What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sr Accountant-M521I00 position at Matthews International?
The Sr Accountant ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering accounting transactions. This position applies advanced accounting principles and procedures to summarize and report upon financial information and prepare accurate and timely financial reports.
- This role can be base in Pittsburgh (North Shore) or Apopka, Florida.
- Maintains accuracy of the general ledger data by performing recurring, routine and advanced accounting functions.
- Maintains and balances subsidiary accounts by verifying, allocating, posting, reconciling transactions; resolving discrepancies.
- Handles monthly close process, including elimination and consolidation.
- Reviews and verifies accuracy of account balances and classifications. Analyzes changes in account balances and makes recommendations to correct errors as appropriate.
- Identifies process and control improvement opportunities and works with manager to implement the appropriate modifications.
- Executes variety of financial reports to communicate results, trends and issues, incorporating statistical and ratio analysis as well as other necessary management accounting review.
- Prepares and records asset, liability, revenue, and expenses entries by compiling and analyzing account information.
- Assists with internal and external audit by analyzing and scheduling general ledger accounts; providing information for auditors.
- Stays abreast of all accounting legal requirements to ensure continuous compliance.
- Secures financial information by completing database backups.
- Protects organization's value by keeping information confidential.
- Implements and reviews SOX controls.
- May supervise and guide lower-level accountants.
- Additional duties as assigned.