Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Job Description
Senior accountant, financial reporting
provides guidance to markets on accounting treatments to ensure compliance with US GAAP reporting.
Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Prepares complete set of financial statements, including footnote disclosures, in compliance with US GAAP and IFRS for clients that are classified as investment companies
Analyze financial statements and supporting documentation
Assist with the coordination of internal training on select U.S GAAP and SEC topics
Compile and analyze financial information to review and participate in month-end, quarter-end and year-end closing activities
Analyze and review inter-company transactions (includes serving as key process administrator)
Assist the Controller in organizing, streamlining and executing GAAP financial reporting
Prepare / review recurring month end adjustments including differences in presentation related to IFRS vs US GAAP
Draft disclosures contained in SEC filings (10-Qs, 10-K, 8-Ks, stock and debt offerings, ) to assist in completing SEC documents
Prepare the quarterly and annual SEC filings, including document preparation, data analysis, integrity validation and filing submission readiness
Support the company's SOX internal control documentation, compliance initiatives and reporting
Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPA, CFA, SOX
Education for Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the senior accountant, financial reporting job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and University Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, Education, MBA, Economics, Public Accounting, Business/Administration, Professional Accounting, Finance/Accounting
Skills for Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting
Desired skills for senior accountant, financial reporting include:
Microsoft Office
US GAAP
Analyze
Apply technical accounting guidance
GAAP
Interpret
Public accounting experience
US GAAP and ability to research
SAP
Excel
Desired experience for senior accountant, financial reporting includes:
CA/ACA/ACCA/CIMA Qualified with a strong academic record
Assist in the preparation of financial statements and other schedules included in quarterly earnings releases and Form 80K filed with the SEC
Participation in all phases of financial reporting including preparation of financial statements, footnote disclosures and supporting documentation
Acting as a liaison with other departments and external auditors
Responsible for preparation of financial statements and consolidations
Support monthly and quarterly SEC filings, financial statements, and registration statements
Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Examples
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Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of senior accountant, financial reporting. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior accountant, financial reporting
- Assists with the preparation of financial statements including footnote disclosures in compliance with GAAP and IFRS regulatory filings
- Strong knowledge of GAAP accounting and SOX controls
- Identification and implementation of External Reporting best practices, utilizing systematic tools like SAP, BPC, Wdesk and qualitative resources such as industry counterparts
- Assist in the preparation and filing of reports with the SEC, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements and other filing documents
- Assist in the preparation and review of earnings press releases, conference call scripts and other investor materials
- Prepare various financial statements, footnotes and MD&A in the periodic filings
- Coordinate information requests and prepare supporting documentation and analyses to support the financial statements, footnotes and MD&A disclosures, including disclosure checklists and tie-out binders
- Work with external auditors in conjunction with the annual year-end audit and interim reviews
- Assist in the preparation of presentations to the Audit Committee, Board of Directors and investors
- Generate and organize prep materials for quarterly and annual earnings releases
Qualifications for senior accountant, financial reporting
- Ability to communicate with senior leadership and confident with presentations
- Prepare grant-date fair value calculations, quarterly stock-based compensation expense and option exercise schedules and journal entries
- Previous Financial Reporting / Statement Preparation, Month-end Close, and SEC Reporting experience
- Four to six years of asset management accounting experience in either an Audit Firm, Hedge Fund, Hedge Fund Administrator, Mutual Fund or other financial institution where the accountant has gained financial products knowledge
- Previous Financial Statement Preparation experience
- Assisting in the preparation of all Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings on forms 10Q, 10K, 8K and 11K and other public presentations such as press releases and investor presentations
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Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Job Description
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Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a senior accountant, financial reporting. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for senior accountant, financial reporting
- This position works on complex issues where analysis of situations or data requires technical accounting knowledge and experience in specialized areas of accounting literature
- Experience working on technical accounting issues related to Business Combination, Share-Based payment, Restructuring, Revenue recognition, Consolidation accounting, Leases, Fixed Assets, Accounting for Software Development
- Experience with requirements for and preparing SEC filings [10Q, 8K, SX Rules ,305]
- Assist with the preparation of internal reporting needs
- Assist with the evaluation of the impact of ASUs and/or SEC requirements, and assist the Decentralized Accounting Units/Departments with the implementation of new accounting standards
- Reviews and approves transactions, collect and evaluate data, conducts analysis, and prepares reports and recommendations for upper management
- Prepare monthly analytics required by external auditors that summarizes and analyzes financial results to ensure reasonableness in relation to historical results, market trends and budget expectations
- Perform ad hoc research and analysis on various areas of accounting issues in support of special projects or requests from business areas
- Reviews deal agreements submitted for review by the deal teams and develop proposed accounting treatment based upon the deal terms, the Company’s stated accounting policies, other authoritative literature
- Coordinates the deal signoff process within the Accounting departments
Qualifications for senior accountant, financial reporting
- Experience with researching Accounting literature (ASC and internal accounting manuals from Big 4 firms)
- In accordance with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, assist with internal controls documentation, development and review to ensure compliance
- BA/BS degree or equivalent in Accounting, Finance or related discipline
- CPA, and Master’s or MBA preferred
- Experience dealing with technical accounting matters
- Strong organizational, project management, analytical, and documentation
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Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Job Description
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Our company is looking to fill the role of senior accountant, financial reporting. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for senior accountant, financial reporting
- Assist with the monthly close package and prepare various supplemental schedules
- Assist with month-end consolidation and trial balance submission to parent company
- Participate in the consolidation of international subsidiaries
- Oversee the global intercompany balances, perform reconciliations, resolve discrepancies, and report out on balances
- Provide support to our International Tax department such as preparation of trial balance and financial statements of international branches, when required
- Support the financial reporting demands of a growing firm
- Coordinate with external auditors with financial statement preparation
- Monitor, assess and implement new technical accounting guidelines
- Coordinate with Investor Communications team on the distribution of annual audited financial statements to investors
- Assist in various ad hoc projects
Qualifications for senior accountant, financial reporting
- 1-3 years of relevant accounting and internal controls experience, Big 4 preferred or relevant experience with large company
- Process-oriented, ability to work with others and lead and affect process change and improvements
- Prior experience at a Big 4 accounting firm and CPA preferred
- Excellent time management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines
- Agreeing the Proforma with the client and other interested
- Assisting staff members to fully complete the accounts
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Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Job Description
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Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a senior accountant, financial reporting. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior accountant, financial reporting
- Support the Financial Reporting team in preparing the Converse consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP
- Research and analyze the impact of accounting issues and proposed business transactions, including consolidation/VIE’s, derivatives/hedge accounting, revenue recognition, and lease accounting
- Prepare monthly reporting packages
- Perform analysis and reporting of financial data from international entities, including review of balance sheet and income statement variance analysis
- Assist with the developing of the monthly close financial reporting package and preparation of various supplemental schedules
- Assist with the Company’s adoption of new or changing accounting standards
- Perform accounting research, provide recommendations on the application of accounting standards and document the Company’s position with respect to accounting matters
- Support the financial close and external reporting processes
- Prepare financial statements, support other financial or compliance reporting as necessary
- Assist with maintenance and deployment of Companywide accounting policy and procedures
Qualifications for senior accountant, financial reporting
- Verbal and written communication, analytical, interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of Company Law
- Preparing accounts
- Funds/financial services
- Consolidations and intercompany accounting experience in a multi-national corporation
- Proficiency in MS Word, Office, PowerPoint
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Senior Accountant, Financial Reporting Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a senior accountant, financial reporting. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for senior accountant, financial reporting
- Ensure compliance with internal control requirements and Company policies
- Assist with and/or manage ad hoc reporting, analysis, or other projects as assigned
- Preparation of SEC reporting (10k and 10q)
- Perform purchase and sale accounting for businesses acquired and sold, including review and interpretation of legal acquisition documents and schedules for both book and tax purposes
- Coordinate the integration of acquired businesses into DaVita’s accounting systems and processes for both book and tax purposes
- Complete company-wide quarterly financial reporting and asset impairment reviews
- Coordinate with acquisition and divested counterparties regarding settlement of post-transaction amounts
- Reconcile key general ledger accounts related to acquisitions, impairments, and other corporate-level transactions
- Assist finance, general accounting, accounts payable, tax, payroll, and other teams regarding previous corporate transactions
- Assist with the preparation of the annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q
Qualifications for senior accountant, financial reporting
- Four (4) or more years of experience in Accounting or in a related area
- Knowledge of basic Finance and Accounting Concepts
- 3+ years of Big 4 or SEC reporting experience
- Review accounting entries and analyses related to stock-based compensation and accounting for shareholders’ equity
- Assist in preparation of all BOD and senior management level reporting
- Assist in due diligence and accounting for mergers and acquisitions