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Senior Accountant

Job in Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, 53244, USA
Listing for: ManpowerGroup
Contract position
Listed on 2026-01-29
Job specializations:
  • Finance & Banking
    Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting
  • Accounting
    Senior Accountant, Accounting Manager, Financial Reporting
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Position: Senior Accountant-Contract

Overview

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.

Responsibilities
  • Lead and execute R2R activities, including journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations, and variance analysis
    .
  • General ledger accounting
    —manage 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.
  • Participation 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.
Requirements

• 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.

Manpower Group 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, 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. Manpower Group 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 talent for assistance.

Job: Contractor

Organization: Manpower Group

Title: Senior Accountant-Contract

Location: WI-Milwaukee

Requisition : 0033911

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Position Requirements
10+ Years work experience
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