Senior Accountant

Job Summary:

The Senior Accountant’s responsibilities include preparing journal entries and consolidating financial statements during month-end close, analyzing income statement and balance sheet fluctuations and assisting with monthly and ad-hoc reporting.

What You Will Do:

• Lead month-end closing activities, including review of various journal entries, variance analysis and distribution of financial statements
• Review balance sheet account reconciliations on a monthly basis.  Reconcile complex balance sheet accounts and investigate/resolve variances
• Develop and maintain applicable accounting policies and procedures
• Ensure that adequate financial controls are in place
• Review and approval journal entries and account reconciliations
• Support the external auditors’ quarterly reviews and year end audits
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Limited travel as required

What You Will Need:

• 3-5 years’ experience in accounting environment
• Bachelor’s in accounting
• Experience working at a publicly traded multinational company preferred
• Proficient with Microsoft excel
• Sound planning and organizational skills, with an emphasis on continual process improvement, benchmarking and best practices
• Conscientious about timeliness of assignments and quality of work product
• Able to handle multiple tasks and maintain control and order over same
• Possess strong written and verbal communication skills, including ability to articulate recommendations in a concise and timely manner