining key processes, reinforcing leadership presence, and creating a stronger foundation for long-term success.</p>