Senior Accountant at Cowboy Maloney LLC – Jackson, Mississippi

Company Overview:

Cowboy Maloney LLC is a regional appliance, electronics, furniture, and bedding retailer with 13 locations across Mississippi. With retail, warehouse, and delivery/installation operations, the company is strengthening financial controls and modernizing systems to support scalable growth.

Position Overview:

Cowboy Maloney LLC is hiring a hands-on Senior Accountant to own the general ledger and core accounting activities across 13 locations. Reporting to the Director of Finance & Accounting, this role drives an accurate month-end close, clean reconciliations, and reliable financial reporting used by leadership to run the business.

Key Responsibilities:

General Ledger & Month-End Close:

• Own the general ledger across 13 locations, including journal entries, accruals, prepaid/fixed-asset activity, and period-end adjustments.
• Lead month-end close and prepare monthly financial statements; investigate variances and ensure balance sheet accounts are fully reconciled.
• Manage AP and AR workflows (coding, approvals, aging, collections) and resolve vendor/customer discrepancies in partnership with store and operations teams.
• Reconcile daily sales/POS activity to the general ledger by location and investigate/clear discrepancies promptly.

Payroll & Commission Support:

• Support payroll and commissioned sales calculations; reconcile payroll-related accounts to the general ledger and maintain required support.
• Bank Reconciliations & Cash Management:
• Complete bank, credit card, and cash reconciliations; research reconciling items and escalate material issues.

Process Improvement & Systems:

• Lead the accounting workstream for the new ERP implementation, including requirements gathering, chart-of-accounts and financial reporting design, data mapping/cleansing, UAT, and go-live readiness; develop training and post-launch support to drive adoption.
• Improve and streamline accounting workflows, reporting templates, and system utilization as the company modernizes.
• Maintain strong controls and GAAP compliance; support audit and year-end requests with clear documentation.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 3–5 years of full-cycle accounting experience (multi-location retail/service preferred); CPA progress is a plus.
• Experience with commissioned payroll calculations or multi-site retail operations is a plus.

Key Competencies:

• Strong technical accounting skills with a solid understanding of GAAP principles and general ledger mechanics.
• High attention to detail with a zero-tolerance mindset for unresolved reconciling items or unexplained variances.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment while maintaining accuracy and composure.

What Success Looks Like:

• The general ledger is always reconciled and audit-ready with no stale or unexplained balances.
• Month-end close is consistently on time, with accurate payroll support and minimal rework.
• The Director of Finance & Accounting spends time on analysis, budgeting, and strategy instead of cleaning up accounting entries or reconciling discrepancies.

Why This Role:

• This is a high-ownership role supporting a 13-location business where leadership relies on timely, accurate financials. You will have direct visibility, meaningful impact, and the opportunity to improve processes as the company modernizes.

Additional Information:

• All other aspects of the position that is important (i.e., unique problems encountered, special freedom to act, critical outside contacts, exceptional working conditions).
• This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the incumbent in this position. Associate(s) will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments with or without notice.
• All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbent will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or experience.

Physical Demands for the Sr Accountant:

• These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an associate to successfully perform the essential functions of the Sr Accountant. Reasonable accommodation will be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the job.
• While performing the responsibilities of the job, the associate is required to talk and hear. The associate is often required to sit and use his or her hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The associate is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Work Environment for the Sr Accountant:

• While performing the responsibilities of the job, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the Sr Accountant will encounter. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.
• This is a full-time position. Days of work are Monday through Friday. Evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts and vehicles. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

Cowboy Maloney LLC provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employee and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national original, age disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Cowboy Maloney LLC complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Cowboy Maloney LLC expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of Cowboy Maloney LLC's employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.