Senior Staff Accountant

Role Description

The Senior Staff Accountant is responsible for overseeing general accounting operations, ensuring accurate financial reporting, and maintaining compliance with all relevant regulations.

• Produces timely, accurate, and reliable financial statements and accompanying documentation; drives efficiency and improvement within the month-end close process.
• Maintains and reconciles the general ledger and sub ledgers monthly, prepares account reconciliations and resolves discrepancies; account reconciliations include cash accounts, AR, AP, fixed assets, prepaids and accruals.
• Maintains fixed asset subledger, ensures capital expenditures are properly supported and classified, reviews additions and disposals, and calculates and records monthly depreciation/amortization.
• Analyzes financial results and variances versus budget or forecasts.
• Supports audits by providing necessary documentation and analyses while adhering to deadlines.
• Identifies accounting and/or process issues, recommends and implements solutions.
• Assists with tax preparation and filings.
• Prepares ad hoc reporting requests.
• Other duties as required.

Qualifications

• Prior experience with a $100M+ mid-market company and accounting department is required.
• Experience with financial statement preparation, analysis, and reporting, including month-end and year-end close processes.
• Strong understanding of GAAP and internal control frameworks.
• Experience with the legal/court system is preferred.
• Experience with background screening is preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Excel, Word) or similar software is required.
• Relevant business management systems such as general ledger, HRIS, CRM, etc. is preferred.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in accounting or a related field is required. Master’s degree is preferred.
• Certifications or licensure: CPA is preferred. If you do any work-related driving while at Asurint, a driver’s license and ability to maintain a driving record that is satisfactory to the company’s liability insurance carrier is required.
• Years of relevant experience: 4 to 5 years is required; 6 to 8 years is preferred.
• Years of experience supervising: None.

Working Conditions

• The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts that require normal safety precautions typical of offices, including the need for general safe workplace practices with office equipment and computers, avoidance of trips and falls, and observance of fire regulations.
• This position is performed remotely within the United States or in an office setting in the Cleveland, Ohio headquarters, although off-site meetings in various settings may occur.
• Inside Asurint’s office environment, the noise level is usually quiet to moderate.
• In a remote setting, the employee is responsible for maintaining a safe and secure work environment, for arranging the off-site workspace in an ergonomically sound manner, and for maintaining standard Internet speeds in order to work effectively.
• In a remote setting, the employee is required to ensure that all equipment and records that are the property of Asurint but have been relocated to the off-site workplace, are maintained in a safe and secure manner and are used only for business purposes.
• The schedule is generally normal Eastern Time Zone business hours (unless otherwise communicated based on position or working location), although the employee may be required to perform work, attend meetings and events before or after normal workings hours, and occasionally on weekends and evenings.
• Some travel by personal automobile and a valid driver’s license may be required. Occasional overnight travel may be required.
• Ability to lift light objects (less than 20 pounds) and carry them short distances (20 feet or less) is required.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision effective first day of employment
• 401(k) with employer match
• Paid time off
• 10 company-paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Wellness Program
• Paid Bereavement
• Pet Bereavement
• Pet Insurance
• Volunteer time off
• Telecommuting Stipend
• Professional development programs
• Short-term disability
• Company-paid long-term disability
• Company-paid life insurance
• Flexible spending/health savings accounts
• Employee referral bonus