Senior Accountant - Retail

Purpose

Performs accounting and financial analysis in compliance with GAAP and Save a Lot internal policies. Responsible for recurring accounting tasks such as journal entries, account reconciliations, periodic reporting or ad-hoc projects as assigned. Interfaces with all levels of the Company in addressing financial questions, results, variances and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Performs period end closings, journal entries, account reconciliations and financial results analysis
• Interacts and partners with business leaders regarding forecasts, performance metrics, and initiatives
• Significant interaction with acquisition company management and retail operation partners
• Coordinate quarterly physical inventory counts for all retail stores
• Establish reconciliation templates for all balance sheet accounts
• Ensure fixed assets are entered and depreciating according to established policies
• Reconcile and report intercompany transactions
• Identifies accounting issues, research possible solutions, presents conclusions to management, and implements corrective actions
• Provides periodic ad hoc reports and analyses that provides insights to the financial data
• Evaluates, recommends, maintains, and monitors applicable internal controls, accounting processes and procedures; standardizes and enhances them as well
• Completes audit requirements while working closely with internal and external auditors
• Coordinates resolution of accounting or finance questions affecting operating results
  
  
  

About You

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, or a related field required
• 3-5 years General Accounting or relevant work experience required
• Master’s degree and/or CPA certification preferred
• Broad experience with cross functional teamwork and interaction with all levels of an organization
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and report financial data
• Ability to solve problems and streamline process
• Ability to work with minimal supervision while managing competing priorities, organizing work, meeting, or exceeding customer needs, and attending to details
• Must be a self-starter who can work well within various and proactively identify business improvement areas
• Demonstrate functional expertise
• Demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written
• High skillset in data retrieval, manipulation, calculation, and analysis using ERP system and Excel
• Intermediate Excel skills including XLOOKUP’s, ifs, sumifs and pivot tables
  
  
  

Physical Requirements

• Ability to travel up to ~10% of the time, which may include weekends and evenings, as needed
• Most work is performed in a temperature-controlled environment
• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at a desk or computer terminal
• Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone, and other office equipment during a normal workday
• Stooping, bending, twisting, and reaching may be required in completion of job duties
  
  
  

Our Values

Ability to demonstrate, understand and apply our workplace values.

• Simplicity (operate) – the drive to identify root cause and innovate to remove complexity to deliver the best outcome
• Heart (emotion) – the passion that drives you to get up every day and work hard to strive for excellence
• Performance Excellence (mindset) – clearly defining high expectations, driving ownership of key roles and responsibilities, executing with integrity and emphasis while creating a culture of accountability
• Respect (philosophy) –taking pride in being inclusive and treating everyone who comes through the doors with respect
  
  
  

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature of the work performed by the employees assigned to this job. All employees must comply with Company policy and applicable laws. The responsibilities, duties and skills required of personnel so classified may vary within each department and /or location.