Senior Accountant

• Maintenance of the general ledgers for the US and Canada, ensuring that our financials are properly stated;
• Prepare journal entries and account analysis in conjunction with month end close;
• Responsible for ensuring the Company timely completion of account reconciliations across the organization; including preparation and review of more complex account reconciliation.
• Support annual financial statement audit;
• Manage US and Canadian Intercompany transactions monthly ensuring each entity is in agreement;
• Calculate accruals and coordinate payouts for commissions;
• Assist with tracking costs related to Authorization for Expenditures (AFEs) to ensure completeness and adherence to policy;
• Participate in Finance and Continuous Improvement, Cost Savings, and Profit Improvement;
• A driver of process improvement both in finance and the business. Always identifying ways to automate and streamline the close process and other work being done by the finance group;
• Support functional leaders through business partnership, ad-hoc reporting, and mutual ownership and preparation of respective annual budget and quarterly forecasts;
• Analyze and report on business unit expenses including variances compared to budget, prior year and forecast;
• Assist in the development and preparation of ad-hoc financial and business analysis;
• Assist in the development, maintenance and roll-out of finance policies and procedures to ensure proper internal control as well as compliance with US GAAP, various regulatory requirements and internal company policies;
• Prepare and distribute daily, weekly and monthly reports, as required;
• Research and application of technical US GAAP and other international requirements;
• Support development of financial schedules, analysis and presentations;
• Prepare and submit annual reports, license registrations, 1099’s and other filings to ensure compliance with state and local regulatory compliance.
• Where applicable, coordinate with external service providers engaged to assist with these regulatory requirements;
• Other duties and projects, as assigned.

Qualifications :

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting required.
• 2+ years of relevant experience . Public Accounting experience preferred.
• Certified Public Accountant or other finance / accounting certifications is preferred.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions using learned techniques and tools.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical and business information and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to work in a Windows environment, to work with your department’s business applications (particularly Excel) and with standard current computer applications.

Advance Excel and financial modeling skills a plus.