What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at Hire Score LLC?
Our client is seeking a Senior Accountant to join their corporate team based in Madison, New Jersey. This is an excellent opportunity to join a growing company and leader in the packaging industry. CPA obtained or in process is required.
Flexibility to work a hybrid schedule - 3 days in office, 2 days remote
What you’ll do:
- Perform monthly, quarterly, and annual close and reporting processes for both the domestic and international businesses.
- Perform the general ledger closing process to ensure the timely reporting of accurate financial information.
- Prepare and record journal entries in accordance with GAAP
- Perform variance analyses
- Prepare account reconciliations
- Identify issues as they arise to facilitate the monthly close process, as well as performing analytical reviews and variance analyses to ensure accuracy and completeness of month end reporting
- Complete monthly and year-end management and audit schedules
- Identify and resolve financial issues and communicating such issues to the Assistant Controller on a timely basis
- Provide information for financial, statutory, retirement plan, and bank audits
- Assist finance and non-finance departments with accounting and reporting issues and other ad hoc requests and participate in finance related projects and initiatives as they arise.
Who You Are:
- A Team Player: A person who creates a positive, open work environment, encouraging collaboration and assisting one another
- A Change Agent: flexible and adaptable to changing business and people needs, someone who will challenge the norm and question the routine in an open environment in an effort for continuous improvement
- A High Performer: produces high quality work with minimal errors, driven and self-motivated, strives for continuous improvement, and is able to interact with all levels of the organization to assist in achieving results
- Independent: able to manage their own timeline and tasks with minimal supervision
- A Self-Starter: able to identify when action is needed and takes initiative on appropriate response or solution
- Resourceful: able to leverage tools, knowledge and relationships to resolve issues and provide actionable solutions
- Detail Oriented: possesses strong attention to detail, but also able to take a step back and see the bigger picture
- Technologically Savvy: possesses high level of comfort with technology and how to use it in a way to create efficiencies and other improvements
- Development Minded: always seeking to learn and build new skills, integrating new technologies into their daily work
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in an accounting-related field
- Proficiency in accounting / ERP software is preferred
- Minimum 4 years of progressive accounting experience required
- CPA required
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