Senior Staff Accountant

What's Encore About?

Encore Luxury Coaches (also known as “Encore”) is the top provider of luxury entertainment coaches in North America. For over 20 years, our team has focused on "Delivering a Premium" in everything we do. We design and build the most advanced luxury coaches, setting new standards in the industry for innovation and comfort. Our approach extends beyond the coach; we carefully select each driver to match our clients’ personalities and specific needs, ensuring a travel experience that is as seamless as it is luxurious. This commitment to excellence is not just for our clients but also reflects how we treat our team, providing significant career opportunities and competitive benefits. As we continue to grow and lead the industry, we remain dedicated to enhancing every aspect of our service, from our exceptional coaches to the personalized care we provide.

Your Role

A s a Senior Staff Accountant at Encore, you will not only lead month-end activities and own complex areas of the close, but also bring the judgment and business context that elevate accounting beyond numbers. This role is built for someone with advanced technical strength, the ability to explain the why behind processes, and the patience to drive change in partnership with stakeholders. You will set the bar for reconciliations, schedules, and documentation, while modeling collaboration and resilience when implementing improvements. You will work directly with Controllers and operations partners to accelerate the close, strengthen controls, and provide insights that improve margin and cash. Success in this role requires balancing precision with adaptability — ensuring accuracy while also building trust, handling pushback constructively, and guiding others to understand both the technical and business impact of accounting decisions. Industry experience with coaches is not required.

Responsibilities

Close leadership : Own end to end close for assigned entities or workstreams, manage the calendar, coordinate dependencies, and hit a 5 day close target

Cost accounting and margin : Maintain or validate standard costs and overhead rates, analyze PPV and production or service variances, track WIP, and partner with operations to improve gross margin

Procure to pay and 3 way match : Oversee PO, receipt, and invoice matching in NetSuite, resolve escalations, drive root cause fixes with purchasing and receiving, maintain clean GR IR, and reduce price and quantity variance drivers

Dimensional reporting and job costing : Ensure accurate coding by entity, location, department, and coach. Reconcile job costing to the general ledger and deliver coach and program level margin views

Fixed assets and CIP : Own the fixed asset subledger, capitalization policy, useful lives, depreciation runs, and project to asset transfers, including construction in progress

Intercompany and consolidations : Prepare and reconcile intercompany balances, manage settlements and eliminations, and provide clear tie outs for consolidation

Compliance and audit : Maintain GAAP alignment, strengthen internal controls, prepare PBC requests, and remediate issues proactively

Reporting and insights : Deliver management schedules and narrative variance explanations that inform decisions

Process and systems : Accelerate close, automate routine entries, improve NetSuite usage, and maintain SOPs so work is repeatable and auditable

Mentorship and review : Review work from Staff I and II, provide feedback, and raise documentation and quality standards

Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field

• 5 to 7 years of progressive accounting experience that includes leading portions of the close
• Hands-on cost accounting experience in a manufacturing, logistics, or similar environment
• Hands-on experience with the PO process and 3-way matching in an ERP
• Strong U.S. GAAP knowledge with proven expertise in inventory accounting, intercompany transactions, fixed assets, and CIP
• Ability to explain the “why” behind accounting processes and connect numbers to business impact
• Demonstrated success shortening close timelines, improving reconciliation quality, and driving process improvement with patience and collaboration
• Advanced Excel skills and proficiency with NetSuite or a comparable ERP
• Excellent documentation, organization, and communication skills

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