Senior Accountant

Family owned $1B+ revenue retail company experiencing exceptional organic growth is looking for a newly created Senior Accountant to add to their team.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepare and distribute consolidated financial statements for multiple legal entities
• Analyze, interpret, and communicate complex financial information to business leaders and senior management
• Provide advanced financial analysis and for various business segments and multiple legal entities
• Manage special projects and ad hoc reporting
• Coordinate and facilitate annual financial and tax audits
• Participate in monthly and annual closing process
• Prepare journal entries and complete various general ledger operations
• Reconcile and maintain balance sheet accounts and corresponding schedules
• Evaluate proposed financial accounting standards from FASB, effectively plan and design systems and processes for implementation and accurate reporting
• Participate in planning, budgeting, forecasting, and various financial analyses throughout the organization
• Develop and maintain cost accounting system to ensure accurate costing for manufacturing and supply chain operations
• Review and analyze standard costs and actual costs for variances; update standard costs to ensure accuracy in bill of materials (BOMs)
• Analyze changes in costs related to business activities such as raw materials, purchases, inventory, and labor
• Lead financial activities and prepare journal entries related to inventory valuation
• Coordinate and assist with periodic inventories including preparation, cutoffs, audit of counts, and reconciliations
• Implement and maintain internal financial controls and procedures
• Design and maintain the accuracy and efficiency of systems and processes that interface with financial systems throughout the company
• Review business processes and propose ideas for standardization, automation, or efficiency improvement within the department
• Assist in the examination of work for accuracy, timeliness, relevance, and conformance to policies and procedures
• Coach, teach, train peers on financial systems, processes, and procedures

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance from a four-year university required.
• Five to seven (5-7) years’ experience in accounting or finance related field, or equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Previous experience in retail, manufacturing, supply chain strongly preferred.
• Previous experience with ERP and business intelligence systems, specifically Microsoft AX Dynamics, and/or Oracle strongly preferred.
• Previous experience in advanced accounting and consolidation for multiple business segments or legal entities strongly preferred.
• CPA is a plus