Senior Accountant II, Corporate Accounting

Robert Half has a long history of connecting opportunities at great companies with highly skilled job seekers. Bolstered by the strength of our brand, our people, our technology, and our professional services business model, we find meaningful and exciting employment for the people we place and provide clients access to the specialized talent they need to help grow their businesses. We pioneered the idea of professional talent solutions nearly 70 years ago and continue to lead the industry in this space as a global, publicly traded, Fortune 500 company. Simply put, we are the best in the business.

To support our significant revenue growth in recent years, our Corporate Revenue Accounting team is seeking a Senior Accountant to join us in ensuring timely and accurate accounting for revenues and any expected credit losses on the receivables associated with those revenues. This role works on various aspects of revenue accounting with a focus on establishing and maintaining proper reserve balances per ASC 326 and ASU 2016-13 (CECL guidance), month-end and quarter-end close activities, and post-close financial reporting. This position requires impeccable attention to detail, a technical understanding of the CECL guidance, and the ability to deliver timely results under tight deadlines.

Specific responsibilities include:

Revenue and Receivables Reserve Analysis

• Review company’s revenue balances and accounts receivable balances by aging bucket and apply respective reserve rates to determine required reserves
• Record monthly or quarterly entries to true up the reserve balances based on the analysis performed
• Perform variance analysis to determine factors driving fluctuations from prior periods
• Compare reserve balances to prior periods for reasonableness and produce trend analysis for internal and management reporting purposes
• Ensure reserve review and accounting processes follow the company’s documented policies
• Coordinate with internal and external auditors by providing requested support to test reserve balances and related controls

Reserve Rate Refresh

• Perform annual refresh of reserve rates by pulling and analyzing historical revenue adjustments and bad debt write off data
• Document and present results based on different methodology used and provide reasoning for selected scenario
• Research and resolve any data inconsistencies between the various queries used to pull the historical data
• Interpret massive amounts of datasets and relay the results in a clear and concise manner to simplify understanding
• Apply refreshed rates to current revenue and receivable balances and perform impact analysis for the current period

Financial and Management Reporting

• Perform monthly variance analysis for revenue by company’s business segments and for total bad debt expenses incurred and provide explanations identifying the trend and drivers for the fluctuations compared to prior periods
• Prepare quarterly pre and post-close deck slides for presentation to upper management on billing and revenue trends, and revenue and receivables reserve trends
• Prepare the quarterly financial statement footnote disclosure on allowance for credit losses including a roll forward of the reserves
• Address ad-hoc reporting requests from external reporting or the legal department related to company’s global revenue activities

Financial Systems Validations and Reconciliations

• Perform month-end interface validations between billing subledger and GL
• Reconcile intercompany and intracompany revenue and expenses and run elimination allocations
• Reconcile subledger revenue to GL and publish revenue tie-out by practice group

Qualifications:

• B.A., B.S. Degree in Accounting
• 3+ years’ experience in public Accounting plus experience in industry accounting/finance
• Exceptional Excel skills in handling and analyzing large data sets
• Revenue analysis or financial analysis experience a plus
• Knowledge and experience applying GAAP including revenue recognition and Sarbanes-Oxley
• Financial ERP systems experience. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• CPA strongly preferred/required
• Ability to grasp new concepts and/or systems and technology quickly. Excellent oral and written communication skills, demonstrated project management skills, a strong customer service orientation

The typical annual salary range for this position is shown below and is negotiable depending upon experience and location. The position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus.

$84,000.00 - $128,000.00

We offer exceptional earning potential and a competitive benefits package, including group health insurance benef