Senior Staff Accountant

Senior Staff Accountant Job Description

 Summary and Qualifications:

A Senior Staff Accountant, or Senior Accounting Professional, is responsible for performing complex accounting needs for their employer. Their duties include assuming a leadership role to guide accounting personnel in daily tasks, reviewing financial data to make forecasting decisions and communicating with company Executives about financial strategies.

A Senior Staff Accountant is responsible for a company’s financial procedures, records and statements for compliance with laws and regulations. Below is an overview of duties of a Senior Staff Accountant:

• Recommend ways to reduce costs and enhance revenue.
• Prepare documentation for External Auditors.
• Analyze financial statements for discrepancies and alert the CFO if necessary.
• Coordinate semi-annual audits and assist the CFO in running audits.
• Reconcile accounts monthly to ensure accurate reporting and ledger maintenance.
• Delegate financial responsibilities to the accounting team.

Job Duties/Responsibilities:

1. Provide insight, reports, dashboards, and recommendations to the Accounting organization to improve processes. Provide user support and training on related tools.
2. Analyze the accounting portfolio of CI opportunities and provide insights on integration, progress, and barriers.
3. Facilitate cross-functional collaboration on the guidance, support, and implementation of strategic initiatives.
4. Perform assignments requiring the understanding of Accounting systems and processes applying process improvement methods and tools. Strong knowledge of accounting principles (GAAP).
5. Perform challenging analytical procedures to identify and propose automation opportunities.
6. Provides targeted financial and accounting expertise to management or cross functional teams, communicating impacts on current and forecasted financial results at any level of the organization.
7. Use technical and automation skills to develop automation and data visualization.
8. Evaluate challenging accounting and financial implications of contemplated strategic initiatives.
9. Understand the system of controls and lending expertise to the development, implementation, testing and revision of accounting policies, procedures, and systems when developing process improvements or implementing new technology.
10. Collaborate in the design, development, implementation, maintenance and enhancement of accounting and financial systems and tools, including PeopleSoft, PowerPlan, Cognos and other reporting and financial solutions. Good understanding of the upstream and downstream impacts to other systems and processes.
11. Build and maintain high level knowledge across all business areas by staying current on initiatives, challenges, and opportunities across the business.
12. Participates in industry communications to strengthen subject matter expertise. Uses knowledge gained to teach and guide co-workers and other members of the Accounting Department. Identifies emerging technologies and trends and evaluates inclusion in current or future Accounting processes and technology.
13. Through participation in industry groups, collaborate on emerging trends on continuous improvement, cloud computing and artificial intelligence opportunities in Accounting.
14. May perform peer reviews and leads initiatives.

Education and Experience/Skills:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or another related field.
• Should have at least 5 years of accounting experience.
• Should have 3 to 5 years experience leading a team.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex financial data.
• Strong mathematical and accounting skills, with demonstrated critical thinking, and problem-solving skills
• Process-oriented with strong time management skills