Senior Staff Accountant

Senior Staff Accountant

7-Eleven is an iconic family of brands with over 86,000 locations, surpassing every retailer in the world. We revolutionize convenience, restaurants and fuel through cutting edge innovation — working hard to be the customer's first choice. 7-Eleven empowers our employees to "activate awesome" and make a meaningful impact in their stores and communities every day. If you're ready to grow, lead and make a difference, come join our team and help shape the future of convenience.

Senior Accountant- Reporting and Analysis

The Senior Accountant is responsible for ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting through timely month-end close activities, journal entries, account reconciliations, and detailed gross profit analysis. The ideal candidate is analytical, detail-oriented, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close activities to ensure timely and accurate financial reporting.
• Complete balance sheet reconciliations, investigate reconciling items, and ensure timely resolution of outstanding differences.
• Perform detailed gross profit analysis, including variance analysis by merchandise category, vendor, and location.
• Analyze sales, inventory, cost of sales, markdowns, shrink, and other factors impacting gross margin performance.
• Prepare monthly management financial reports and schedules.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, company accounting policies, and internal control requirements.
• Participate in system enhancements, automation initiatives, and process improvement projects.
• Ad-hoc duties as needed

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance.
• 4-6 years of progressive accounting experience.
• CPA certification or CPA eligible is a plus.

Key Skills:

• Experience with month-end close, journal entries, and balance sheet reconciliations.
• Experience performing financial statement and gross profit analysis.
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including PivotTables, XLOOKUP, Power Query, and complex formulas.
• Experience with ERP systems such as Oracle or similar financial systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present financial information to both finance and non-finance stakeholders.
• Knowledge of inventory accounting, cost of sales, and gross margin reporting
• Experience supporting process automation and reporting enhancements using Power BI or similar analytics tools.