- Location
- Irving, TX, US
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Finance
- Seniority
- Entry
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- iCIMS
Description
Overview
The Senior Associate Accountant is a position within the Americas Controller organization. The associate will work closely with other members of the Finance organization, especially members of FP&A, Legal, Regional Shared Service, and Treasury.
Responsibilities
- Responsible for month-end/quarter-end closing the general ledger for Corporate entities timely and accurately (posting journal entries, preparing account reconciliations, loading the consolidation system, preparing SOX controls, and coordinating with upstream/downstream functions to resolve issues).
- Preparing quarterly financial statements, accounting forms, analytics, and governmental filings.
- Monitoring assigned accounts to ensure that monthly activity is posted accurately, efficiently and if issues are detected, a recommendation is made to resolve.
- Interfacing with internal and external auditors.
- Assist with special project or ad hoc requests as needed.
- Identifying, solving and/or escalating accounting issues to his/her supervisor.
- Interface with external third party service providers on special purpose entities.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Accounting with 0-5 years of progressive accounting experience.
- Advanced degree or CPA a plus.
- Understanding of accounting principles & internal controls.
- Applies concepts and guidelines; demonstrates healthy skepticism and effective problem solving and analytical skills.
- Previous experience with SAP is plus.
- Proficient in Microsoft office products.
- Ability to work collaboratively as part of a team and work independently with limited supervision.
- Self-motivated, driven and effectively prioritizes assignments.
- Exhibits a positive can-do attitude and approaches responsibilities with an open mind.
- Ability to deal with ambiguity.
Skills
SAPSOXCPA
