Senior Accountant

Role: Senior Accountant - Consolidations
Location: Atlanta, GA

Duration: Direct Hire

Top Requirements

CPA Certified

Bachelor s in Accounting

SOX Control experience

General Ledger Accounting

This role is a key part of the Accounting team, providing oversight primarily related to the SOX control environment, account reconciliations, and general ledger adjustments. Responsibilities include assisting with technical research on complex accounting areas within these domains.
Accounting:

• Participate in the month-end close process, including the preparation and/or review of journal entries, account reconciliations, variance explanations and other financial information and supporting schedules.
• Assist in the design and implementation of new controls in response to process changes, system implementations, or identified deficiencies from internal/external audits.
• Collaborate with process owners to evaluate the effectiveness of existing controls and identify opportunities for control optimization and automation.
• Maintain control documentation including risk control matrices (RCMs), standard operating procedures (SOPs), and control testing workpapers in accordance with company standards.
• Perform technical research on complex accounting areas including but not limited to; business combinations (ASC 805), revenue recognition (ASC 606), vendor consideration (ASC 705).

• Assist with internal and external audits by providing necessary documentation, explanations, and support.
• Analyze financial data and trends to identify variances, anomalies, and opportunities for improvement.
• Act as the subject matter expert for assigned areas of responsibility and interact with all levels of management regarding issues related to these specific areas.
• Continuous process standardization, improvement, and streamlining
• Other duties as assigned

Experience Requirements
Requirements include but may not be limited to the following:

• Bachelor s Degree in accounting
• CPA Required
• Public Accounting background preferred
• Basic knowledge of concepts, practices, and procedures as relates to general ledger accounting
• PeopleSoft experience preferred
• Strong analytical skills
• Problem solving abilities
• Detail oriented

Position Performance Measures:

• Timely completion of tasks (maintaining/meeting deadlines on a daily/monthly and ad hoc basis)
• Quality of tasks (accuracy - lacking errors and providing meaningful documentation to support entries and/or position when decisions are made)
• Capacity (ability to maintain / manage volume of locations which can be impacted by the complexity of said locations/business)