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Role

General Accounting.

Manages ledgers, reconciliations, close tasks, and financial records that keep books accurate

SeniorSoftware spend $3,600 / seat / yr (2026)14,961 contacts in the graph hold this role

Sample taken from the live graph on 7 October 2026; refreshed on demand.

What this role actually does

Responsibilities and pain points, sourced from the production graph.

Key responsibilities

  • Own Recurring Journal Entries, Accruals, Reclasses, and Allocations so the General Ledger Reflects Complete Activity Before Close Cutoff
  • Reconcile Cash, Prepaid, Accrual, Fixed-asset, Intercompany, and Suspense Accounts with Documented Support and Reviewer Sign-off
  • Prepare Monthly, Quarterly, and Annual Financial Statements and Management Reporting Packs Under GAAP or IFRS Policy
  • Operate the Month-end Close Calendar, Clearing Dependencies Across AP, AR, Payroll, Procurement, and FP&A to Hit a T+5 Close Target
  • Investigate Balance-sheet and P&L Variances, Document Explanations, and Route Material Issues to the Controller Before Reporting Is Released
  • Maintain Chart-of-accounts, Entity, Cost-center, and Accounting-policy Data Quality in the ERP

Software pain points

  • Manual reconciliations across ERP exports, bank files, and spreadsheet workpapers at month-end
  • Trial balance, subledger, payroll, billing, and expense data do not agree without manual tie-outs
  • Close deadlines slip because AP, AR, payroll, and business-owner explanations arrive late
  • Spreadsheet version drift creates review rework and weak audit evidence
  • Audit requests interrupt close work because support is scattered across emails, folders, and workbooks
  • Intercompany balances fail to match across entities, currencies, and ERPs

How this role buys

The categories they buy, the people who approve.

Top software categories

  • Accounting Software
  • Distribution Inventory Management Software
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Financial Reconciliation Software
  • Contractor Payment Software
  • Expense Management Software

Decision makers

  • Container Controller
  • Top / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) - Corporate
  • Accounting Manager
  • IT Security
  • Procurement

Workflow

A day in the workflow.

Starts day in Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Teams checking close-calendar questions, then reviews overnight bank feeds and ERP exceptions in NetSuite, QuickBooks Online, or SAP S/4HANA; spends mid-morning in Microsoft Excel reconciling cash, accruals, prepaid expenses, and subledger balances, then enters adjusting journal entries in the general ledger and attaches support in SharePoint; joins a controller stand-up in Microsoft Teams to clear blockers with AP, AR, payroll, and FP&A, then updates task status in FloQast or BlackLine; afternoon work shifts to variance review in Power BI and Excel, pulling trial-balance detail from the ERP and asking business owners for explanations in Slack or Teams; closes the day by locking completed reconciliations, exporting audit evidence, and flagging unresolved items for the next close cycle

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