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About this job

Position Summary

 

The Financial Accounting Analyst position will work closely with the Accounting Manager, business partners, and other finance and accounting staff to help find ways to improve the business. The role will focus on the integrity of statutory/GAAP compliant financial data through the establishment of effective internal accounting controls, and documentation of policies and procedures.The Financial Accounting Analyst will help facilitate the delivery of increasingly automated financial reports and metrics, to support operations with relevant financial analysis investigations, business variance identification, root cause analysis, business forecasting and contribution to the annual financial plan.

The role will also ensure robust auditable account reconciliations, support interim and year-end audit preparation, taxes, statutory/GAAP research and other projects as assigned.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

 

General Accounting and Reporting

  • Prepares asset, liability, and capital account entries by compiling and analyzing account information
  • Produce daily, monthly, and annual internal, external reports that are timely and accurate
  • Reconciles financial discrepancies by collecting and analyzing account information
  • Maintains financial security by following internal controls
  • Substantiates financial transactions by preparing account reconciliation documents
  • Supplies information for the interim and annual audit process and tax preparation
  • Maintains accounting controls by preparing and recommending policies and procedures and researching emerging accounting statutory/GAAP issues that relate to the company
  • Secures financial information by completing data base backup
  • Key participant in the automation of published metrics and financial reports
  • Writes new and improves existing policies and procedures
  • Other corporate accounting support as required

Business Support

  • Collaborates with business users to define process requirements and create and customize financial reporting to meet business needs
  • Develop analytics to uncover root causes of performance trends
  • Support the execution of the annual Plan process and forecasting process

     

Core Competencies

 

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Hands on self-starter with a strong desire to promote and implement continuous improvement
  • Ability to build and maintain strong relationships across all levels of the organization especially assigned operating business management
  • Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment and meet tight deadlines
  • Very strong organizational and documentation skills
  • Current in statutory/GAAP regulations
 Qualifications

 

The requirements below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and ability required to perform the job well.

Technical Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance; CPA a plus
  • Strong knowledge of GAAP; experience researching and documenting adopted positions a plus
  • Public accounting experience a plus
  • Demonstrated ability producing high quality timely results with exceptional attention to detail; ability to use a report writer to create reports a plus
  • Manufacturing and/or distribution experience a plus
  • Advanced skills in MS Excel, and proficient skills is Word, and PowerPoint

 

Personal Qualifications

  • Strong interpersonal skills and demonstrated ability to work collaboratively both orally and in writing with team members and operating constituents
  • Transparent, accountable, collaborative and humble
  • Enthusiastic who leads by example and takes on challenges with a positive attitude
  • Strong organizational skills
  • Adaptable / Flexible - being open to change (positive or negative) in response to new information, different or unexpected circumstances, and / or to work in occasional ambiguous situations
  • Integrity - accepting and adhering to high ethical, moral and personal values in decisions, communications, actions, and when dealing with others