Senior Consolidation Accountant

This is a Full Time Job

The role of the Senior Consolidation Accountant is to assist with the production of accurate US GAAP consolidated financial reporting, including the preparation of related footnotes on a quarterly basis and performing varied accounting and analysis activities of a complex nature. This team member will provide technical leadership to other accounting team members and help set a tone of strong internal controls and timeliness in financial reporting within the global finance function. The individual will identify value-added opportunities to better serve the businesses and senior management, including identifying opportunities and making recommendations for improvement.

Key Responsibilities
• Assist in the planning, preparation, and review of monthly, quarterly, and annual consolidated financial statements, including preparation of detailed supporting schedules and workpapers.
• Maintain and review consolidation accounts and related activities, including intercompany balances and eliminations across multiple business units.
• Extract, map, and reconcile trial balances across multiple accounting and reporting systems to ensure completeness, accuracy, and consistency of source financial data.
• Prepare and validate support for system uploads, including reconciliation of balances between source ledgers and consolidation tools.
• Prepare quarterly reporting package schedules and ensure timely, accurate submission of required reporting deliverables.
• Prepare quarterly business unit balance sheet and income statement analytics, including review of submitted explanations and variance responses from the businesses.
• Assist in the preparation of supporting schedules for consolidated financial statement footnotes and other external or internal reporting requirements.
• Support special projects as requested by management, including research of newly issued accounting standards, ERP and global reporting system implementations, ad hoc financial analysis, and systems/process enhancements.

Required and/or Preferred Knowledge and Competencies
• Bachelors or master's degree in accounting
• Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
• External reporting, consolidation accounting, cash flow statement, equity accounting and foreign currency translation experience and understanding the complexities thereof (including intercompany eliminations) required
• Strong analytical skills
• Proven strong technical accounting background and research skills (US GAAP)
• Experience working with multinational companies
• Knowledge of internal control procedures and the ability to design and maintain related internal controls
• Excellent communication and relationship building skills and the ability to work proactively in teams with a high attention to detail and the ability to prioritize and balance work in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment with high level of responsibility and ownership
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, and a working knowledge of financial systems, statements and reports required
• Advanced capabilities in Excel required such as comfort using pivot tables and index match formulas
• Minimum 5 years of public accounting or related financial reporting experience preferred