Staff Accountant

You Are:

A results-driven accounting professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and loves bringing order, accuracy, and insight to financial data. You’re confident working across teams, strong on details, and even stronger on follow-through. From our Shelton location, you’ll play a key role in executing critical accounting processes while partnering daily with our India-based outsourced team (U.S. hours). Your work helps keep Pitney Bowes running with precision.

You Will:

• Own end-to-end journal entry preparation across the full trial balance, delivering accurate, timely, and well-supported entries in compliance with GAAP and corporate accounting policies.

• Drive the monthly close by preparing journals, completing thorough balance sheet reconciliations, and performing sharp, insight-driven flux analysis to ensure the integrity of financial results.

• Manage key transactional accounting flows — ensuring completeness, accuracy, and alignment across all business unit accounts.

• Support project accounting, ensuring proper recording of project-related financial activity.

• Deliver reporting that matters — build ad hoc financial reports and GL analysis using COGNOS and Snowflake to support business decisions.

• Elevate the process — document current procedures, streamline workflows, and identify opportunities for automation and continuous improvement.

• Meet and exceed SLAs to keep internal stakeholders informed and supported.

• Be audit ready — prepare documentation and respond to internal and external audit requests with accuracy and speed.

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting

• 3-5 years of hands-on accounting experience

• Solid understanding of GAAP and corporate accounting policies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Highly organized and able to manage high-volume transactional work efficiently

• Detail-oriented and deadline-driven

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proficiency in MS Office and accounting systems

• Experience with SAP and Hyperion preferred

Compensation:

The wage range for this position is $75,000-$85,000 / year, with the actual pay dependent on your skills and experience as they relate to the job requirements.

Location:

This is a hybrid role, with 4 days in the Shelton, CT office required. This hybrid status may change based on business need. (No relocation assistance offered.)

Sponsorship:

Must be legally authorized to work in the US.  Employer will not sponsor position for employment visa status now or in the future (ex. H-1B).