Senior Reporting Analyst

Job Description:

• Job Title Senior Reporting Analyst

• Company LC Advisory Services

• Department Finance & Accounting

• Reports To Manager, Financial Reporting

• Wage Category Exempt

Who We Are

At Lifestyle Communities (LC), we take deliberate action every day to nurture a culture grounded in our purpose — to Build a Connection™. Whether you’re behind the bar, in the kitchen, or on the floor, your work helps create spaces where people come together, connect, and belong.

We are guided by our core values — Performance, Quality, Communication, Teamwork, and Leadership — and fueled by our commitment to excellence. At LC, you’ll find your “why,” your place to belong, and the opportunity to make a lasting impact.

The Team You Will Join

We count on accounting and finance to deliver far more than just the numbers. Lifestyle Communities’ (LC) Finance team helps us realize our goals and achieve our ambitions by identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to drive value. You’ll join a dynamic team committed to elevating the company through product innovation, process improvement, and margin and profitability enhancement. You will strategize, forecast, analyze, audit, research and lead important decisions.

Who You Are

As the Senior Reporting Analyst, you will be responsible for performing a variety of accounting, finance, and analytical functions as part of the company’s corporate consolidation and reporting team.  This role will be accountable to the Company’s stakeholders by providing high-quality financial reporting, as well as operational accounting and finance support on Company transactions. To be successful in this role, you will have to rely on a strong technical skillset to manage the preparation of Company consolidated financial statements and effectively communicate financial results to business partners and other users of the financial statements. This role will partner with multiple accounting teams across the organization. In alignment with the brand strategy of reinforcing the core values of the Company, this role is focused on delivering key metrics and strategic analysis while supporting the designated business units.

The Difference You Will Make:

• Apply a thorough knowledge of U.S. GAAP and financial reporting skills to produce high-quality, accurate, timely financial statements and schedules for reporting purposes.

• Maintain consolidation accounting processes and policies, controls over financial reporting, preparing and/or reviewing financial reports.

• Drive monthly financial close processes in accordance with GAAP, from journal entries through review/explanation of financial statements.

• Ensure the completeness and accuracy of all reports, presentations, and data provided to external investors/banks/auditors.  

• Prepare reconciliations of intercompany balances for which financial reporting is required. 

• Prepare monthly financial analysis of key accounts as requested. 

• Maintain and update knowledge on Accounting Principles and market trends.

• Understand business unit methods, and make decisions as it relates to the accounting department.

• Manage reporting software and utilize software to produce required data and metrics needed for business analysis/decision making.

• Assist with tax planning and compliance. 

• Influence idea generation for Best-in-Class principles and utilizes strategic development for future business needs/growth.

• Complete other projects as directed and assigned by Leadership Team.

What You’ll Bring:

• Work requires the ability to align and to embrace our Core Values: Performance, Communication, Leadership, Quality, Teamwork. 

• CPA certification preferred.

• 3-5 combined years of public accounting and/or industry experience (public company preferred)

• Sound technical accounting and reporting acumen, problem solving and analytical skills.

• Understanding of internal control concepts.

• Experience with consolidation tools (Planful, Hyperion, SAP, Workday).

• Strong organizational skills and the demonstrated ability to manage numerous projects/deliverables simultaneously against set deadlines.

• Energetic, can-do attitude, forward-thinking leader and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, technology driven, vertically integrated structure leveraging a collaborative management team.

• Exceptional attention to detail and the ability to complete tasks in an accurate and thorough manner.

Direct Reports and Reporting Relationship:

This role will not have any direct reports but will be expected to achieve results by working alongside team members from multiple departments and throughout the organization, ensuring success of department objectives.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related business discipline required

• Two (2) to Four (4) years professional/public accounting experience is required; or equivalent combination of education and experience. 

• Additional education or certification in accounting field desired but not required.

Physical Demands and Work Environment:

The physical demands and work environment described herein are representative of the criteria that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to individuals with disabilities to perform these functions in accordance with applicable law.

Physical Demands:While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to primarily sit; stand; walk; handle or feel objects, reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. Occasional climbing, balancing, stooping, crouching, and crawling; specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, and the ability to focus.

Work Environment: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is exposed to an office environment with limited exposure to project sites. 

Location and Travel:This position will be based in Columbus, Ohio with minimal travel to local and out of state markets including but not limited to Tennessee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Texas, Colorado, and Florida. 

Disclaimer

The above information in this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.

Lifestyle Communities (LC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer.