Senior Accountant

Senior Accountant

Northland Control Systems, Inc. is looking for a Senior Accountant out of our Milpitas, California office.

Reporting to the Technical Financial Controller, the Senior Accountant is to support the finance department and Northland Controls by performing a variety of duties such as maintaining the general ledger, reviewing financial statements, preparing financial reports, assisting/leading audits, and account reconciliation.

The Senior Accountant will also work with the operations team directly to monitor the project portfolios including revenue billing and expense tracking.

What type of candidate Northland is looking for

We strive to find the right kind of people, who respect the Northland way; they will emphasize taking on challenges, working hard, learning fast, and maintaining embracing accountability, all while having fun! Our culture and team are some of our strongest assets. We want to employ happy people, who bring a positive and energetic attitude to not only their work and the work environment.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or finance.
• Certified Public Accountant
• 7 years of accounting/finance related experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Working knowledge of GAAP and IFRS.
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills.
• Good problem-solving and time management skills.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• SAP or NetSuite experience is beneficial

DUTIES

• Key financial business partner to the Project Managers (PMs)
• Prepare and track Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and other ad-hoc analysis for various business units and total company.
• Partner with Operation teams to identify business issues and implement strategic solutions.
• Develop and implement cost savings ideas to improve profitability and operational efficiency.
• Prepare journal entries, analyses, and account reconciliations and assist with month-end, quarter-end, and year-end close processes.
• Perform monthly balance sheet reconciliations.
• Meet processing and reporting deadlines.
• Respond to information requests, review financial statements, and assist with audits.
• Intercompany reconciliation.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP.
• Work close with AR team to help issue the invoices if needed and manage sales tax.
• Document internal processes/controls as well as identify actionable insights and suggest recommendations to address issues and improve accounting processes/efficiencies.

• Partner with cross-functional teams on a regular basis to identify areas for improvement and solve problems.
• Assist the Finance Team and Company as needed.

SKILLS

• In-depth understanding of accounting fundamentals and financial management
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong organizational qualities.
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Analytical skills
• Strong ethical skills
• High attention to detail
• Efficiency

REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance.

7 years’ experience in accounting.

PREFERRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

SAP or NetSuite experience

Job Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, or finance.
• Certified Public Accountant
• 7 years of accounting/finance related experience.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Working knowledge of GAAP and IFRS.
• Strong numeracy and analytical skills.
• Good problem-solving and time management skills.
• Highly organized and detail oriented.
• SAP or NetSuite experience is beneficial

What Northland Does

Northland is a world-class global security integrator with offices in the United States, United Kingdom, Singapore, China and India. We specialize in design, build, integration, and management of high-end Lenel, Software House, S2 global enterprise security systems which include 6 out of 10 of the largest hi-tech companies in Silicon Valley.

We are responsible for single card reader installations in some of the most remote parts of the world, all the way through to the design, deployment and management of large enterprise systems managing up to 300 corporate offices in over 70 countries including datacenters and multi-faceted security operations centers.

With 250 highly trained professionals, all program management, project management, system design, system programming, testing and commissioning is carried out by Northland Controls experts to ensure we deliver the right solution, to the right standard, every time, anywhere in the world. In addition, Northland is supported by a network of over 100 in-country local service partners (LSPs) across the world who partner with Northland to deliver unparalleled world class services to our enterprise customers.

We are trusted to get the job done no matter what. Through word-of-mouth our elite list of customers has rewarded us with phenomenal growth from $1M to $70M in 10 years’. To achieve this, we are always interested in the very best people who share our core values and beliefs, and will “do whatever it takes” to enable our customers to realize their goals. We will take on difficult challenges regardless of where they may lead us, and we will always take the most honorable route to get there.

Our Mission

To be the most trusted and influential leader in the industry. By delivering exceptional services across the world, we are determined to continually surprise our customers, the industry and even ourselves while having fun.

Core Values

• Be Honorable
• Take on Challenges
• Do Whatever it Takes
• Our People
• Have Fun

Salary : $90,000 - $120,000