General Overview

Summary

Detailed Description

• Prepares manual accounting entries and monitor system generated entries to ensure that financial statements are accurate and stated in accordance with GAAP.
• Prepares monthly account reconcilations for a series of balance sheet accounts.
• Ensures all reconciling items are cleared in a timely manner, by making the adjustment or communicating recommended action to the appropriate individual for correction.
• Thorough understanding of the balance sheet accounts in their scope of responsibility so that errors and anomalies can be recognized and explained or corrected immediately.
• Creates monthly reports to analyze variances between actual, forecast and plan.
• Provides an explanation of variances to management.
• Takes independent action to gather ideas and gain consensus with cross-functional teams on process improvement recommendations.
• Communicates to ensure ideas are understood and accepts perspective of others.
• Writes effectively and makes internal presentations.
• Actively participates in team discussions.
• Shares ideas, knowledge and skills.
• Treats all team members fairly.
• Evaluates alternatives based on pros/cons.
• Provides input on how to manage required changes.
• Leads by example and is accountable for own actions.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Working knowledge of corporate accounting policies
• Strong system skills, including common office platforms such as MS Office and Access, along with strong analytical skills
• Good communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Ability to manage multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Can distinguish between urgent and important issues and prioritize their work accordingly.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion
• Ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers
• Thorough understanding of accounting principals.
• Can apply Corporate Accounting policy and procedures manual.
• Ability to manage specific general ledger accounts including reconciliations and understanding of accounting processes related to these accounts.
• Ability to prepare a forecast for one element of the business (cost center, profit center, pricing forecast or key balance sheet component)
• Ability to calculate and do basic interpretation of all key business metrics.
• Provide interpretation of reports/results to users.
• Generates reports with job-related software.
• Understanding of the capabilities of the tools can identify problems and trouble shoot input errors.
• Understands inter-relationships between depar

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data
• Repetitive manual movements are frequently required (e.g. data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc)
• Occasional overnight travel may be required

Typical Experience

• Zero to two years of experience in related field

Typical Education

• Bachelor degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Enrollment at an intermediate level of an accounting designation may be required
• Education experience may vary by geography.

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