Senior Accountant
Protolabs
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Join a high-performing global finance organization where your expertise will have a visible impact. We are seeking a Senior Accountant to support our Americas accounting function and play a critical role in ensuring financial accuracy, compliance, and operational excellence within a publicly traded company.
Reporting to the Accounting Manager, you will be a key contributor to the month-end close process, equity accounting activities, and the ongoing enhancement of our internal control environment. This role offers a unique opportunity to take ownership of important accounting processes while partnering with colleagues across finance and the broader business.
In addition to hands-on accounting responsibilities, you will provide functional guidance to staff accountants, help drive process improvements, and contribute to the scalability and efficiency of our accounting operations. This is an excellent opportunity for a detail-oriented, proactive professional who enjoys solving problems, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and making meaningful improvements in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
If you're looking for a role that combines technical accounting expertise, leadership opportunities, and continuous improvement initiatives within a global organization, we'd love to hear from you.
What You Will Do:
- Prepare, review, and post journal entries across various accounting areas in support of the monthly close process
- Perform and review account reconciliations, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and timely resolution of reconciling items
- Support a fast-paced close process, including variance analysis, flux explanations, and presentation of financial results in monthly accounting close meetings
- Maintain ownership of assigned areas of the general ledger, ensuring accounting is in accordance with U.S. GAAP
- Own the end-to-end equity accounting process, including coordination with external administrators and advisors
- Prepare and review stock-based compensation accounting, entries, and supporting schedules
- Perform technical accounting research and support the preparation of accounting memos for complex or non-routine transactions
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives across accounting processes, including close optimization, automation opportunities, and standardization
- Maintain and enhance documentation of accounting processes and procedures
- Serve as both a control owner and reviewer for key SOX controls
- Support internal and external audit requests, including walkthroughs, testing, and documentation preparation
- Provide functional oversight, guidance, and review support to staff accountants
- Partner with cross-functional teams across finance, operations, and other business functions
What It Takes:
- 4+ years of progressive accounting experience
- Background in public accounting with exposure to publicly traded companies
- Experience working in a SOX-compliant environment
- Strong knowledge of U.S. GAAP and general accounting principles
- CPA certification preferred
- Experience with equity accounting and stock-based compensation preferred
- Experience performing technical accounting research and drafting memos preferred
- Strong communication skills, ownership mindset, and collaborative approach
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Skilled in process improvement, cost control, and scalable systems
- Ability to drive efficiency, accuracy, and timely reporting
- High ethical standards and sound judgment
What's In It For You:
- We offer a competitive salary and total rewards package
- We offer amazing benefits including but not limited to:
- Health Insurance: Traditional OR High Deductible plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account (including employer contributions)
- Dental and Vision
- Basic and Supplemental Life Insurance
- Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
- Paid caregiver leave
- You will receive at least 3 weeks of PTO + Wellness + Holiday Pay + Volunteer Hours
- 401k with company match and immediate vest
- Employee Stock Purchase Program at a discounted rate
- Matching grants through Protolabs foundation
- And More!
Compensation (from employer):
77000–115100 USD per year
Summary
Manage month-end close, account reconciliations, equity accounting, process improvements, and audits.
Job title
Senior Accountant
Experience level
4+ years
Minimum experience
4+ years exp
Industry
manufacturing
Location requirements
On-site hybrid role in Maple Plain, MN, with remote flexibility.
Salary
$77k–$115k
Management role
No
Required skills
Preferred skills
Specializations
Structured locations inferred from the posting.
Maple Plain, MN 55359, USA