Senior Accountant

Creating Peace of Mind by Pioneering Safety and Security

At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 30 brands, 12,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond. Additionally, in 2024 we were awarded the Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award, which recognizes the most engaged workplace cultures in the world.

Senior Accountant-Carmel, IN (Hybrid)

The Senior Accountant serves as a business partner to Business Unit Controllers and Finance Owners within the Americas and Corporate Region with general ledger responsibility producing timely, accurate and meaningful information to aid in management decisions and are in compliance with GAAP and applicable company policy (FICAP).

This role is responsible for maintaining multiple subledgers for multiple Americas Business Units. In addition, the role has responsibility for ensuring reporting entities' general ledger yield accurate and meaningful information to aid in management decisions and are in compliance with GAAP and applicable company policy (FICAP)

A successful Senior Accountant at Allegion has a mindset focused on compliance, accuracy and efficiency, is able to consistently apply policies and procedures, and enjoys learning and collaborating with others.  A successful candidate must also have the ability to multi-task a variety of high priority tasks while adhering to deadlines.

What You Will Do:

• Serve as a well-respected business partner and financial resource to assigned business units. 

• Manage monthly closing activities to include maintenance of general ledger, preparation of journal entries, analysis, and reporting for multiple Americas business units. Perform balance sheet reconciliations and resolve any reconciling items

• Maintain ERPs chart of accounts and ownership and accuracy of Hyperion financial mapping

• Develop and maintain advanced data analysis tools to manipulate a large volume of data, including regular usage of Microsoft’s Power BI platform

• Ensure that all duties are handled in an accurate and timely manner

• Drive productivity initiatives, process improvement, and standardization across business units

• Prepare general month end reporting required; Submit and review financial statements for compliance with GAAP and other internal policies.

• Assist with special projects as necessary

• Inter-Company & Intra-Company accounting and reconciliation responsibility between assigned business units and other Allegion entities

• Work in multiple businesses and ERP systems. Help to troubleshoot issues related as well as participate in ERP implementations as needed

• Drive productivity initiatives, process improvement, and standardization across business units

Compliance Related Tasks

• Responsible for monthly and quarterly SOX communications surrounding journal entries and reconciliations approvals for multiple America business units

• Provide support documents for internal and external audits related to assigned business units

• Maintain a robust and effective internal control environment to ensure accounting procedures are compliant with GAAP and FICAP

• Participate in Sarbanes Oxley testing, with emphasis on prevention, elimination, and timely close-out of control deficiencies

• Interpret, implement and/or maintain divisional and corporate financial policies, practices and procedures, including provision of effective controls and audit capabilities 

What You Need to Succeed:

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business or other related field required; CPA and/or MBA preferred

• 2-5 years of relevant accounting experience including general ledger, preferably in a manufacturing setting

• Maintain high level of attention to detail, prioritization, and multi-task in faced-paced environment

• Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving and analytical skills

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally, both oral and written

• Project leadership experience preferred

• Business partnership experience preferred

• Audit experience preferred

• Proficient with utilizing technology, such as Windows, Microsoft Office (Outlook, PowerPoint, Power BI, Excel), Hyperion, and Oracle

• Thorough understanding of financial reporting, accounting and auditing principles and practices

• Ability to work independently as well as in a team collaborative setting

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