Senior Accountant

A senior staff accountant's responsibilities include tasks necessary to properly document the financial position of the company and work with all data to reconcile any information from subsidiary income or expense modules. 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Financial reporting and analysis
• Month-end close and consolidation with parent company
• Ability to interface regularly with the parent company and others in the finance department
• Assists with bank audits, inventory and sales tax audits and year-end external audits
• Ad Hoc reporting
• Additional responsibilities as determined by the Director of Accounting or VP of Finance.

About Music & Arts

Music & Arts embodies the world of creativity and music by encouraging our teammates to find their own individual sound. We strive to create lifelong musicians and make a difference in the world by enabling musicians and non-musicians alike to experience the almost indescribable happiness that comes from playing an instrument. We believe in putting our customers first, engaging with respect and integrity and fulfilling our mission with passion.

The first Music & Arts was located in a small house in Bethesda, MD and run by founder Benjamin O'Brien. When Music & Arts opened its doors in 1952, we offered printed music, music lessons, dance lessons, and art supplies. Ben decided shortly after opening his business that he wanted to focus on music to better serve his customers -- a decision that remains intact to this day.

Since the 1990's, Music & Arts has expanded nationwide through organic growth and a series of acquisitions and mergers with other music dealers. In 2005, Music & Arts joined forces with American Music to become the largest band and orchestra instrument retailer in the United States. Based in Frederick, MD, Music & Arts is now part of the Guitar Center enterprise and comprises 225+ retail stores, 200+ educational representatives, and 250+ affiliate locations.

Qualifications

To join our band, you'll need the following experience:

• 5-7 years' experience in Accounting field, with business operations strongly recommended
• Bachelor's Degree is required, preferably in Business, Accounting or Finance
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Management Accountant (CMA) designation strongly preferred
• Public accounting experience, Big 4 or regional strongly preferred
• Proficient with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) controls and generally accepted accounting (GAAP) principles
• Skilled proficiency with Microsoft Excel to include VLOOKUPs, pivots, logical functions (IF, SUMIF, nested functions), macros
• Skilled proficiency in MS Office suite (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Intermediate proficiency with financial management applications such as PeopleSoft, MS Dynamics AX
• Skilled proficiency with SQL and Tableau
• Skilled proficiency with accounting automation software, such as T-Recs
• Familiarity with inventory in a retail environment preferred, including freight capitalization
• Familiarity with intercompany transactions and consolidations
• Familiarity with business licenses and third-party CT Corporation business license managed services

Why Guitar Center? Here's just some of the rewards:

For our employees who are musicians we offer the unique opportunity of gig leave--take time off to share your music with the world and return to your job after your tour! Guitar Center offers robust benefits and perks, including Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K plus company match, mental health support, paid sick/holiday/vacation time, employee discount program, and tuition reimbursement options.

Pay Rate: $70,000 - $90,000/yr depending on background and experience.

 

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