Sr - Accountant - Hybrid, Cary, North Carolina
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About the job
We’re looking for a Senior Accountant to provide leadership in the development and improvement of accounting policy, operational process effectiveness, and the internal control environment related to the general ledger. The Senior Accountant will support the Record to Report team in the Americas Accounting Services Center including reconciliations, journal entries, and month end close with a focus on process development of accounting processes in the Americas region, reporting to the Manager, Accounting who is based in the United States.
As a Senior Accountant, you will:
- Maintain company journals and ledgers including entering, reviewing, and/or approving financial transactions in company financial systems.
- Perform reconciliations of company financial data, research variances, and adjust as needed.
- Develop streamlined accounting processes with a focus on Latin American countries to ensure compliance, completeness, accuracy and appropriate accounting methodology.
- Assist in developing controls and procedures related to IPO readiness with a focus on developing controls in Latin America
- Interprets and analyzes financial reports for organization management.
- Prepares financial reports for general management use.
- Assists with special projects as assigned.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Ensure all applicable security policies and processes are followed to support the organization's secure software development goals.
- Embrace curiosity, passion, authenticity and accountability. These are our values and influence everything we do.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 8 years accounting experience, preferably in a multi-national organization and/or Shared Services environment
- Education: BA/BS in Accounting, Finance, Business Analysis, or related field
- Ability to address or escalate issues within the Record to Report area
- Equivalent combination of related education, training and experience may be considered in place of the above qualifications.
Preferred Qualifications
- CPA certification preferred
- Advanced knowledge of US GAAP, Sarbanes’ Oxley, risk and controls standards.
- Strong technology focus and financial systems and process improvement acumen.
- Ability to use professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong attention to details and ability to meet deadlines
- Ability to analyze data and make suggestions for adjustment or process improvements.
- Strong ERP experience essential, preferably Oracle
Additional competencies, knowledge and skills
- Technical / Professional Knowledge and Skills - Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical, functional, and/or professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise; leveraging expert knowledge to accomplish results.
- Innovation- Creating novel solutions with measurable value for existing and potential customers (internal or external); experimenting with new ways to solve work problems and seize opportunities that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
- Customer Focus- Ensuring that the internal or external customer’s perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities, business decisions, organizational processes, and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.
World-class benefits
Highlights include...
- Comprehensive medical, prescription, dental and vision plans.
- Medical plan options include:
- PPO with low annual deductible and copays.
- HDHP combined with a health savings account with a contribution from SAS (no access to on-site health care center).
- Onsite Health Care Center (HQ) that’s free to employees and family members enrolled in the PPO plan. There's a pharmacy too! Not local to HQ? The pharmacy will ship prescriptions for no additional charge!
- An industry-leading 401k plan.
- Tuition Assistance Program and programs and resources to support your development
- Generous time away including vacation time, a variety of paid holidays, and our much-loved U.S. Winter Wellness Break between December 25 and January 1.
- Volunteer Time Off, parental leave and unlimited paid sick days.
- Generous childcare benefits for all full-time employees.
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Additional Information:
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