Accountant Staff Senior

Summary of Position:

• The Senior Accountant role is responsible for a variety of accounting duties related to timely and accurate monthly close and performing daily accounting activities with a focus on completeness and accuracy.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities

• Performs control activities to comply with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act and maintain appropriate control documentation.  Assist with other internal audit work that may be necessary for SOX compliance.
• Responsible for preparing and posting transactions to the general ledger, reconciling general ledger, including discrepancies, and making necessary corrections.
• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of work product, proper accounting treatment of transactions, and adherence to best-practice documentation and review standard.
• Demonstrates ability to apply principles of accounting to analyze and prepare financial information.
• Performs various account analyses relating to actual, forecast, and budget performance, preparation variance commentary, and supporting schedules.
• Prepares work papers that are organized, neat, cross-referenced and supported by conclusions.
• Able to use reference materials in researching accounting issues.
• Desire and aptitude to help support the department’s software applications, including BPC and Cognos FSR
• Prepares, examines and analyzes accounting records and other reports to assess accuracy and conformance to internal and US GAAP procedures.
• Has ability to design electronic models to meet specific needs, and evaluate current financial models in effort to promote and coordinate continuous process improvement initiatives.
• Prepares special financial reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing account information.

Qualifications:

Knowledge and Relevant Experience

• BS/BA degree in business, finance or accounting with an emphasis on information systems
• Working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• CPA

Skills

• Basic knowledge of overall operations and demonstrates good practical problem solving ability.
• Ability to apply critical thinking skills to develop logical and supported opinions.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills: the ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience; competence in clear concise and tactful communications with senior management, clients, peers and staff.

Leadership/Management

• Demonstrates competence in key areas of management and leadership expertise including: relationship management, communication, staff direction and motivation, financial planning and control, quality management, risk management, and the achievement of targets
• Must be assertive, take initiative and be able to propose alternate strategies to meet company demands
• Must be able to manage competing demands, accept criticism and constructive feedback, while being extremely adaptable and flexible