Sr. Accountant

Job Description

Job Description

Position Title: Sr. Accountant

Location: Valencia

Reports to: Assistant Corporate Controller

Position Summary:

The Sr. Accountant is responsible for maintaining the general ledger, preparing journal entries,

performing account reconciliations, assisting with the audit preparation and requests, and performing other accounting duties as assigned.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Play an active role in the month-end close process including preparing journal entries, balance sheet reconciliations and other account reconciliations and analyses.
2. Maintain fixed asset schedule.
3. Perform monthly cash reconciliations.
4. Record Payroll entries and other benefits accruals.
5. Other general ledger accruals such as prepaids, professional fees/consulting accruals, and other necessary accruals.
6. Perform actual versus budget variance analysis and work with the department heads to ensure that variances are properly explained or corrected.
7. Assist with preparing compliance reports and providing supporting documents to tax agencies and auditors.
8. Troubleshoot accounting issues related to billings, cash, A/R, A/P, payroll, etc.
9. Maintain documentation and update desk procedures related to month-end close activities inclusive within FloQast.
10. Apply Accounting and policies and procedures in month-end activities and related variance explanations.
11. Ad hoc project to support the accounting, reporting, and finance operations.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s Degree in Business Accounting.
2. 5+ years of accounting experience.
3. Must have previous experience in a public company
4. Must be comfortable with US GAAP principles.
5. ERP experience: JD Edwards, D365 or other similar ERP systems.

Special Knowledge/Skills:

1. Strong accounting and financial acumen with attention to detail
2. Must be able to work independently and demonstrate problem-solving skills
3. Must sign NDA agreement indicating that any disclosure written or verbal, or in any form of payroll related information will be subject to termination.
4. Ability to meet a constant stream of deadlines
5. High level of proficiency in Excel to perform spreadsheet and financial analysis
6. Highly organized and detailed oriented
7. Ability to learn and willingness to access multiple systems
8. Must have effective oral and written communication skills
9. Must be able to prioritize and multitask in a fast-paced environment
10. Must be a team player.

EEOC: An Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.

Your Physical Work Environment Will Require: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an individual to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, talk, and hear, stand, walk and/or balance, use hands and fingers to type, handle, feel, grasp, push, and pull. Hand-eye coordination is necessary to operate computers and various pieces of office equipment. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus. The individual is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and repetitive motion. The individual is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch. The individual may occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.