Senior Accountant

Position Summary:

The Senior Accountant supports the Finance leadership team in financial closes and audits and related responsibilities, while also driving process improvement initiatives. This position holds a crucial role in advancing our use of technology to reduce manual processing and improve timeliness and accuracy of deliverables, while maintaining strong financial controls.

Job Responsibilities:

· Develop deep understanding of business as well as finance responsibilities and deliverables.

· Participate in monthly, quarterly and annual financial closes and audits.

· Research best business practices and technologies to establish benchmark data to identify opportunities for automation and streamlining various tasks and responsibilities.

· Develop sustainable and quantifiable business process improvements to meet business growth and scalability needs.

· Coordinate and co-lead monthly update meetings with leadership.

· Assist in coordination and participation in various audits throughout the year.

· Research and analyze data and prepare reconciliations and meaningful analytical reporting.

· Meet with internal and external business partners as needed.

· Prepare, review and analyze monthly financial statements and perform variance analysis.

· Help plan, coordinate and complete special projects and periodic audits.

· Maintain financial security by following internal controls.

· Ad-hoc assignments and reporting as deemed necessary.

· Oversee and review work of others as needed.

· Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

· Experience and aptitude for process improvement.

· Detail oriented with excellent ability to analyze data and circumstances.

· Strong technical aptitude and experience

· Ability to perform multiple tasks and handle changing priorities.

· Work effectively and contribute confidently in a team environment.

· Self-starter and fast learner who requires minimal supervision.

· Organized and deadline driven.

· Exceptional verbal and written communication skills

· Attention to detail with strong problem solving, analytical and follow-up skills.

· High level of confidentiality.

Education/Experience/Technical Skills:

· 4-year degree in accounting, finance, business, or similar field. (Accounting preferred.)

· Minimum 6-10 years’ experience in accounting/finance, full cycle accounting a plus.

· Process improvement / project participation and leadership experience preferred.

· CPA preferred and MBA is a plus.

· Accounting experience in wholesale distribution, retail sales, and/or consumer goods a plus.

· Strong proficiency in Excel (Pivot Tables, V-Lookups, etc.)

· Experience with Power BI is beneficial.

· Understanding of Blue Cherry or a similar merchandising system.

· Experience with tools that extract data from ERP systems (Planful, Hyperion, etc)

· Strong understanding of accounting, US GAAP and accounting software.

· Prior audit firm experience beneficial.