Staff Accountant / Financial Analyst

Launch Your Career Beyond Public Accounting 

Have you spent the last 2-5 years building a strong accounting foundation through a combination of public accounting and industry experience? Are you ready for a role that allows you to apply your month-end close experience while expanding into financial analysis, budgeting, operational finance, and business strategy? If so, we would love to meet you. 

Eastern Controls is seeking a Staff Accountant / Financial Analyst to join our growing finance team. This role offers far more than traditional accounting as you will partner with leaders across Sales, Operations, Purchasing, and Finance to help drive business decisions, improve processes, and support the continued growth of our organization. 

This is an excellent opportunity for someone with 2-5 years of progressive accounting experience, ideally including both public accounting and industry exposure, who has participated in month-end close activities and supported a budget or forecasting process. 

What You'll Do 

Financial Reporting & Month-End Close 

• Assist with monthly close and financial reporting activities 
• Prepare account reconciliations and supporting workpapers 
• Analyze monthly and year-to-date financial results 
• Prepare quarterly and annual sales incentive calculations 
• Support annual external audit requirements 
• Partner with Sales leadership on planning and financial analysis 

Budgeting & Financial Analysis 

• Assist in developing annual budgets and financial forecasts 
• Analyze actual results versus budget and forecast 
• Review expense coding and support accounts payable processes 
• Assist in developing departmental performance metrics and incentive calculations 

Operational Finance & Process Improvement 

• Support operational transaction processing and commission accounting 
• Analyze purchasing and inventory activity 
• Assist with ERP data integrity and customer master maintenance 
• Review sales tax processes and support compliance initiatives 
• Identify opportunities to improve business processes and internal controls 

Business Projects 

• Prepare financial reporting for leadership meetings 
• Assist with 3rd party audits and compliance reviews 
• Support data analysis and strategic business initiatives 
• Participate in continuous improvement projects across the organization 

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting 
• 2-5 years of accounting experience, preferably with a combination of public accounting and industry experience 
• Strong understanding of general ledger accounting and financial statements 
• Hands-on exposure to month-end close activities, account reconciliations, and related financial reporting support 
• Experience supporting an annual budget, forecast, or budget-to-actual analysis process 
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills 
• Experience working with ERP systems 
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities 
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple priorities 

Why Join Eastern Controls? 

At Eastern Controls, you will gain exposure well beyond traditional accounting working directly with finance leadership and collaborate across multiple departments, developing the business acumen that prepares you for future opportunities. 

You will have the opportunity to: 

• Build experience in financial analysis and FP&A 
• Learn operational finance in a growing industrial business 
• Work on meaningful cross-functional projects 
• Influence process improvements and internal controls 

If you are ready to take the next step beyond public accounting and make a direct impact in a growing business, we would love to hear from you.