Sr. Accountant

Description

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Put your problem-solving skills to work as a Senior Accountant on the dynamic team at Robert Half, now offering a long-term contract / temporary opportunity. As a Senior Accountant, you will be responsible for cash flow analysis, budgets and forecasting, account analysis and reconciliations, financial statement preparation and consolidation, audit preparation, and internal control maintenance and regulatory reporting. This Senior Accountant opportunity is located in the Deerfield, Illinois area and will offer a great you a great professional experience along with attractive compensation. We are looking for a Senior Accountant who has excellent analytical skills and enjoys working in a challenging and fast-paced environment to support the continued success of the firm. Apply today!

Your responsibilities

• Operate with business partners to create compliance with corporate accounting policies, procedures and controls and provide support on special requests

• Execute monthly accounting close procedures and deliverables (journal entries, reconciliations, reports) in compliance with GAAP

• An endless desire to improve the automation of the accounting and reporting process

• Analyze financial results (benchmarks, trends, performance metrics)

• Participate in various department-wide initiatives

• Assist in coordinating quarterly reviews and testing with internal and external auditors

• Arrange monthly consolidated P& L and Balance Sheet flux analysis for management reporting

• Other projects as necessary

• Prepare Balance Sheet account reconciliations

Requirements - Self-driven motivator who takes initiative on projects with a strong ability to understand and solve creative challenges

• Experience with ERP systems

• BA/BS in Accounting, CPA credentials are desired

• General ledger experience

• General Accounting experience

• Proven knowledge of month end closings

• Expertise in General Journal

• Experience with General Ledger System

• Solid understanding of General Accounting

• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail are a must

• Minimum 5-7 years of overall general accounting experience

• Ability to work in a dynamic and changing environment

• Highly capable of analyzing financial data and quickly creating accurate reports

• SOX internal control assessments (Section 404) experience

• Ability to effectively interact, verbally and in writing, with functional department managers

• The ideal candidate for this position can demonstrate proficiency in financial reporting systems

• Ability to complete multiple tasks and projects within deadlines

• Candidate must possess first-rate analytical, quantitative and social skills

• Corporate performance management (CPM) and business intelligence systems experience a plus

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All applicants applying for U.S. job openings must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Benefits are available including medical, vision, dental, life and disability insurance. Employees hired for our FTEP Program are also eligible to enroll in our company's 401(k) or deferred compensation plan (if eligible). FTEP employees also earn paid time off for vacation, personal needs, and sick time and paid holidays. The amount of Choice Time Off (CTO) received varies based on years of service and is pro-rated based on the hours worked per week. A new FTEP employee earns up to 13 days of CTO and up to 10 paid holidays per calendar year. Learn more at ~~~/Resources.

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