Job Description Senior Accountant – Washington, DC Hybrid role (3 days in office, 2 days remote) $95-110k salary
Overview: Our client is looking for a Senior Accountantto support the Accounting team with a focus on accounting for international operations and month-end/year-end close procedures. This position is open because the incumbent is being promoted.
This opportunity requires an experienced individual with high attention to detail, excellent problem-solving abilities, and an enthusiastic attitude. Candidates must have the ability to juggle multiple tasks and priorities, thrive in a highly driven fast-paced environment, enjoy learning new skills, procedures, and systems, and have an overall desire to contribute to company growth.
Senior Accountant Responsibilities:
Coordinating and reporting financial data from our international locations to facilitate timely and accurate financial reporting. Reviewing monthly expense fluxes including review of balance sheet and income statement variance analysis.
Collect and interpret necessary data to properly account for international operations.
Provide information and reporting to our Financial, Planning and Analysis team in support of its budgeting and forecasting responsibilities.
Manage various data portals and pull together reporting to accurately and timely prepare monthly expense entries.
Work with Financial Accounting management to analyze and document proper GAAP accounting interpretations.
Prepare accounting entries and reconciliations related to expense and banking transactions
Provide supporting documentation for internal, external, and other ad-hoc audit requests for areas of responsibility.
Identify areas for process improvements, including leveraging technological solutions to improve efficiencies and assist in the implementation of robotic processing automation.
Maintain and update internal process documentation for existing accounting procedures and policies.
Support general ledger accounting functions including but not limited to journal entry preparation, month-end close processes, financial reporting accuracy, GL account reconciliations, and flux analysis of balance sheet and income statement accounts.
Senior Accountant Requirements:
Degree in Accounting (CPA preferred)
3+ years of general ledger accounting experience
International accounting experience preferred
Strong Excel skills required; experience with Power Pivot and macros preferred