Sr. Accountant

Description

For immediate consideration contact Lisa James at ~~~

Robert Half is looking for a Senior Accountant for a permanent opportunity in the Lexington, Kentucky area. As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for producing financial statement preparation and consolidation, account analysis and reconciliations, cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting. This position offers a great long-term growth potential, including a strong compensation and benefits package for the candidate. We are seeking an individual with exemplary analytical skills who enjoys working in a challenging and fast-paced work environment in order to support the continued success of the company.

Key responsibilities

• Delegate resources to Ad-hoc projects as necessary

• Contribute to coordinating quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors

• Commitment to continuously improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process

• Complete monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables that includes journal entries, reconciliations, and reports in the compensation area in compliance with GAAP

• Produce monthly consolidated P& L and Balance Sheet flux analysis for management purposes

• Partake in various department-wide initiatives

• Review financial information such as trends, performance metrics, benchmarks, etc. and present analysis in a clear manner

• Ensure corporate accounting policies, procedures, and controls are followed when working with business partners and be able to provide support on special requests

• Formulate Balance Sheet account reconciliations

Requirements - Experience working in a dynamic and changing company environment a plus

• Experience in SOX control execution/documentation

• Takes action on items beyond formal job responsibilities

• Account reconciliation experience preferred

• General familiarity with Vertex Sales & Use Tax

• Practical knowledge of Microsoft Excel

• Well-founded grasp of Monthly Sales Tax

• Month end closings experience

• Journal Entry experience

• Experience with Financial Statement

• Expertise in journal entries

• Proven knowledge of financial statements consolidation

• Prior experience in a public accounting environment is highly valued

• Familiarity with corporate performance management (CPM) and business intelligence systems required

• Excellent time management skills with a proven ability to meet deadlines

• BA/BS in Accounting, CPA credentials are preferred

• Ability to complete multiple tasks and projects within deadlines

• High attention to detail and possesses excellent organizational and writing skills

• Excellent written, verbal and social communication skills

• Skilled with ERP systems

• 5+ years of overall general accounting experience, ideally with Big 4 experience

• Demonstrated ability in strong analytical, quantitative and social skills

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