Senior Accountant

Job Description

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced accounting professional looking to take their career to the next level. The ideal candidate will be able to effectively execute in a fast-paced, rapidly evolving business environment and possess the flexibility to thrive at an innovative company.  This role will be an integral part of the corporate accounting team helping to drive the close and consolidation process with a continued focus on improvement to achieve best-in-class results.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare journal entries and account analyses for external general ledger accounting.
• Prepare journal entries and account analyses for internal legal entity restructuring efforts.
• Assist in chart of accounts governance and maintenance.
• Engage in consolidation activities as part of monthly close, including foreign currency remeasurement and translation and cost allocations.
• Support cross-functional teams including revenue, tax and cost accounting with journal entry posting and account analysis.
• Prepare and perform general account reconciliations and analysis for assigned accounts, including internal equity.
• Prepare the monthly Balance Sheet fluctuation analysis.
• Prepare monthly reporting schedules to executives, providing commentary and noting fluctuation changes from prior periods.
• Participate in business transformation projects to streamline and drive financial close process improvements.
• Support the Sarbanes-Oxley documentation for key balance sheet and income statement accounts and relevant control activities.
• Assist in the preparation of quarterly SEC financial reporting, including cash flow statements, footnotes, and disclosures. Proactively identify issues and assist in optimizing systems, upgrades, and automation of accounting processes
• Assist with quarterly reviews and annual audits conducted by external auditors.
• Preparation of ad-hoc analysis and special projects, as requested.
• Assist with quarterly, interim, and year-end audits.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or similar degree
• 4+ years of relevant experience including familiarity with areas of general accounting, intercompany transactions, account reconciliations, multi-currency consolidations, and financial reporting.
• Public accounting / audit experience with a CPA license preferred.
• Experience with SAP and Oracle systems preferred.
• Attention to detail and accuracy is a must.
• Advanced Excel skills
• Self-motivated with effective communication skills and the ability to handle multiple priorities. Desire to work collaboratively within and across teams (including internationally), and with internal/external auditors.
• Willingness to tackle and troubleshoot problems in a fast-paced environment.