Senior Cash & Treasury Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Company Description

At National Vision we believe everyone deserves to see their best to live their best. We help people by making quality eye care and eyewear more affordable and accessible. National Vision is one of the largest optical retail companies in the United States with over 1,200 stores. We operate four retail brands: America’s Best Contacts & Eyeglasses, Eyeglass World, and Vista Optical inside select Fred Meyer stores and on select military bases. We offer an innovative culture where training is a priority, hard work is praised, and career growth is a reality.

We are hiring for a Senior Cash & Treasury Accountant to join our growing team!

Job Description

The Senior Accountant, Cash and Treasury Accounting is responsible for cash and treasury-related accounting activities, including cash and cash-related balance sheet reconciliations, journal entries, month-end close activities, analysis of banking activity, and treasury accounting transactions. This role supports the accounting for debt, interest expense, derivative instruments, intercompany treasury transactions, bank fees, and other treasury-related activities. The position partners closely with Corporate Treasury to understand treasury transactions and underlying processes, determine information and reporting requirements, and ensure transactions are accurately recorded, reconciled, and reported in accordance with Company policies and U.S. GAAP. While the primary focus of the role is cash accounting and cash-related reconciliations, the position also supports a variety of treasury accounting functions and serves as a key liaison between Treasury and Accounting.

What Would You Do? The Specifics.

• Prepare, review, and record cash and treasury-related journal entries, ensuring appropriate support and documentation is maintained.
• Perform daily reconciliation of subledger activity to bank statements in Oracle Fusion, resolve unreconciled items timely, and complete monthly reconciliations of cash and cash-related balance sheet accounts, including bank accounts, clearing accounts, refund accounts, debt activity, intercompany balances, and other assigned treasury-related accounts.
• Prepare and record accounting entries related to debt, interest expense, debt issuance costs, derivative instruments, bank fees, and other treasury-related transactions.
• Prepare and record intercompany treasury transactions, including dividends, distributions, funding transactions, and other intercompany cash activities.
• Analyze bank reports and treasury activity to ensure transactions are properly recorded in the general ledger and reconciled timely.
• Support month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes, external reporting, and SEC reporting by ensuring assigned journal entries, reconciliations, analyses, and financial statement support are completed accurately and within established deadlines.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc analyses, schedules, and reports supporting management review, financial reporting, and treasury accounting activities.
• Assist with internal and external audit requests related to cash accounting, treasury accounting, reconciliations, journal entries, and financial reporting support.
• Partner with Corporate Treasury to understand proposed treasury transactions and related processes, identify information and reporting requirements, and help ensure appropriate accounting treatment and reporting.
• Partner cross-functionally with Treasury, Finance, Tax, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and other business functions to resolve accounting matters and support treasury initiatives.
• Support ERP enhancements, treasury system implementations, process improvement initiatives, and automation opportunities designed to improve efficiency, accuracy, and controls.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, desktop procedures, and reconciliation support packages to ensure consistency, audit readiness, and strong internal controls.
• Identify opportunities to streamline and improve accounting processes, reconciliations, reporting, and treasury accounting workflows.

Qualifications

 

Work Experience

• 6+ years related experience and/or training or equivalent combination of education and experience

Education

• Four year college degree or equivalent experience. resulting in broad knowledge of a field related to the job, such as accounting, marketing, business administration, agriculture etc. (Required)

Licenses, Certifications, Professional Affiliations

• CPA or CMA ((Preferred))

Additional Skills

• Strong understanding of U.S. GAAP and accounting principles related to cash accounting, treasury accounting, debt, interest, intercompany transactions, derivative instruments, and financial statement reporting. (Required)
• Experience preparing and recording journal entries, performing account reconciliations, and supporting month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes. (Required)
• Understanding of debt accounting, interest accruals, financing transactions, and derivative accounting concepts. (Required)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to research and resolve complex accounting issues, reconciling items, and process challenges. (Required)
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills, including pivot tables, lookups, sorting, filtering, and analysis of large data sets. (Required)
• Ability to understand treasury processes and transaction flows, identify accounting and reporting considerations, and translate operational activity into accurate financial reporting support. (Required)
• Experience utilizing Oracle Cloud ERP and BlackLine for journal entries, account reconciliations, transaction matching, and financial close activities. (Preferred)
• Strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and collaborate effectively across Treasury, Accounting, Finance, Tax, and Audit functions. (Required)

Additional Information

Taking Care of our People!

We understand the importance of financial health and security, and because of that, we provide competitive compensation to all Associates. We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including health and dental insurance, 401k retirement savings with company match, flex spending account, paid personal time off, paid company holidays, parental leave, employee eyewear discount and much, much more. At National Vision, we strive to deliver opportunities for professional growth and long-term career fulfillment. We provide training programs, access to educational courses and pride ourselves on the ever-increasing amount of promotions from within. #LI-SH1

We are an equal opportunity employer.  We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics.