Senior Accountant - IT/Financial Firm

- Gather, prepare, test and maintain journal entries for a broad range of accounting areas consistent with US GAAP and corporate accounting policies to ensure close timelines are met

- Participate in the month and quarter end close process and related responsibilities for the accounting department, including quarterly Balance Sheet flux commentary

- Effectively assess risk over accounts and areas of responsibility. Apply judgment to ensure that financial integrity of accounting entries, accruals, and account reconciliations are intact and operating effectively

- Research and document company position on technical accounting issues with the ability to document accounting conclusions in a technical white paper. Effectively communicate and present details in lay terms to non-accounting business partners.

- Assist in research of technical accounting issues as needed. Apply proper accounting treatment required as a basis for booking journal entries and gathering audit evidence

- Prepare and maintain reports / schedules for management, prepare schedules requested by internal and external auditors

- Support compliance and improve processes and internal controls in the area of responsibility

- Understands business unit and functional group strategy, priorities and offerings, developing deep knowledge of core and adjacent markets

- Work directly with external auditors to support financial statement audits and control environment testing

- Continually assess and design desktop procedures for all areas of responsibilities. Ensure that these work-flows are designed to maximize internal controls and efficiency

- Drive automation, simplification and improvement initiatives. Adoption of best practices to ensure timely and accurate reporting

- Adherence to monthly KPI & SLA

Qualifications

- 4+ years of technical accounting experience with accruals, journal entries, and account reconciliations

- Candidates should have strong technical (GAAP) and financial accounting skills and Public accounting or large public company experience is strongly preferred.

- Software industry and Shared Service Center experience a plus

- Analytical thinker who can identify and implement effective process improvements.

- Large accounting software package expertise (Oracle financials, Blackline etc)

- Strong attention to detail, excellent organizational and multitasking skills, strong written and oral communication skills

- Outstanding Excel skills

- CA/CPA is a must