Senior Accountant / Financial Analyst, Research

• Practices self-leadership and promotes learning in others by building relationships with cross-functional stakeholders; communicating information and providing advice to drive projects forward; influencing team members within assigned unit; listening and responding to, seeking, and addressing performance feedback; adapting to competing demands and new responsibilities; providing feedback to others, including upward feedback to leadership and mentoring junior team members; creating and executing plans to capitalize on strengths and develop weaknesses; and adapting to and learning from change, difficulties, and feedback.
• Conducts or oversees business-specific projects by applying deep expertise in subject area; promoting adherence to all procedures and policies; developing work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines; determining and carrying out processes and methodologies; coordinating and delegating resources to accomplish organizational goals; partnering internally and externally to make effective business decisions; solving complex problems; escalating issues or risks as appropriate; monitoring progress and results; recognizing and capitalizing on improvement opportunities; and evaluating recommendations made by others.
• Supports financial transactions by preparing complex accounting activities and reconciliations leading to a complete set of accurate financial statements (e.g. journal entries, estimates, disbursements) in accordance with GAAP and company policies; reviewing and approving complex accounting activities prepared by others; and making recommendations.
• Conducts external reporting of Company financial information by completing, reviewing, and interpreting reports and analyses for statutory reporting to external agencies (e.g. IRS, Census Bureau, NAIC, FTC); identifying needs for new design for reports.
• Supports financial analyses by reviewing operational statistics to explain financial results, inform decision-making and take action to pursue efficiencies and quality financial outcomes; ensuring ad hoc request for analysis are completed; establishing data gathering methods; and providing expertise in data origination.
• Communicates financial results by developing and presenting conclusions about areas of accountability to appropriate levels of management in verbal and written form; documenting positions and processes in support of process improvement, knowledge retention, and audit requirements; and provides consulting services to individuals without finance training.
• Participates in finance system design, implementations, enhancements, and continuous improvements by reviewing flow of transactions through source systems; validating ongoing configuration decisions; reviewing systems in area of expertise to ensure that new systems, upgrades, and other system maintenance activities do not impact operations, financial statements, or leadership decision making.
• Monitors Company financial information by completing, reviewing, and interpreting standard and/or ad hoc reports (e.g., balance sheets, income statements, volume reporting, trade spending reports); evaluating validity of assets, liabilities, revenues, and operating expenses in conformity with GAAP and Company accounting policies; and making recommendations.
• Meets requirements of policies and procedures to remain compliant (e.g. Sarbanes-Oxley, KP-NCO, POR).
• Supports internal and external audits by preparing complex audit schedules; providing second level review and ensuring accuracy of complex information and/or documentation for submission to internal and external auditors, and the Tax department; and interacting with auditors as required.

• Minimum three (3) years experience in a leadership role with or without direct reports.
• Bachelors degree in Accounting, Business, or related field AND Minimum eight (8) years accounting or related business experience. Additional equivalent work experience in a directly related field may be substituted for the degree requirement.

Primary Location: Hawaii-Honolulu-Mapunapuna Medical Offices
Regular Scheduled Hours: 40
Shift: Day
WorkingDays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri
Start Time: 08:00 AM
End Time: 04:30 PM
Job Schedule: Full-time
Job Type: Standard
Employee Status: Regular
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Job Category: Accounting
Public Department Name: Dole Service Center - Research - CB Funded - 1201
Travel: No
Employee Group: NUE-HI-01|NUE|Non Union Employee
Posting Salary Low:: 123900
Posting Salary High:: 160270