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About Veolia North America
A subsidiary of Veolia Group, Veolia North America (VNA) offers a full spectrum of water, waste and energy management services, including water and wastewater treatment, commercial and hazardous waste collection and disposal, energy consulting and resource recovery. VNA helps commercial, industrial, healthcare, higher education and municipality customers throughout North America. Headquartered in Boston, Mass., Veolia North America has approximately 10,000 employees working at more than 350 locations across the continent. Please visit our website
www.veolianorthamerica.com
Job Description
BENEFITS
Veolia's comprehensive benefits package includes paid time off policies, as well as health, dental and vision insurance. In addition, employees are also entitled to participate in an employer sponsored 401(k) plan, to save for retirement.Pay and benefits for employees represented by a union are outlined in their collective bargaining agreement.
Position Purpose:
Performs professional accounting duties and analysis of financial data in support of various accounting functions that may include Accounts Receivable, Accounts Payable, Payroll, Cost Accounting, Property Accounting, and/or General Accounting.
Primary Duties/responsibilities:

• Prepares income and balance sheet statements, consolidated statements and various other accounting statements and reports. Prepares month-end closing journal vouchers, schedules, FRS, trial balance and cost center reports. Prepares annual reports such as auto mileage, expense reports, relocation expenses and fixed asset physical inventory.
• Reconciles and analyzes assigned accounts. Analyzes the effects of transactions, identifies, evaluates and recommends alternative means of accounting treatment.
• Performs review of payroll distribution, foreign currency transactions, management and administrative fees, ensuring accurate accounting classifications and reports variances to higher-level accounting staff.
• Assists with the implementation of accounting systems, methods, procedures and controls. Ensures the integrity of the data in the accounting system and ensures that system documentation and backup is in place.
• Perform fixed asset accounting ensuring accurate site codes, cost centers, asset lives, etc. and prepares AFE summary with resolution of unauthorized spending.
• Performs general ledger system maintenance.
• Prepares inter-company billing and reconciliation. Monitors intercompany account balances and reduces negative working capital impact of inter-company accounts. Controls hedge requests and reporting.
• Audits accounts payable checks, verifies supporting documents, authorization level, appropriateness of sales tax, vendor paid and amount.
• Identifies and reports situations not in compliance with company internal controls and recommends improvements to the accounting process to optimize internal control.
• Prepare and assist Controller with Financial Reporting (Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Cash Flow, various other).
• Prepare and assist Controller with month-end closing process (creation of Journal entries, analytical review, schedules, Fixed Assets).
• Assists in reviewing disposal and transportation expenses and reconciliation. Monitors intercompany account balances and Profit Margins on Waste streams and Customers.
• Supervision of Accounts Payable process (PO Management, Invoice review, Approvals).
• Assists local teams with the implementation of accounting systems, methods, procedures and ensures local controls are in place.
• Audits accounts payable transactions, verifies supporting documents, authorization level, appropriateness of sales tax, vendor paid and amount.
• Participate inand assist Controller with Audit testing.
• Review, Calculate, and prepare monthly accrual journal entries in coordination with local Operations.
• Prepare and assist Controller with Variance analysis Forecasting.
• Prepare and assist Controller with Forecasting, Budgets and related Budget package.
• Ensure accuracy of financial reports from review through completion to include income statements and balance sheets for presentation of actual performance of each satellite.
• Conduct and participate in monthly management business reviews with local Operations Managers and General Manager and ensure that presentation materials are accurate and complete.

Qualifications
Education / Experience / Background:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting plus three to five years professional experience in one or more areas of accounting with demonstrated ability to apply accounting theory, principles and techniques.

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities:

• Demonstrates solid understanding of policies and procedures that apply to assignments and insight into the 'why 'as well as the 'how'.
• Computer skills with proficiency in word processing, spreadsheet and accounting / financial system software with accounting module implementation experience preferred.
• Demonstrates ability to effectively communicate with good written, verbal, presentation and listening skills.
• Shows evidence of good organization and project planning skills.
• Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities readily.
• Demonstrated commitment to compliance with applicable laws and regulations, the Company's Code of Business Conduct and other Company policies and procedures.

Required Certification / Licenses / Training:

• CPA strongly preferred.

Additional Information
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer! All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.