Senior Consolidation Accountant

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Responsible for assisting the Manager Consolidation Accounting and Analytics in managing, facilitating, and coordinating global financial accounting, consolidation, and reporting with a focus on communicating quantitative and qualitative information in a clear, accurate, and timely manner. Serve as a liaison between global accounting partners and Corporate Accounting.

What You Can Expect

• Assisting the Manager Consolidation Accounting and Analytics in the global consolidation of BFC financial statements in accordance with the U.S. GAAP requirements, including:
  • Reconciling intercompany profit (ICP)
  • Eliminating reconciled ICP from inventory and cost of sales in consolidation.
  • Analyze Material Ledger ICP variances and adjusting as needed.
  • Aid in coordinating SAP company liquidations and acquisitions.
  • Reconciling SAP financial general ledger to profitability analysis
  • Preparing government reports 
  • Rolling up monthly consolidation, identifying FI-PA system outages, mapping accounts in SAP sets, and inputting financials into Workiva. 
  • Carrying over balances across fiscal years and working with global counterparts who utilize special periods/extension ledgers.
• Assisting as needed in reconciling and reviewing intercompany balancing, settlement, and troubleshooting. Ensure proper accounting and settlement in accordance with tax requirements, including validation of intercompany notes, VAM, and related interest.
• Supervising month-end accounting close
  • Opening and closing posting periods to allow for operations to flow as needed, yet prevent postings to closed periods.
  • Coordinate with Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Production to close out Sales & Distribution and Material Management.
• Assisting the Manager Consolidation Accounting and Analytics with Material Ledger
  • Managing Corporate Material Ledger close and price difference allocation.
  • Reviewing global Material Ledger settlement to cost of sales to ensure accuracy.
• Providing global accounting guidance and training.
  • Assisting Corporate and Technical Accounting team as a corporate accounting point of contact when questions arise.
  • Training users on best practices in regards to SAP, GLSU, account clearing, Brown-Forman policies, and miscellaneous topics as needed.
• Assisting Technical Accounting team with ongoing review procedures, including impairment analysis, and ad-hoc projects as needed. 
• Working as accounting liaison to other functional areas; performing routine processes to ensure those areas’ compliance with GAAP and budget tracking.
• Ensuring compliance with SOX controls related to given tasks to mitigate risk and ensure accuracy.
• Providing internal and external auditors information, analysis, and reports as needed.

What You Bring to the Table

• Proficiency in complex consolidations and equity method accounting.
• Proven ability to improve processes and adapt to dynamic environments.
• Strong understanding of US GAAP and financial statement preparation.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to translate business issues into action plans.
• Strong financial analysis skills with the ability to summarize key results clearly.
• Proactive in recommending and leading procedural improvements.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, and SAP.
• Proficiency in speaking and writing in English.
• Ability to work independently, manage multiple deadline-oriented tasks, and maintain high attention to detail.
• Flexibility to work varied hours as needed.
• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively across all organizational levels.

What Makes You Unique

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting
• 5 years of experience working in finance or accounting
• Active or currently pursuing CPA license

Who We Are

We believe great people build great brands. And we know there is Nothing Better in the Market than a career at Brown-Forman. Being a part of Brown-Forman means you will grow both personally and professionally. You will have the opportunity to solve problems, seize opportunities, and generate bold ideas. You will belong to a place where teamwork matters and where you are encouraged to bring your best self to work.

 

What We Offer

Total Rewards at Brown-Forman is designed to engage our people to ensure sustainable and profitable growth for generations to come. As a premium spirits company, we offer equitable pay structures for individual and company performance alongside a premium employee experience. We offer a range of premium benefits that reflect our company values and meet the needs of our diverse workforce.

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Requisition Type:

Employee

Management Level:

Professional

Global Job Level:

P6

Number of Openings Available:

1