Senior Accountant-Contract
ManpowerGroup
The Senior Accountant plays a key role in ensuring **accurate, complete, and compliant financial reporting** , managing the **general ledger** , and driving end‑to‑end period‑close activities.
Making an Impact
· Lead and execute R2R activities, including **journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis** .
+ Manage **general ledger accounting** and ensure accuracy of all financial transactions.
+ Oversee **month‑end, quarter-end and year‑end close** processes, including reviewing reconciliations and preparing key closing deliverables.
+ Support **cash postings, clearing entries, and cash accounts reconciliation** activities.
+ Participate in **internal/external audits** , providing required documentation and explanations of accounting practices
+ Collaborate with Treasury, AP, AR, Tax, and Business Finance teams to ensure proper transaction booking and clearing.
+ Work with cross‑functional partners to improve **data integrity** and streamline RTR workflows
Sharing Expertise
+ Identify and implement **process improvements** to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and compliance within R2R.
+ Strengthen **internal controls** and ensure adherence to control frameworks.
+ Participate in or lead **process optimization and automation initiatives** , including enhancing R2R controls.
Gaining Exposure
+ Influence team and internal clients through functional knowledge and solution options to resolve problems, improve processes, and strengthen controls.
Your Typical Day
+ Continually review and evaluate information flows and transaction processing in assigned tasks.This review and analysis should include process improvement recommendations and implementation to ensure the most effective and efficient processes.
+ Prepare and/or maintain ongoing documentation of current processes and procedures.
+ Participate in special projects as the need arises.
Required
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in accounting
• 3-5 years public accounting or equivalent work experience.
Nice to Have
• CPA preferred but not required
• Big 4 Firm preferred.
ManpowerGroup is proud to be an equal opportunity affirmative action workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an inclusive environment for all employees. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, political ideology, ancestry, the presence of any physical, sensory, or mental disabilities, or other legally protected status.
A strong commitment is made by each employee and is necessary to ensure equal employment opportunity for all. ManpowerGroup is an inclusive workplace that will recruit, hire, train, and promote persons of all job titles, and ensure all other personnel actions are administered without regard to non-merit-based characteristics of individuals.
Reasonable accommodation during the interview process can be provided. Contact talentacquisition@manpowergroup.com for assistance.
**Job:** _Contractor_
**Organization:** _ManpowerGroup_
**Title:** _Senior Accountant-Contract_
**Location:** _WI-Milwaukee_
**Requisition ID:** _0033911_
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