Senior Accountant - Global

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We’re a technology company that leads with our humanity—driving our business priorities alongside meaningful social, community, and societal impact.**How You Will Contribute:**As a Senior Accountant at Ciena, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and integrity of financial reporting for designated cost centers. Reporting to the Finance Group, you will be responsible for recording accruals, preparing journal entries, reconciling accounts, analyzing expense fluctuations, and delivering insightful monthly reports to Management. Your expertise in GAAP accounting rules will allow you to assess the propriety of accounting processes, collaborate effectively across departments, and support the Finance Group with additional projects as required.**Key Responsibilities:*** Prepare and record monthly purchase order and other accrual journal entries for assigned cost centers.* Identify, obtain relevant support, and prepare journal entries for prepaid expenses and other items, as necessary.* Work closely with departmental teams to ensure accuracy of purchase orders and their related accrual processes.* Review and record cost center allocations.* Analyze monthly fluctuations in responsible cost centers and assess the propriety of accounting.* Prepare, deliver, and obtain approval for monthly cost center reports, communicating results to Management.* Prepare monthly account reconciliations.* Analyze monthly and quarterly trends in professional services and other accounts by vendor, investigating significant or unusual items.* Support international accounting and FP&A teams as necessary.* Provide assistance to internal and external auditors.* Participate in other Finance Group projects as required.* **Initiative:** You are proactive and self-motivated, capable of managing tasks against deadlines with limited direction.* **Attention to Detail:** You ensure accuracy across all aspects of your work.* **Collaboration:** You work well with individuals across various organizational levels and foster teamwork.* **Adaptability:** You thrive in a fast-paced and changing environment.* **Communication:** You possess excellent verbal and written communication skills.**The Must Haves:*** Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting.* 5-7 years of experience, including public accounting and experience in a large multi-national organization.* Intermediate to advanced proficiency in Excel.* Strong organizational skills.* Oracle experience preferred.* Dependable and team-oriented.**Assets:*** CPA designation.* Experience in cost accounting processes.* Proven ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively.Ciena values diversity and inclusion and is committed to creating an equitable workplace for all. If you are an experienced accounting professional looking to contribute to a dynamic team, we encourage you to apply.**Pay Range:** The salary range for this role in USA is $77, 000 - $100, 000#LI-SGPay ranges at Ciena are designed to accommodate variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, and locations, reflecting our diverse products, industries, and lines of business. Please note that the pay range information provided in this posting pertains specifically to the primary location, which is the top location listed in case multiple locations are available.Non-Sales employees may be eligible for a discretionary incentive bonus, while Sales employees may be eligible for a sales commission. In addition to competitive compensation, Ciena offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision plans, participation in 401(K) (USA) & DCPP (Canada) with company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company-paid holidays, paid sick leave, and vacation time. We also comply with all applicable laws regarding Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.Join our to get relevant job alerts straight to your inbox. At Ciena, we are committed to building and fostering an environment in which our employees feel respected, valued, and heard. Ciena values the diversity of its workforce and respects its employees as individuals. We do not tolerate any form of discrimination.Ciena is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.If contacted in relation to a job opportunity, please advise Ciena of any accommodation measures you may require. #J-18808-Ljbffr