Senior Accounting Specialist

Job Summary

Under moderate supervision, provides support for month-end closing requirements including fixed assets, intercompany, journal entries, financial reporting and closing requirements.  Acts as a liaison between multiple departments to resolve issues or answer inquiries. 

Responsibilities

• Performs senior accounting functions including monthly account reconciliations, monitoring certain monthly accruals and preparing journal entries in order to ensure proper reporting financials.
• Maintains and analyzes fixed asset ledger in order to ensure purchases are classified properly and fall within budget.
• Lead the annual fixed asset count accordingly.
• Review and approve purchase requisitions for Fixed Assets.
• Ensures internal controls are operating correctly with the goal of zero deficiencies through JSOX auditing.
• Performs financial analysis and assists in financial reporting activities in order to ensure proper recording of transactions.
• Investigates and analyzes accounting and financial related data in order to reconcile and audit information.
• Performs more complex intercompany account reconciliation.
• Assists with process improvement activities including maintaining and implementing internal controls.
• Acts as a liaison between internal departments and other DENSO locations in order to resolve outstanding issues.
• Assist on internal and external audit.
• Performs monthly financial reporting as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance required.
• 2-5 years of relevant Accounting experience.
• Knowledge of GAAP/IFRS required.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to discuss or transmit primarily factual information to internal and external customers in the normal course of performing duties.
• Strong analytical skills to investigate, interpret and reconcile information from several distinct sources in situations where conclusions or resolutions are discernible.
• Customer service skills to display a service-oriented attitude in addressing and responding to customer issues.
• Intermediate understanding of accounting principles.
• Fixed Asset Software (e.g. Sage, Oracle, SAP, etc.).
• Cross functional team member.
• Process improvement mindset.
• Intermediate system knowledge in Accounting.
• Ability to take ownership of financial statements.
• Advanced skills in Excel (e.g. Vlookups, sumifs, pivot table, etc.).

Salary $63,000-$80,000.

Benefits Summary

• Health, Dental, Vision, Prescription Drug plans 
• Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Employee Assistance Program
• 401K with 4% company match
• Bonus Program
• Wellness Program
• Onsite Fitness Center (vary by location) 
• Tuition Reimbursement 
• Career Development and Ongoing Training
• Paid holidays and vacation 
• Cafeteria and food markets (vary by location) 
• Volunteer opportunities 
• Employee recognition (employee and milestone events)