Senior Accountant

Who We Are:

Blanchard is the global leader in management training. For nearly 40 years, Blanchard has been creating the best managers in the world, training over 150,000 people each year. From the award-winning First-time Manager program-based on the best-selling business book, The New One Minute Manager, to SLII, the most widely taught leadership model in the world, Blanchard is the expert in management training across all levels of an organization and is the provider of choice by Fortune 500 companies as well as small to medium businesses, governments, and educational and nonprofit organizations.

Our headquarters is in Escondido, California with remote locations across the United States and the United Kingdom. We are a dog-friendly company that encourages our colleagues to establish a healthy work-life balance. Our company culture and values are critical to who we are and how we build connections with our colleagues and clients. Together we want to grow as a company and as individuals, as we look for authentic, diverse talent to join our team.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and reliable Senior Accountant to support our month-end close, cash management, and reconciliation processes. This role is ideal for a hands-on accounting professional who enjoys the technical side of accounting, including preparing journal entries, maintaining balance sheet accuracy, and processing daily cash activity. The ideal candidate has strong NetSuite experience, advanced Excel skills, and a proactive mindset.

Duties Include:

• Prepare journal entries for various accounting transactions as part of the monthly and year-end close process.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations for various accounts, identifying and resolving discrepancies.
• Record daily cash activity across all subsidiaries, ensuring accurate and timely posting of incoming cash and accurate cash application.
• Set up payments in the bank portal for approved vendor payments, ensuring accuracy and appropriate documentation.
• Assist with the month-end and year-end close by preparing schedules, supporting documentation, and ensuring deadlines are met.
• Maintain accounting schedules and documentation in compliance with internal controls and audit requirements.
• Work cross-functionally with Accounts Payable, Finance, and other internal teams to resolve discrepancies and ensure proper coding of transactions.
• Assist with audits and compliance requirements.
• Support Corporate Accounting Manager on various ad-hoc projects.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance
• Three to five years of hands-on accounting experience with a strong focus on journal entries, reconciliations, and cash recording.
• Strong understanding of GAAP.
• Strong Microsoft Excel Skills, including formulas, pivot table, and data analysis.
• Proficiency in NetSuite.
• Proven experience in cash recording and bank-related accounting tasks.
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills, and ability to manage recurring tasks with accuracy.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a remote or distributed environment.

Work Environment: Normal office environment to include operating a computer and using the phone. requires adaptability, quick decision making, ability to juggle multiple priorities, oral communication, ability to interpret data, dependability, good judgment, reading, social skills, influence and relate well to others, stress controls, ability to work independently. some travel required primarily in region.

Blanchard is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing a workplace free from harassment and discrimination. We celebrate the unique differences of our employees because that is what drives curiosity, innovation, and the success of our business. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities.