Senior Accountant - COA GAAP IFRS
Tampa, FL
Experience level: Mid-senior
Experience required: 5 Years
Education level: All education levels
Job function: Finance
Industry: Financial Services
Pay rate: $45 per hour
Total positions: 1
Relocation assistance: No
NOTE: Preference will be given to candidates coming from multinational entities, with revenues in excess of $10 million, or from a major public accounting firm.
Job Summary:
The Senior Accountant participates in, as well as owns, a mix of routine and ad hoc responsibilities in the Controller’s organization. The Senior Accountant is a part of a multidisciplinary accounting team that excels at delivering accurate and timely results by using their accounting knowledge, holding each other accountable, and collaborating across the organization. The accounting team assists other Finance teams throughout the year, improves processes, assists with reporting functions, participates in testing/validations for system implementations and changes, participates in year-end audit work, assists in mergers, acquisitions, or divestitures, researches accounting guidance, and prepares accounting transaction memos.
Your Primary Responsibilities:
- Make an impact in the month-end close process across our multi-entity, multi-currency, global enterprise by preparing and/or posting journal entries to the general ledger accounts, and taking ownership of the respective general ledger trial balances.
- Grow your career by learning from well-rounded, experienced leaders and have ambitions to rotate positions within the wider Finance organization.
- Generate opportunities for process improvements, particularly automation, as well as participate in design and testing for the new processes.
- Obtain an understanding of business and Company by preparing fluctuation analysis of balance sheets and income statements for assigned legal entities.
- Ensure books and records are accurate by preparing and/or reviewing balance sheet account reconciliations.
- Support the reconciliation center of excellence by assisting with the timely resolution of open reconciling items.
- Assist external auditors with year-end audits and with the triennial internal audit.
- Contribute to overall team’s performance to ensure the team meets the Company established standards for effectiveness and efficiency and reaches departmental goals and benchmarks.
- Ensure a smooth month-end close process by working across various departments i.e., Accounts Payable, Payroll/HR, Billing, Collections, Treasury, and General Ledger Reconciliation teams.
- Be empowered to do things the right way by raising issues without fear, identifying control gaps, and aligning risk and control processes in day-to-day responsibilities.
NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above.
Talents Needed for Success:
- Bachelor's degree in accounting preferred, or equivalent recent experience (e.g., posting GL entries, preparing account reconciliations and variance analysis, knowledge of US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP)).
- 4 to 7 years of progressive accounting and/or external financial reporting experience, preference given to those from multinational entities, with revenues in excess of $10 million, or from a major public accounting firm.
- Hands-on mentality, strong attention to detail.
- Fondness for fixing broken processes and unafraid to challenge the norm.
- High problem-solving and analytical skills, ability to connect the dots.
- Solid understanding of U.S. GAAP.
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