Senior Accountant (Remote)
This position is an excellent career-building opportunity for a self-motivated and career-oriented individual. The Senior Accountant will be responsible for performing a variety of accounting functions to support a timely and accurate financial statement close process. Areas of primary focus will include revenue, SAP closing activities related to the Company’s Uniforms and Related Products Segment (includes Corporate) and other monthly close activities. This position has career advancement and growth opportunities.
ROLE AND RESPONIBILITIES
- Coordinates and reviews consolidated sales reporting activities to ensure that management reporting is accurate and timely
- Troubleshoots revenue systems issues and identifies required accounting fixes to ensure accurate monthly financial reporting;
- Takes ownership for the creation and maintenance of cost centers and profit centers within SAP
- Performs distribution and assessment cycles within SAP, including the maintenance of statistical key figures and quantities
- Supports the Segment Controller in review of the financial statements, including monthly/quarterly reporting activities, review of vendor receivables and maintenance of capitalized purchasing schedules.
- Prepares journal entries, both standard and non-recurring, and assists with the verification of transactions to ensure appropriateness, accuracy, and validity
- Performs timely balance sheet reconciliations and assists with maintenance of specific schedules
- Partners with the Segment Controller to develop best practices for an efficient and effective close process
- Supports the annual external audit process by preparing or coordinating with the internal teams to ensure work papers for audit are prepared timely and accurately
QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED EDUCATION/SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in Accounting or Finance;
- Minimum 5 years of directly related experience;
- Ability to work independently with the ability to resolve inconsistencies and problems and deliver results with a limited amount of supervision;
- Working knowledge of generally accepted accounting standards (GAAP);
- ERP systems experience preferred (e.g., SAP); and
- Proficient in MS Office, including the ability to perform pivots and V-lookups in Excel.
COMPETENCIES
- Quality Focus – Ensuring that all work in one’s own area of the business, throughout the organization, by vendors, suppliers, etc. is performed with excellence and to high standards for quality and integrity.
- Time Management – Focusing on completing all work tasks in a timely manner while remaining responsive enough to react to competing demands and shifting priorities. They are able to manage multiple responsibilities while being organized, keeping on top of important time-sensitive tasks, and performing all work accurately.
- Deliberative Decision Making – Gathering, considering and evaluating all relevant information to make logical conclusions before being moved to action. Ability to put aside personal biases and take an objective approach to making decisions based on data or other pertinent facts.
- Analytical thinking – Capability and inclination to identify and synthesize information from diverse sources by looking for patterns in data, making connections between seemingly unrelated events, and understanding how different parts of a system are interdependent.
- Learning agility – Ability to discern patterns in data, recognize relationships between concepts and rapidly apply learning from one context to solve analogous problems in different contexts.
- Scientific acumen – Consistently and appropriately implementing best practices in scientific inquiry and empirical reasoning to identify trends in data. Conducting all research, analyses and interpretations in accordance with the guidelines set forth by the appropriate scientific community.
**Along with a generous Compensation Package, the company offers an excellent Benefits Package, including Medical, Dental, a Defined Contribution Plan (e.g. 401(k)), Life Insurance, Long-Term and Short-Term Disability and a Flexible Spending Account.
EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
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