Job Title: Senior Staff Accountant

About Circular Services:
Circular Services is the largest privately held recycling and organics service provider in the U.S. It operates over 25 facilities serving major long-term municipal and commercial contracts. The mission of Circular Services is to keep valuable materials in circulation and minimize the cost and environmental impact of landfills. The company services municipal contracts with some of the largest and fastest growing cities in the U.S. including New York City, Austin, San Antonio, and Phoenix.  

About the Role:  

Circular is seeking an experienced, full-time, and hands-on Senior Staff Accountant for our dynamic, fast-growing organization. The person in this position will have primary day-to-day responsibility for managing all financial-related activities of the Company's businesses. To excel at this job, you will need to be passionate about our Company's mission, an empathic communicator, and comfortable in a fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment. This position will report directly to the Director of Accounting of the Central Region.

Responsibilities:

• Financial Reporting: Maintain full responsibility for the production and accuracy of the Company's financial statements. Manage the accountants daily to enhance the quality and timeliness of billing and financial reporting. Review and analyze monthly financial statements and provide recommendations
• Process Flow: Evaluate, understand, and streamline the process flow for billing, accounting, A/R, and A/P. Train staff and incorporate software to improve the systems in place. Ownership of financial accounting and reporting systems, process, and automation tools
• Cash Flow & Risk Management: Update and monitor the Company's cash flow to ensure it is appropriate for existing operations and future projects
• Banking: Review the Company's banking operations and monitor covenant compliance
• Audit & Compliance: Support the Accounting dept. during the annual audit process. Ensure the Company is up to date with regulations and GAAP standards

Minimum Job Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or related field
• 5+ years' experience in a senior financial position with advanced Microsoft Business Central/ F&O D365 
• Advanced Excel skills; testing may be required
• Experience with financial statement and consolidation journal entries and group accounting consolidations
• Exceptional attention to detail
• Positive attitude, and willingness to collaborate with the team to enhance teamwork and performance

Experience:  

• Manufacturing/Production industry experience preferred not required
• Previous Cie Trade experience preferred not required
• Business Central system experience preferred not required
• Recycling industry experience preferred not required

Working Conditions and Physical Requirements:  

• This is an in-person role based out of our Normal IL office (on-site 5 days per week) or Jersey City, NJ office (on-site 3 days per week).

EEOC: Circular Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibits Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: Circular Services is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Circular Services are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Circular Services will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. 

Include shift schedule

8am – 4:30 pm

Include budgeted hours

40