Senior Accountant – Funeral Home Accounting

NO THIRD PARTY OR AGENCIES PLEASE!

At Carriage Services we believe in the concept of “First Who, Then What.” We have learned that leaders, who attract and surround themselves with the best people, achieve great things. Carriage Services is not for everyone. We believe in the Four E’s of Leadership—Energy, Energize, Edge, and Execute. Our high performance culture is demanding. If you can compete at this level, then our Company is for you!

The Senior Accountant is responsible for performing the day-to-day functions for the funeral home accounting group and/or financial reporting processes of the Company. Additionally, this role is responsible for preparing and analyzing certain account reconciliations and variance analysis in connection with the Company's monthly close process and completing various projects as determined on an ad hoc basis.

Compensation: $85k

Job Type: FullTime

Location: 3040 Post Oak Blvd. Houston, TX 77056

"The Who"

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting – CPA a plus.
• A minimum of Five (5) years accounting experience – publicly traded company and/or public accounting experience strongly preferred.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Personable, positive, and enthusiastic attitude with capability to deal effectively with people
• Supervising at least two staff accountants
• Comfortable with training and development of staff accountant(s), including providing timely feedback.
• Detail oriented and ability to work in a team setting
• Be a self-starter and resolve issues with minimal supervision
• Solid time management skills; ability to handle multiple projects, meet deadlines and function independently and efficiently in a fast paced environment
• Excellent organization skills and work habits
• Strong General Ledger experience, ability to create and upload journal entries
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required. Strong data mining, analysis, and spreadsheet skills
• ERP / Accounting & Reporting software experience is strongly preferred. Experience with Oracle / Hyperion Essbase and/or Onestream is a plus for this position but not required.

"The What"

• Review written variance explanations and provide guidance and appropriate accounting guidelines for staff accountants during month-end close.
• Review and approve journal entries and inventory reconciliations for staff accountants.
• Complete inventory reconciliations.
• Perform month-end close activities, such as preparing and posting manual accrual entries, expense allocation entries and recurring and re-classing journal entries.
• Prepare balance sheet reconciliations on a monthly and quarterly basis.
• Prepare and review supporting schedules to assist with the preparation of the quarterly and annual Company filings, including providing analytic explanations and MDA support
• Coordinate and prepare PBC requests for internal and external auditors.
• Utilize Excel using complex formulas such as, pivot tables, v-lookups, sumifs, etc. to provide ad hoc and custom advanced excel reports as needed by management.
• Work with Corporate and Field Personnel to obtain information and provide explanations for financial analysis.
• Identify, propose, and implement process improvements / procedure enhancements to gain efficiencies, strengthen controls and improve quality of information provided by the department.
• Ensure internal controls are being followed for all assigned tasks.
• Assist in special projects, testing system upgrades or enhancements affecting processes and solutions utilized by the Accounting Group.
• Create and build rapport with Field Personnel, including Managing Partners