Senior Accountant

About SPX Corporation

• [Company] is a global multi-industry manufacturing leader committed to operational excellence and execution. With operations in over 35 countries with over 17,000 employees, we specialize in a diverse range of products serving various industries including power and energy, process equipment, vehicle diagnostic tools, pharmaceutical, food and beverage and oil and gas. 
• We are currently recruiting talent to focus on innovation, expert technology, service and product leadership that will provide critical solutions that help businesses around the globe perform at optimal levels. We hope you will consider joining our dynamic team.

Responsibilities

• Prepares complex account reconciliations and reviews account reconciliations prepared by associates in accordance with US GAAP and SPX corporate and divisional policies and procedures
• Prepares calculations that support journal entries and reviews and approves journal entries of associates
• Post journal entries
• Maintains local chart of accounts (COA)
• Prepares judgmental reserve and other calculations, and reconciles inter-company accounts
• Prepares tax reporting
• Prepares monthly variance analyses for balance sheet, P&L and cash flow
• Ensures required documentation exists to support all journal entries, calculations and account reconciliations
• Acquires a general knowledge of the businesses served
• Prepares audit schedules
• Strictly complies with Sarbanes-Oxley requirements

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• US GAAP and Sarbanes-Oxley requirements
• Proficiency in MS Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Availability to travel < 10%

Required Education / Experience

• Bachelor's Degree (B.A.) from a four-year college or university in Accounting
• SAP experience
• Minimum of 4-5 years of experience in General Ledger Accounting

Preferred Education / Experience

• CPA
• Operational Accounting experience in a manufacturing environment
• Experience in a shared services environment

Job Summary

• The Americas Shared Service Center Senior Accountant is responsible for performing daily general ledger activities and monthly closing procedures including standard calculations, account reconciliations, journal entries, variance analysis, and tax reporting.  In addition this individual will spend >30% of time in direct communications with internal business unit customers.