Accountant Role

Job Description Job Summary: Use the sample functions below to help you fill in the Job Summary box. Use these functions as starting points or create your own. Sample Manager functions to elaborate on : executing direction from leadership, delivering results that align with strategic objectives, communicating critical information to other teams, managing vendor relationships, developing processes that align to organizational goals, specific technical skills required for managing a process. The primary purpose of this role is to capture moderately complex financial activities and resolve issues in accounting records to enable accurate reporting on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. This includes responsibility for conducting effective research, managing, tracking, reporting, and reviewing work on financial activities according to various international, federal, state, and local obligations to ensure accounting records are correct. In addition, this role executes internal controls over financial and regulatory reporting, by working independently to apply experienced accounting judgment and knowledge of GAAP and regulatory requirements in daily activity. Roles & Responsibilities: Core Responsibilities: Executes financial activities in a timely and efficient manner, with a focus on activities that require applying practiced knowledge of moderately complex systems, business processes, and GAAP principles to unique situations. Prepares and evaluates reports to ensure accuracy of financial reporting and analysis. Performs analysis (i.e. historical, forecasting, impact, etc.) and reconciliations to support monthly, quarterly and annual closing cycles according to prescribed rates, laws, and regulations. Reviews reports, analysis and reconciliations prepared by Accountants to ensure the accuracy of financial reporting and analysis. Researches various financial activities to identify moderately complex issues, explaining findings to principle accountants, managers, and directors to determine resolution. Manages small projects/initiatives and/or participates in broader projects, working with and directing teams within a finance function to deliver the best solutions to financial issues. Maintains appropriate supporting documents, provisions, and other details for accounting transactions and entries. Communicates effectively within the team, across other functions, and with external parties to ensure alignment. Partners with team and the business in order to identify transaction issues and procedure improvement opportunities to more-effectively support the needs of the Finance organization. Mentors and trains lower level accounting employees in the development of accounting skills, knowledge of key principles, regulations, etc. Works with external (regulatory and third party) and independent auditors for transactions to provide required data and information to ensure accuracy. Executes testing around financial controls to provide documentation and support for SOX compliance in respective financial area. Years of Experience 3+ years of overall experience Education Qualification & Certifications (optional) Required Minimum Qualifications : List the education, certification, and work experience for an incumbent in the job. Enter the Minimum Qualifications and Preferred Qualifications as directed, and delete the areas not used. List the education, certification, work experience and skills required to minimally qualify an individual for the job. Bachelor's Degree in Accounting or related field 2-3 years of experience in accounting (public or private) or relevant experience Skill Set Required Primary Skills (must have) Demonstrated understanding of advanced US GAAP concepts and financial controls (to apply this knowledge to the design and execution of activities within the respective area) Advanced skills in MS office programs (Excel, Word, Access) Strong understanding of accounting systems Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally Ability to effectively communicate in English (oral and written) Secondary Qualification (desired) Master's Degree in Accounting CA/CPA or CA/CPA Candidate