Sr. General Ledger Accountant

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Obtain and maintain a thorough understanding of period close, required reports, and journal entries to create and support processes that meet required company deadlines.

• Prepare monthly journal entries, including month end accruals, prepaid entries, and cost accruals.

• Prepare balance sheet account reconciliations for various assigned accounts and investigate variances between GL and subledger.

• Able to work with large amounts of data in excel and generate meaningful schedules.

• Perform standard general accounting month end and quarter close activities. Including communications to operations regarding changes to standard entries and other processes.

• Ability to interpret and test the compliance of operations and accounting on Company regulated internal controls.

• Review and document business procedure and process practices to determine adequacy.

• Completion of (Webforms) financial reporting within Hyperion.

• Ability to analyze and present meaningful supporting schedules generated from ERP system.

• Demonstrate the capability to work on multiple projects requiring judgment and resolve problems.

• Assist with SOX testing quarterly and bi-annually.

• Prepare SOX compliant documentation for all activities.

• Provide support and assistance with audits (internal, SOX, tax, etc.).

• Drive effective accounting solutions that improve the company's standard of excellence.

• Able to work in a high volume and fast paced environment and show capabilities to complete task under tight deadlines.

• Work with various departments to resolve issues and take on projects as needed.

• Willingness to take on other accounting tasks as needed.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Collaborate with other accounting staff to produce all reports and reconciliations on time to support the close

• Assist Accounts Payable and Accounts Receivable analysts as needed

• Respond to inquiries from the Controller and other management on accounts or special projects

• Participate in division/plant continuous improvement analyses

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Preferred:

• Experience with ERP systems (Oracle, Virtual Trader)

• Experience with Cognos

• Experience with Smart View

• Experience with HFM