What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Accountant position at Planet Forward?
*This is a 1 or more-year contract position*
Overview:
The Sr Accountant is responsible for the completion of various accounting functions and overseeing financial operations in support of the business units. This includes collaborating with business leaders, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards and regulations. Attention to detail, strong analytical skills, and effective communication with both financial and non-financial stakeholders are essential for success in this role.
Responsibilties:
- Prepare and/or review monthly journal entries for multiple entities.
- Prepare complex account reconciliations, analyze the effect of transactions and verify the accounting treatment.
- Review account reconciliations prepared by staff.
- Support business units by conducting preliminary financial statement review and analysis to ensure the accuracy of financial statements.
- Month end consolidated reporting (Vector).
- Assist with the coordination of the annual financial audit
- Manage, assess and promote continuous improvement of internal processes
- Knowledge/Skills:Demonstrate leadership ability.
- Attention to detail, good planning, organization, and time management skills.
- Must demonstrate ability to work in a team environment and autonomously.
- Willingness to assume additional or new responsibilities.
- Demonstrate strong technical accounting knowledge and analytical skills.
- Demonstrate ingenuity and initiative to coordinate problem resolution, resolve conflicting priorities and to meet assignment deadlines within a team environment.
- Demonstrate ability to prepare accurate, effective and complete written communications.
- Effectively communicate with good verbal, presentation and listening skills
- Independently develop solutions to non-recurring problems by analyzing, interpreting and evaluating data.
- Strong PC skills with proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Google Suite and financial systems.
- Ability to handle confidential or sensitive information or issues.
- Ability to lead process and system improvements.
- Ensures Exceptional Service Delivery
- Results Focused
- Is Resilient
- Creates and Implements Innovative Solutions
- Experience/EducationBachelor Degree in Accounting, Finance, and/or Business Administration required
- At least 7 years of related work experience
- Prior experience with process improvement/optimization
- CPA preferred but not required
