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Role Overview
The Senior Staff Accountant under limited supervision performs a variety of complicated general accounting, financial analysis and reporting activities, and other related duties in daily administration of the Sirva corporate accounting function. May lead and direct the work of a Staff Accountant.
What You'll Be Doing
30%
Prepares journal entries and completes related financial analyses as part of the month end financial close for SIRVA business units within the Americas Segment.
35%
Is responsible for the preparation of monthly/quarterly balance sheet account reconciliations, and the upload of recons into Policy IQ. Many of these reconciliations are complex and utilize multiple sources of supporting data.
15%
Is responsible for updating of complex financials models which are used to perform financial analyses and to record financial results for business units within the Americas
5%
Is responsible for internal and external reporting of key metrics for the Americas business units. Provides key data to finance to be used in the overall analyses of business unit performance, as well as reporting to external regulatory agencies.
4%
Responsible for analyzing and compiling data to be used in making payments to domestic moving agents, customers, and statutory groups.
5%
Fulfills data requests made by external auditors as part of the interim and annual audits performed by auditors in advance of issuance of SIRVA financial statements
4%
Participates in other special accounting or analytical projects as required
2%
Perform tasks in support of other SIRVA segments beyond the core Segment
What You Bring to Sirva
*Bachelor's degree or higher in Accounting required
*3-5 years of experience in accounting/finance required
*Must be familiar with standard concepts, practices, and procedures in the accounting field
*Good skills with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint)
*Proven ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
*Strong mathematical and analytical skills
*Excellent written and verbal communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills
What Sirva Offers
- Competitive salary and incentive plans - Workplace flexibility for a balanced work/life approach - Comprehensive benefits packages and wellness program - Generous company-paid vacation days and holiday time - Challenging, collaborative, diverse corporate culture - Ongoing opportunities for learning and career development
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Sirva Worldwide, Inc. provides HR and mobility professionals with the resources, guidance, and support they need to achieve the best possible relocation for talent, and for the companies that move them. As a leading global relocation management and moving services company, we bring together personalized program solutions, expansive global reach, innovative technology, and an unmatched supply chain to transform businesses of any size and empower talent moving to their next opportunity. From corporate relocation and household goods to home sale and commercial moving and storage, our portfolio of brands (including Sirva, Allied, northAmerican, Global Van Lines, Alliance, Sirva Mortgage and SMARTBOX) provide everything needed to move talent and deliver experience.
At Sirva, we're committed to cultivating a workplace that reflects the diversity of the global organizations that we serve. We recognize that building an inclusive, engaged company culture results in empowered employees that reflect a wide range of approaches and perspectives. Those perspectives lead to new ideas. New ideas lead to innovation and excellence. Our approach to diversity, equality and inclusion is driven by a commitment to these values and a belief that diversity makes our company stronger.
Sirva is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, military status, genetic information or any other consideration made unlawful by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Sirva also prohibits harassment of applicants and employees based on any of these protected categories.
It is also Sirva's policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. The Federal EEO Law Poster may be found at http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/eeopost.pdf.
If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability of any part of the employment process, please send an email to Human Resources at and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.
Full Time
Transportation
$83k-101k (estimate)
05/02/2024
07/01/2024
sirva.com
OAKBROOK TERRACE, IL
3,000 - 7,500
1998
Private
TOM OBERDORF
$1B - $3B
Transportation
SIRVA is a mobility service provider that helps companies to relocate and move their executives and employees.
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