Senior Accountant (For independent contractors)

Senior Accountant is responsible for a variety of accounting activities in accordance with accounting principles and standards to control the organization’s financial resources, and be accountable that it complies with all relevant regulations, laws, and reporting requirements in line with US GAAP. The role will have ownership for a specific scope (multiple country ledger or a corporate responsibility). It will coach and develop accountants and support new hires with their onboarding.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for the detailed accounting of IT, legal and insurance expenses and accruals. Responsibility includes posting journal entries based on complete and accurate information per the month-end close timeframe, reconciling accounts, and performing analysis subsequently to maintain a complete and accurate general ledger.

• Analyze, compile and verify financial information and create financial reports and accounting statements so that the extended leadership team has accurate and timely information for making financial decisions.

• Be the subject matter expert in the accounting areas owned, being able to analyze and respond to questions, act as a point of contact, and work with functional or operational stakeholders to help with development of budgets, understanding of financial reports, and management of their financial responsibilities.

• Proactively support in covering all compliance requirements, i.e. Sox, tax, statutory and statistical filings and audits.

• Support internal & external audits and inquiries.

• Ensure mastering of systems and processes are complete, responsible for ledgers involving multiple countries and / or stakeholders.

• Support the team by identifying and communicating issues, with recommended process improvements, where possible.

• Identify and complete process improvement projects (including completion of existing projects and working through new projects).

• Provide oversight of other accountants on routine, non-complex tasks.

• Mentor and coach team members with onboarding and continuous development.

Level of Education

• Bachelor degree

• Accounting, Finance degree and/or Specialized Certification, such as CIMA, ACCA, CRA or CPA

Requirements of special knowledge/skills

• Strong interpersonal skills

• Strong work ethic; self-directed and resourceful

• Solution oriented and result driven

• Proactive, flexible and capable of working independently as well as working in a team

• Good communication and analytical skills

• Ability to multi-task & flexible attitude

• Fluent in spoken and written English

• Systems: ERP (SAP4 HANNA, Onestream), Microsoft Applications & Excel

Years of relevant Job Knowledge

Broad Job Knowledge (3 - 5 years)