Corporate Staff Accountant

POSITION PURPOSE:

We are looking for a Corporate Senior Accountant to join our Accounting Control Group to assist with the Company’s financial reporting and accounting. Leveraging prior industry experience, along with public accounting experience, the corporate senior accountant will assume a key role in ensuring compliance with financial reporting requirements and in continually improving the Company’s reporting, compliance, and control environments throughout a high growth period. This role will be responsible for implementing a balance sheet review process covering account reconciliations, accounting compliance and report-outs to Finance and Accounting Leadership. The person will work with the various Accounting teams by providing training and accounting guidance.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND BASIC DUTIES:

• Assist in the monthly close process to deliver timely and accurate financial reporting including the review of monthly Balance Sheet reconciliations
• Ensure accounting policies and procedures are being consistently followed and adhered to.
• Coordinate and prepare consolidated financial analytics for internal management and external auditors;
• Working cross-functionally with the SEC reporting and FP&A teams on projects to increase operating efficiency in the finance department.
• Assist with the successful completion of the year-end audit, and schedule requests of external auditors.
• Assist in the documentation and compliance with SOX
• Perform and /or supervise special projects as assigned which include, but are not limited to, Accounting systems upgrades and implementations, M&A analysis and facilitating process improvements over manual inputs/procedures.
• Special projects as determined by Management

Required Skills:

EDUCATION/CERTIFICATION:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting is required, Master’s degree in accounting is preferred.
• CPA Preferred

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE:

• Strong working knowledge of US GAAP.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

• 4+ years of accounting experience,
• 2-3 years Big Four Public Accounting experience strongly preferred.
• System Implementation experience preferred

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

• Extensive experience with Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Outstanding communication skills, verbal and written
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills to drive continuous improvement
• Ability to adapt to changing job responsibilities and priorities
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a deadline driven environment.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Strong attention to detail is essential.