Sr. General Ledger Accountant

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of period close, required reports, and journal entries to create and support processes that meet required company deadlines.
• Prepare monthly journal entries, including month end accruals, prepaid entries, and cost accruals.
• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for various assigned accounts and investigate variances between GL and subledger.
• Able to work with large amounts of data in excel and generate meaningful schedules.
• Perform standard general accounting month end and quarter close activities. Including communications to operations regarding changes to standard entries and other processes.
• Ability to interpret and test the compliance of operations and accounting on Company regulated internal controls.
• Review and document business procedure and process practices to determine adequacy.
• Completion of (Webforms) financial reporting within Hyperion.
• Ability to analyze and present meaningful supporting schedules generated from ERP system.
• Demonstrate the capability to work on multiple projects requiring judgment and resolve problems.
• Assist with SOX testing quarterly and bi-annually.
• Prepare SOX compliant documentation for all activities.
• Provide support and assistance with audits (internal, SOX, tax, etc.).
• Drive effective accounting solutions that improve the company’s standard of excellence.
• Able to work in a high volume and fast paced environment and show capabilities to complete task under tight deadlines.
• Work with various departments to resolve issues and take on projects as needed.
• Willingness to take on other accounting tasks as needed.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Collaborate with other accounting staff to produce all reports and reconciliations on time to support the close
• Assist Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable analysts as needed
• Respond to inquiries from the Controller and other management on accounts or special projects
• Participate in division/plant continuous improvement analyses

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle, Virtual Trader)
• Experience with Cognos
• Experience with Smart View
• Experience with HFM