Senior Accountant

Position: Senior Accountant

Location: New Hyde Park, NY - Hybrid

Salary: $95,000 - $105,000

"Stable distribution company is searching for a Senior Accountant to join their team."

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review general ledger account activity and prepare month-end closing journal entries and analyses for assigned accounts.
• Conduct monthly and quarterly account reconciliations to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
• Research and correct account discrepancies.
• Work effectively with other teams, such as Accounts Payable, Payroll, FP&A, and Operations in order to prepare closing entries and to anticipate changes to processes.
• Help lead the implementation of best practices to simplify, standardize and scale our accounting processes.
• Analyze complex financial reports and records.
• Perform variance analyses including identifying trends and researching material variances.
• Assist in the interim and annual audits by providing supporting schedules, working with other departments within the company to gather data and answers accounting questions by researching and interpreting data.
• Prepare financial statement footnotes for bank reporting.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting
• Minimum 3-5 years experience; preferably mix of Public and Private
• In-depth knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• Advanced Excel skills and comfort handling extremely large data volume
• Advanced experience in building schedules, processes, reconciliations and flux analysis
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office/Excel skills required
• Knowledge of AS/400 and Sage a plus