Senior Accountant

Job Title:  Senior Accountant - Temporary

Job Summary:
The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing account reconciliations, maintaining the general ledger, assisting with audit request, and performing other accounting duties as assigned.  

Duties/Responsibilities:
•    Perform various account reconciliations to assist with the month end close process.
•    Review general ledger and activity to ensure financial statement accuracy. 
•    Prepare and maintain debt roll forward. 
•    Play an active role in the annual financial statement audit. 
•    Ensure the accuracy of our investment system and record investment activity monthly. 
•    Maintain reports to subsidiaries and other departments.
•    Other duties assigned.

Required Skills/Abilities: 
•    Solid working knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (US GAAP)
•    Strong financial analysis skills and highly organized
•    Excellent attention to detail
•    Excellent interpersonal skills
•    Excellent with MS office and proficiency with Excel 
•    Highly collaborative and value integrity
•    Self-starter, and able to set goals and objectives with little direction
•    Be able to communicate clearly and concisely to financial and non-financial colleagues, both orally and in writing
•    Able to question the status quo by offering thought-provoking and creative solutions

Education and Experience:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or related field or equivalent professional experience
•    3-5 years progressive Accounting/Finance experience for a highly complex application system of systems.
•    Experience using MS Dynamics 

Preferred:
•    Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA)
•    Experience with foreign currency.
•    Special attention to those who are self-motivated with a sense of urgency, have a hands-on mentality, and approach work with a ‘no job is too small’ attitude.

Working Conditions:
The physical and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Demands: 
•    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to walk, use hands to finger, handle objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; balance; stoop; bending or crouching; talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. 
•    Some lifting of files, opening cabinets. 
•    Bending or standing as necessary.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to weather conditions and other elements prevalent at the time. 

This description is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills or working conditions associated with the position. It is intended to accurately reflect the activities and requirements of the position, but duties may be added, deleted, or modified, as necessary. This description does not constitute a written or implied contract of employment.