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Senior Accountant
Duke Corporate Education
Durham , NC 27710
Posted 1 week ago
Position Summary:
The Senior Accountant is a hands-on professional responsible for day-to-day general accounting, reporting, and analysis across multiple global entities and functional areas. We are seeking a proactive doer, not a manager, who thrives on technical system work and possesses a deep understanding of the debit and credit world. The ideal candidate will take charge of the general ledger, making it their own, and relish the opportunity to bring order to a sometimes chaotic financial environment. The Senior Accountant will lead process improvement initiatives and ensure the smooth functioning of financial systems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Execute the implementation of cloud-based ERP systems, with a preference for D365, collaborating with IT and external partners.
- Create and maintain mandatory reporting, ensuring accuracy and compliance with domestic and foreign regulations.
- Undertake day-to-day general ledger and period-end activities, including posting journal entries, adjusting the trial balance, calculating accruals and deferrals, and performing comprehensive balance sheet reconciliations and account analysis.
- Manage various accounting operations such as cash and banking, fixed asset accounting, accounts payables, accounts receivable, travel expenses, corporate credit cards, and taxes.
- Establish and maintain robust supporting documentation for journal entries, adjustments, accruals, and account balances.
- Review, analyze, and contribute to the preparation of monthly or ad-hoc presentation materials based on monthly results.
- Collaborate with IT and external partners for continuous improvement of financial systems and processes.
- Take the lead in external and/or internal audit engagements, preparing audit materials, responding to inquiries, and monitoring engagement progress.
- Troubleshoot and resolve accounting and reporting issues by partnering with internal and external stakeholders.
- Recommend and implement enhancements to accounting processes and workflows.
- Participate actively in special projects focused on improving process efficiency and performance.
Requirements
Position Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required:
Reporting Creation Experience: Proven track record of creating and maintaining mandatory reports.
Technical Affinity: Passion for technical system work.
Process Improvement: Demonstrated ability to improve processes and bring order to a chaotic financial environment.
Approach: Willingness to be hands on and take on any work required to ensure a high standard of work and business support.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- CPA/CPA candidate preferred.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or business
- Minimum of 5+ years’ experience in corporate accounting and/or public accounting.
- Preference given to candidates with professional services industry experience.