Senior Accountant

Overview:

The Senior Accountant role will be responsible for overseeing complex accounting functions, ensuring compliance with accounting standards, and assisting with financial reporting process.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare general ledger entries by maintaining records and files, including reviewing journal entries and reconciliations prepared by junior staff.
• Lead complex account reconciliations and general ledger management, including sales and subledger account reconciliations.
• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies by performing periodic analysis of key accounts or expense categories.
• Mastery of company chart of accounts to ensure GAAP compliance of financial reporting.
• Preparation of workpapers for rent based on ASC 842 standards, fixed asset depreciation, prepaid expense amortization.
• Maintain accurate reporting through month end close process: including but not limited to review of variance vs budget to identify missing entries and errors, booking of necessary accruals and/or reserves, and ensuring completeness and accuracy of the month end close process.
• Ownership, maintenance, and reconciliations of balance sheet accounts (Cash, Prepaids, Accrued Liabilities, Lease Liability, etc.)
• Sales tax processing and compliance, including but not limited to filing of monthly sales tax returns, ensuring company compliance with regulatory requirements, analyzing variances, and preparing related journal entries.
• Assist with audit process (financial, bank, sales & use tax), preparing schedules, gathering audit support and investigating variances.
• Assist with the compilation of monthly, quarterly and annual management reporting packages.
• Developing and updating accounting processes within new financial system.
• Support Accounting & Finance teams with ADHOC analysis and reporting.

Required Skills / Experience:

• 4-6 years of related accounting experience
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Expert level skills of Excel
• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance
• Strong technical, problem solving, and analytical skills
• Ability to work in a collaborative culture
• Intermediate level understanding of US GAAP and IFRS
• Experience with financial systems implementation
• Public Accounting/Audit experience preferred
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with constantly changing demands
• Ability to juggle multiple demands with strong time management skills